The Program monitors and documents the progress of each student in a manner that promptly identifies deficits in knowledge, skills, and professional conduct and establishes means for remediation. Remediation is the Program’s applied process for correcting deficits. Remediation is defined as mentoring by Program Faculty for completion of remediation learning activities and assessments. The At-Risk Initiative is defined as follows (and is included in Appendix G):
REMEDIATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
The program monitors and documents the progress of each student in a manner that promptly identifies deficits in knowledge, skills, and professional conduct and establishes means for remediation. Some assignments and assessments are for the purpose of student self-assessment and for program faculty to gauge student development of learning outcomes and graduate competencies. Remediation is not required for these assessments. Assignments and assessments for which remediation is required are specified in each course syllabus.
In addition, students are required to complete remediation of the Didactic Comprehensive Exam, End of Curriculum Exam, and Summative Evaluation. Remediation policies for the End-of-Curriculum Exam and the Summative Evaluation can be found in the Clinical Manual.
At Risk Support
Students who score 75.00% or less on multiple-choice exams are considered at-risk for failure of a course, other components of the program’s curriculum, and the PANCE. Therefore, students who score 75.00% or less on a graded assessment/assignment for which remediation is required are mentored by program faculty. Students deemed at-risk after a single assessment will not be placed on Academic Probation. Completion of at-risk assignments is required but will not result in a grade change.
Remediation
Students who earn a grade of < 70.00% or fail a “pass/fail” assessment are mentored by program faculty. Assessment of remediation of the knowledge/skill deficit(s) occurs near the end of the semester in the Didactic Phase via a cumulative exam in each respective course. Successful remediation is defined as earning a grade of > 70.00% on the remediation assessment/assignment. The initial grade earned is changed to 70.00% following successful remediation. All remediation assessments follow the same format as the assessment that identified the deficit(s).
Parameters for placing students on Academic Warning and/or Academic Probation are included in the Student Progress Section of this Handbook.
The number of remediation assessments/assignments for academic deficits allowed by the program are as follows:
- Didactic Phase:
- No more than six (6) total remediation assessments/assignments are permitted for each semester in the Didactic Phase.
- Remediation of a failed remediation assessment/assignment is not permitted.
- Failure of more than 6 exams in a single semester will result in immediate referral to SPC.
- Didactic Comprehensive Exam
- No more than one (1) remediation assessment/assignment is permitted for the Didactic Comprehensive Exam.
- Remediation of a failed remediation assessment/assignment is not permitted.
- Remediation requirements for the Didactic Comprehensive Exam can be found in the PAS 552 Clinical Medicine III syllabus.
Students who exceed the total number of remediation assessments/assignments allowed by the program are immediately referred to the SPC for recommendation on progression, which may include dismissal from the program.
Students may not appeal the decision by program faculty for the student to complete remediation activities. Students who do not successfully complete remediation assessments/assignments are referred to the SPC for recommendation on progression, which may include dismissal from the program.
For policies related to the Clinical Phase of the Program, please refer to the Clinical Manual.