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[medcrazy71]

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Please check ACOM remediation policy before accepting it. It’s devastating as lots of class 2028 students are dismissed

 

[Goro]

Could you kindly let us know what it is?

 

[medcrazy71]

If you can’t pass the remediation course/system by any chance then it’s an automatic dismissal . You cant repeat the medical school next year. At that point you are left in the middle of ocean

 

[Calizboosted76]

Is this if you fail two courses simultaneously? Or if you just fail one course?

 

[Calizboosted76]

Dismissal
Dismissal is the permanent termination of a student’s enrollment at ACOM without eligibility to
reenter. The Associate Dean of Student Services has the authority to dismiss a student with
consent from the Compliance Officer. A student subject to Dismissal is not in Good Standing, and any Dismissal decision will be noted
on the student’s permanent academic record. A dismissed student must return student
identification and must complete a final checkout procedure with Student Services.


Academic Dismissal
A student may be subject to Academic Dismissal due to persistent poor academic performance,
including but not limited to the following conditions:
 Failing two (2) courses in the same term.
 Failing a course or clerkship rotation while on Academic Probation.
 Failing a remediation.
 Failing a repeated course or clerkship rotation.

Disciplinary Dismissal
A student may be subject to Disciplinary Dismissal due to persistent or significant poor conduct
or disciplinary issues that deviate from ACOM’s expectations of ethical behavior or professional
conduct. These include, but are not limited to, gross, severe, repeated, or illegal conduct or
behavior.

Guidelines For Academic Progress
ACOM’s overarching goal is to ensure that every ACOM graduate has the skills, knowledge, and
judgment to assume the responsibilities of and to perform successfully as an osteopathic
physician. The Associate Dean of Student Services will monitor each student’s academic
progress and ensure that each student is on track to meet the College’s requirements for
academic promotion and graduation. When the Associate Dean of Student Services determines
that a student is or may be off track such that the student may not be able to achieve academic
progress or satisfy the graduation requirements, the Associate Dean will take appropriate action,
including for any of the following reasons:
 A student fails to meet the academic standards set forth in a course, system, or clerkship
rotation.
 A student is performing at a level that places them at risk for academic failure.
 A student fails or is at risk of failing any level of COMLEX-USA.
 A student is failing to meet any other standards required for academic promotion or
graduation.
 A student is failing to complete assignments for any course or clerkship rotation.
The Associate Dean of Student Services generally will follow the Guidelines for Academic
Failures below when evaluating a student’s academic performance in the Pre-Clinical and
Clinical curriculums. ACOM recognizes that special circumstances may impact a student’s
academic performance, such as a death in the student’s family or personal illness. A student
experiencing such special circumstances is encouraged to discuss these issues at the earliest
opportunity with the Associate Dean of Student Services, who retains the discretion to consider
them in the application of these guidelines.

Guidelines for Academic Failures

Pre-Clinical Curriculum

1. Fall OMS I Guidelines:

a) A student who fails Molecular Medicine or Anatomical Sciences will have the following
outcome based on their final grade.
 Grade of 65-69 will have the option to continue into the Spring semester and
remediate the course during the summer between OMS I and II. The student will be
given the option to repeat the semester in lieu of remediation. The student must
choose this option before the first day of the Spring semester. This decision is final
and binding.
 Grades below 65 will be required to repeat the Fall Term in its entirety and will be
placed on Academic Suspension until the next Fall Term begins.

b) A student who fails any single course (or any section of a course as defined in the course
syllabus) worth three (3) or fewer credit hours will be subject to remediation
requirements, which must be satisfied before the beginning of the Spring Term. A student
who fails remediation will be subject to Academic Dismissal. Opportunities for
remediations/repeats may be rescinded if the student withdraws from any course(s)
before the end of the term.

c) A student who fails two (2) or more courses during the OMS I Fall Term will be subject
to Academic Dismissal.

d) A student who fails or withdraws while failing any Pre-Clinical Curriculum course or
system will be placed on Academic Probation for the remainder of the Pre-Clinical
Curriculum and until the student successfully completes and passes COMLEX-USA
Level 1. A student who fails a course or system, including remediation, while on
Academic Probation will be subject to Academic Dismissal.
Opportunities for remediations/repeats may be rescinded if the student withdraws from any
course(s) before the end of the term.

2. Spring OMS I, Fall OMS-II, and Spring OMS II (Systems-Based Curriculum) Guidelines:
a) A student who fails in any one (1) system or course but who has not previously failed a
system or course will be subject to remediation requirements, which must be satisfied
before the next term begins. A student who fails remediation will be subject to Academic
Dismissal. Opportunities for remediations/repeats may be rescinded if the student
withdraws from any course(s) before the end of the term.
b) A student who fails two (2) or more systems or courses in any combination in the same
term will be subject to Academic Dismissal.
c) A student who fails or withdraws while failing any Pre-Clinical Curriculum course or
system will be placed on Academic Probation for the remainder of the Pre-Clinical
Curriculum and until the student successfully completes and passes COMLEX-USA
Level 1. A student who fails a course or system, including remediation, while on
Academic Probation will be subject to Academic Dismissal. Opportunities for
remediations/repeats may be rescinded if the student withdraws from any course(s)
before the end of the term.

 

[Calizboosted76]

If the above is still the grading process. Then I dont think its that bad?

 

[medcrazy71]

There is no repeat option if student wants to redo the year as the particular option is available for most other DO schools but not ACOM

 

[deleted610572]

There is no repeat option if student wants to redo the year as the particular option is available for most other DO schools but not ACOM

Unless it’s new, it was the students that really struggled and the school knew that it would be unlikely they passed the second time.. only putting the student into more debt. I was a class of 164 to start, I remember about 8 people repeated the year after first semester. Many (~20) were allowed to remediate the failed course in the summer between ms1 and ms2. Only about 3 were dismissed after 1st semester and that was because they failed both anatomy and biomedical sciences.

Felt scary back then but once we were into it, it was super reasonable

 

[medcrazy71]

I know about the debt but atleast college should give an option to student to repeat the first year if it’s only one subject with 69.2 % who are so close to passing the subject .

 

[deleted610572]

I know about the debt but atleast college should give an option to student to repeat the first year if it’s only one subject with 69.2 % who are so close to passing the subject .

Those students were offered remediation when that close. If a little lower repeat. Wayyy below then perhaps dismiss. Maybe there were professionalism issues to compound on top?

 

[medcrazy71]

Those students were offered remediation when that close. If a little lower repeat. Wayyy below then perhaps dismiss. Maybe there were professionalism issues to compound on top?

Nope . Thumb rule is if a student fails remediation then straight dismissal and no looking back at the school ☹️

 

[deleted610572]

Nope . Thumb rule is if a student fails remediation then straight dismissal and no looking back at the school ☹️

I misunderstood the original message. Idk the policy about failing a remediation during my time there. I also don’t know most schools policies about what to do when you fail a remediation

 

[Goro]

I misunderstood the original message. Idk the policy about failing a remediation during my time there. I also don’t know most schools policies about what to do when you fail a remediation

It's going to vary amongst every school. I would like to point out if if that someone fails remediation by one point, it doesn't matter whether it's by one point or 50. That's student has failed to demonstrate even minimal competency, much less any Mastery of the material.

At that point, it's more merciful to just simply let them go, then keep string them along in the rinse and repeat a fail remediate barely pass rinse and repeat until they fail boards and have to leave medical school with 2 to 3 years of debt

 

[Goro]

As a rule of thumb from what I've heard from sdners over the years, the brand new schools will try to keep their students, not because they want to see them graduate, but because they don't want to lose the tuition.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Here's the deal: the remediation policy is in every program handbook, and unless you can delve into the legalese of the handbooks of every school that you got an offer from, you aren't going to understand it or you think it won't apply to you. Also, students bear responsibility for succeeding in remediation, but multiple failures go on your record for residency. The more failures you get, the less desirable your application will be.

If too many students are suspended or expelled, that documentation goes on the school's next accrediation report, and the school must answer to the high attrition to get re-accredited. No school wants high attrition. Eventually, the faculty have to decide to change the standard for remediation, but everything gets scrutinized by accreditation and university legal.

 

[hippo_cat]

Here's the deal: the remediation policy is in every program handbook, and unless you can delve into the legalese of the handbooks of every school that you got an offer from, you aren't going to understand it or you think it won't apply to you. Also, students bear responsibility for succeeding in remediation, but multiple failures go on your record for residency. The more failures you get, the less desirable your application will be.

If too many students are suspended or expelled, that documentation goes on the school's next accrediation report, and the school must answer to the high attrition to get re-accredited. No school wants high attrition. Eventually, the faculty have to decide to change the standard for remediation, but everything gets scrutinized by accreditation and university legal.

Something that’s interesting to note for ACOM, there is discussion of changing this remediation policy. They didn’t hint at how it will be changed, only that it’s in the process.