Student assessment is based on attendance, participation, the quality of written reports, completion of the OSCE, and performance on written examinations.
The grade report card is called the “Final Course Performance Profile” and will list the defined course components, the percentage of the maximum component points achieved (% score, if applicable), and a grade of P or F for each component. A passing score for each component is 65% or above.
The required course components are:
- Medical Encounter – Office Preceptor – Fall 2010
- Medical Encounter – Office Preceptor – Spring 2011
- Medical Encounter – Skills Group – Fall 2010
- Medical Encounter – Skills Group – Spring 2011
- Medical Encounter – Mid-Course Examination - December 9, 2010
- Final Examination – June 2011 – details to be announced
- Biostatistics/Epidemiology
- Evidence-Based Medicine
In addition, there are two required course components which are not graded:
- Labor and Delivery Session*
- Wheelchair Exercise*
The final grade reported to the registrar will be P (pass), M (marginal), I (incomplete) or F (failure). Students who fail 4 or more of the 8 graded course components will fail the course. Students who fail fewer than half of the course components will receive a grade of M (marginal), and they must remediate each failed component to receive a final grade of P (pass) on the official transcript.
Your Final Course Performance Profile will contain the following narrative sections:
- Assessment on Academic Performance (Summative)
- Comments on Professionalism (Summative)
- Additional Formative Comments (not for Dean’s Letter)
The Final Course Performance Profile also contains the number of unexcused absences from course activities (including lectures, small groups, office preceptor sessions, and other required activities). Grades on the official transcript will be reported as P (Pass) or F (Fail).
*Successful completion of these exercises is required, and failure to complete either or both of them will result in an overall grade of Marginal for the course.
