54050 - Medical Student Handbook | College of Medicine

Grading: Advanced Integration Level

Policy 540.50

Policy Statement

A course grade (Honors/Pass/Fail/Incomplete) should generally be posted to OASIS within 35 days and must be posted within 42 days of the end of the Advanced Integration Level course. The course director is ultimately responsible for grade assignment.

Clinical rotations of greater than two weeks in length under the supervision of the Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine at The University of Vermont faculty during Advanced Integration curriculum level are graded as Honors/Pass/Fail. Non-clinical rotations including research rotations and two week clinical may only be graded as Pass/Fail.

Only UVM faculty can award a grade of Honors. Extramural rotations are therefore graded as Pass/Fail. An unofficial notation may be placed in the transcript for extramural honors as “UH.” Students are responsible for ensuring that extramural preceptors return their grades in a timely fashion.

Policy Elaboration

Incomplete grade: If a student has not completed required activities (required rotations, coursework) by the grade submission deadline, a grade of Incomplete will be assigned. A grade of Pass may be assigned once the requirements have been met.

Criteria for clinical course failure: Individual courses may determine their own standards for failing. Students must receive notification during the course of their performance and be given an opportunity to demonstrate improvement. Failure criteria in non-clinical courses should be outlined in the course syllabus. A failure will result in a referral to the Advancement Committee. Note that students who pass a rotation but are identified as having significant deficits in performance may also be referred to Advancement Committee at the discretion of the level director. In addition to course-specific failure criteria, students on a clinical rotation may receive a course failure for:

Failure to complete course requirements within 1 year after the end of the course
Receiving an average of 2 across sub-competencies for any LCOM competency on the final clinical evaluation
Serious lapses in professionalism including, but not limited to, unexcused absences, mistreatment of patients, staff, faculty, and/or other learners