2021 - 2022 COM Student Handbook

Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Osteopathic Medicine Program 2021–2022 153 or with a testing device that is not correctly configured, will be assigned an unexcused absence and will not be allowed to sit for the examination at that time. (See Unexcused Absence Policy.) b. Hard Copy (Paper) Examinations Students are not permitted to write on the examination or in the examination booklet prior to the announced start of the examination, with the exception of providing the student’s name and required demographic information on the answer sheet. On paper exams, it is the student’s responsibility to complete all demographic information, examination answer form identification, and examination form answers on the optical character recognition (OCR, e.g., Scantron ® ) form or any other testing instrument prior to the end of the allotted examination time. Any writing on any examination materials after time has been called by the chief proctor will be considered academic dishonesty and the student is subject to referral to the SPC. Test forms submitted represent a student’s final answer and will be scored as marked. Answers not marked on the OCR form during the allotted examination time will be scored as incorrect. Examinations will be scored based on the test form identified by the student on the OCR form. Students turning in examination materials with insufficient information bubbled in for the HPD Testing Center to score the materials will be contacted by the Office of Preclinical Education and required to come to the office and complete bubbling in the necessary information prior to the examination being scored. During the combined M1 and M2 years, offending students will have one point deducted from that examination grade at the first such offense, two points for the second offense, and five points plus notation in the MSPE at the third and subsequent offenses. The SPC will be notified at the third and subsequent offenses. For integrated examinations where multiple courses are tested, the requisite points will be deducted from each course examination. Written examinations will not be returned to students and students will not be permitted to review their examinations. This is applicable to regularly scheduled course examinations, make-up examinations, reexaminations, and remediation examinations. 2. Examinations Administered Virtually Students are expected to have their computers appropriately configured and fully charged to take the exam. It is also recommended that students download the examination prior to the day of the exam. A stable Internet connection is required to download the exam, start the exam, and upload the exam and monitoring files. Students logging into an exam without their computers correctly configured will be assigned an unexcused absence and will not be allowed to take the examination at that time. During any examination, a student will not be permitted access to any outside information including, but not limited to, any text, notes, or other non-approved materials—electronic or otherwise—including cell phones and wristwatches, and may not communicate in any manner with anyone during the examination except the KPCOM proctors or faculty members present. Non-approved materials are any materials for which the student has not received prior permission from the course director or chief proctor to use during an examination. Students may not have any scratch paper, pens or pencils within reach during examination.