Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Osteopathic Medicine Program 2024–2025 166 9. Students who fail to comply with the above set testing date requirements a third time (i.e., failing to fulfill the requirement within 30 days of second notification or as soon as possible thereafter) will have to appear before the SPC and are subject to disciplinary action, up to, and including, dismissal. d. Release Time for COMLEX Examinations 1. Students will be allowed the day before and the day of any COMLEX-USA examination as excused absences from their clinical rotation site. 2. Students must notify the Office of Clinical Education of their testing date for any level of the COMLEX-USA examination one month in advance of the date of the examination. They must also notify the Office of Clinical Education of the dates they will be absent from their clinical rotation site and which rotation is affected. In addition, students are required to notify the clinical assistant dean, direct preceptor, or other designated administrative personnel at the training site, of the dates of their examination and the dates of their absence from the training site. 3. S tudents should coordinate with the clinical assistant dean, other students, and educators at clinical sites to ensure that patient care and education is disrupted as little as possible. e. Completion Requirements for COMLEX Examinations Students will be allowed a maximum of six combined attempts at the COMLEX-USA examinations required for graduation (Level 1 and Level 2-CE), with a maximum of three attempts at any one of the examinations. Students who are unsuccessful at passing any one of the COMLEX-USA examinations required for graduation, after three attempts, will be referred to the SPC and will be subject to dismissal from the program. Students who are unsuccessful at passing all of the COMLEX-USA examinations required for graduation, after six total attempts, will be referred to the SPC and will be subject to dismissal from the program. 6. USMLE Examination Guidelines The USMLE examination is a three-step series of examinations for licensure of M.D.s in the United States. This examination series is not a requirement for licensure of osteopathic physicians, nor is it a requirement for graduation from the Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine. Students will not be allowed any additional board study time, beyond what is allowed for COMLEX-USA study, for any USMLE Step examination. Students will not be allowed any release time to take any USMLE Step examination. If a student elects to do so, it is highly recommended that the student schedule the examination for a date after completing all of the coursework that is assessed on the examination. G. Illegal, Inappropriate, and Unprofessional Behavior No student shall display disorderly conduct; public intoxication; or lewd, indecent, or obscene behavior on the campus or at any college-sponsored or college-supervised function or event.
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