Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Master of Science in Foundational and Integrated Medical Sciences 2024–2025 289 F. Cultural Competence With the ever-increasing diversity of the population of the United States and strong evidence of racial and ethnic disparities in health care, it is important that KPCOM students address issues of culture in an effective and professional manner in the classroom and the clinic or hospital settings. Students must demonstrate an understanding of the manner in which people of diverse cultures and belief systems perceive health and illness and respond to various symptoms, diseases, and treatments. Medical students should learn to recognize and appropriately address gender and cultural biases in health care delivery, while considering first the health of the patient. Students who exhibit unprofessional and culturally offensive behavior will be referred to the Graduate Student Progress and Advising Committee (SPAC) and/or proper authorities for disciplinary action and may be subject to dismissal. Academic and Behavioral Disciplinary Sanctions Readmission Policy If a student is dismissed or withdraws from the college, the student may not apply for admission for the following year’s class. Any applicant applying for readmission must do so through the Office of Admissions of the HPD and must follow the same procedure as any new applicant. All readmissions are determined solely at the discretion of the dean. The student’s prior academic record will remain part of the student’s overall academic record and will be recorded on the permanent transcript. If readmitted, none of the student’s prior grades will be used in calculating the student’s new grade point average.
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