Remediation Policy

Remediation

ARC-PA 6th ed Standard A2.05f, A3.14c, A3.16

Student progress is monitored and documented in a manner that promptly identifies deficiencies in knowledge or skills and establishes a means for remediation, as described herein. This policy aims to help the student master the material, not to improve the numerical grade.

Course-Level Remediation

For any student earning a grade in any didactic or SCPE course of 70% to <80% (grade of “C”), course-level remediation will be conducted. The student will be provided keyword feedback of course deficiencies to re-learn, and a remediation re-assessment will be conducted covering these key course topics. Students must earn >80% cumulative score across remediation assessment(s) in order to successfully pass remediation. Students will be given one (1) remediation attempt. If the student is unsuccessful in a remediation attempt, it will be documented and the remediation study plan will be made available for the student for future self-assessment.

The following assessments will be used to determine deficient course topics and keyword feedback for the individual student requiring remediation.

  • Course exam or module exam scores <80%
  • Final exam scores <80%
  • Skills exam scores or OSCE scores <80% cumulative
  • End of Rotation (EOR) exam scores <80% converted z-score
  • SCPE note assignments <80%
  • Written paper assignments (in applicable courses) <80%

For each of the above assessments, all students will be given keyword or rubric-guided feedback to use for self- assessment.

Course-Level Remediation Steps

  • At the conclusion of a course, a student who has earned a grade of C (70% to <80%), will be contacted by the course director and notified of the need to remediate individually deficient course material.
  • The course director (or designee) will compile a study guide of keyword feedback, focusing on missed content and content tasks based on the student’s assessment grades in the course (per above).
    • Example 1: Heart failure (content): identification of signs and symptoms (task)
    • Example 2: Heart failure (content): ordering and interpreting labs/diagnostics (task)
    • Example 3: Searching medical literature (content): building a correct PICO clinical question (task)
  • The course director will also alert the student to the type of re-assessment to be done
    • Multiple choice test, and/or
    • Skills exam, and/or
    • OSCE, and/or
    • Written paper
  • The student will have time to study keyword feedback, and a remediation assessment day/time will be agreed upon with the course director (or designee/assessment proctor)
  • The student will attempt the remediation assessment, and it will be communicated to the student and documented if the student was successful (80% or greater) or unsuccessful (<80%)
  • The student will retain the original course grade regardless of remediation outcome
  • The student will be instructed to keep keyword feedback for future self-assessment

Course-level remediation must occur within 30 days of the time of notification to the student by the course director (or designee). Course directors will effort to notify students in a timely manner upon conclusion of a course.

Remediation for Professionalism Violations (current)

Professionalism is a core tenant of the Standards of Conduct. The Department of PA Studies has zero tolerance for violations of professionalism. Failure to adhere to the professionalism policy will result in a professionalism violation (see Part II, section 14). Should the student be placed on any Good Academic Standing with Warning or Probation due to professionalism violation(s), remediation of professionalism is mandatory and will be based on the egregious nature of the violation.

If there are critical errors in conduct, the student may be required to repeat the SCPE and be referred to the APC.