Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Osteopathic Medicine Program 2025–2026 124 Students must successfully complete a minimum of 66.7 percent (rounded up from 2/3) of all attempted credits each academic year. Note that repeat and incomplete courses are counted toward the quantitative measurement. All students must meet these requirements, regardless of whether they receive financial aid. Refer to the website at nova.edu/financialaid/eligibility/satisfactory-academic-progress.html to obtain information regarding SAP. D. Grading and Academic Promotion 1. Recusal of Academic Assessment Due to Therapeutic Relationships While KPCOM students are encouraged to seek medical care from healthcare providers who are also teaching faculty members, a conflict of interest may develop when both a physician/ patient relationship and a faculty member/student relationship exists. To avoid the potential— or appearance—of a conflict of interest, physician faculty members who have a physician/ patient relationship with a student must recuse themselves from specific aspects of academic assessment of any student with whom a physician/patient relationship currently exists or has existed in the past. For physician faculty members serving as course directors, small group leaders, clinical preceptors, and/or Student Progress Committee members, as well as faculty members in courses where there is direct faculty scoring (e.g., OPP practical examinations, physical diagnosis standardized patient examinations, and/or clinical rotations), the primary obligation to report the potential—or appearance—of a conflict of interest lies on the physician faculty member. Students are also encouraged to notify the following of any potential conflicts of interest or need for recusal of assessment: • The course director, if the physician/patient relationship is with a course faculty member. • The Office of Preclinical Education or Office of Clinical Education, if the physician/patient relationship is with the course or rotation director. • The chair of the Student Progress Committee, if the physician/patient relationship is with a committee member. Due to Familial or Other Relationships Just as with the physician/patient relationship, there is also the potential—or appearance—of a conflict of interest with a family member or anyone who has or has had a close personal relationship to a medical student. Therefore, family members and others with close personal relationships shall not be involved in serving as clinical preceptors nor any other role that requires direct faculty scoring of students (e.g., OPP practical examinations, physical diagnosis standardized patient examinations, and/or clinical rotations).
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