KPCOM - Student Handbook 2023-2024

Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM)—Osteopathic Medicine Program 2023–2024 157 Once the examination starts, the student will receive the score earned whether or not the examination is completed, unless the examination is halted due to an announced emergency in the classroom or building (e.g., fire alarm, active shooter, etc.). A student may leave the classroom upon completion of the examination. 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, inside or outside of the examination area, except the 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 bring pens or pencils into any examination. If needed, pens and pencils will be provided by the proctors. All examinations have a time limit. Students are not permitted to memorialize examination questions in any form for distribution to others. Any violation of this policy will be considered academic dishonesty and the student will be subject to referral to the SPC. a. Electronically Administered Examinations When an examination is administered electronically, students are required to arrive with their testing device appropriately configured to take the exam and fully charged. It is also recommended that students download the examination prior to the day of the exam. Students arriving without their testing device, 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. 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

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