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Email is the official method of communication between the USF Health faculty, staff, administration, and all students. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the student students to check his their USF e-mail email account correspondence daily. Students will be held accountable for a timely response to all e-mail email requests and notifications. As a rule, responses are expected from students within 24 hours. If a student is unable to their check email (e.g., due to travel), the student should activate an out-of-office message on email which indicates when the student Outlook, indicating when they will be able to answer messages.
Canvas is the learning management system used by USF MCOM. This platform will be used to communicate class calendars and make class specific announcements. Students are expected to monitor Canvas daily for posted assignments and changes to course calendars. In addition to USF email and Canvas, some course directors make announcements using other digital platforms such as Microsoft Teams. Students should be familiar with these programs and check them daily.
Performance Standards
The faculty and director(s) of each course/clerkship (for simplicity the term course will be inclusive of courses and clerkships) define the criteria for acceptable academic performance in that course. Evaluation of academic performance may include (but is not necessarily limited to) measuring the student’s knowledge, measuring how the student applies such knowledge to specific problems, evaluating the judgment that a student employs in solving problems, as well as assessing the quality of the student’s psychomotor skills, professional conduct, ethical behavior and interpersonal communication with medical colleagues, patients and patients' families. Students are evaluated based on course objectives, which are in alignment with the MCOM program objectives. Student performance in all courses will be summarized by the assignment of grades of H, PC, P, F, R, I, S, or U (also see Grade Determination). Students should refer to the course syllabus for details of grading. All courses and their grading are regularly reviewed and approved by the Curriculum Committee. Deficient grades will be reported to the Academic Performance Review Committee (APRC). Deficient grades are defined as R, U or F. The R, U or F grade may be given to a student who fails to complete course requirements. In addition, a student may be assigned an R, U or F if they fail to demonstrate appropriate professional behavior, or they fail to attend or participate in required course activities even if they have a passing score on examinations or clinical evaluations. The grade of I signifies non-completion of required coursework that must be completed to receive academic credit. The grade of R signifies a provisional failure caused by an identified area of deficiency and must be remediated before a student can advance to the next academic year. Upon remediation of the component, the R grade can convert only to a P grade. An F or U grade will remain on the academic record, and the successful completion of the repeated or remedial section of the course can only result in a P grade. Students must pass all required courses, exams and activities for the current academic year before they can move on to the next academic year.
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