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The faculty and administration at MUA requires regular and punctual attendance in all classes. Attendance and active participation in class will benefit classmates, colleagues, and enhance the individual student’s knowledge base. Therefore, students are expected to attend all Basic Science classes and clinical rotations. Students who are absent from 20% or more of the Basic Science classes will have to repeat the class and are subject to dismissal from the M.D. program. Individual professors reserve the right to implement a more stringent attendance policy at their discretion.

Honor System
Throughout medical school training, the student is expected to develop and demonstrate qualities, attitudes, and behavioral patterns appropriate to a career in medicine. The student shall maintain high standards of personal and professional behavior in interactions with other students, patients, members of the health care team, members of the faculty and staff, and follow hospital and University policies and procedures.
The Medical University of the Americas is committed to maintaining the highest standards of integrity, academic performance, professional behavior, and respect for each other as individuals. Students are expected to maintain these high standards of professional behavior in all aspects of their medical school training, in both the academic setting and in the community.
Students are required to sign an Honor Code contract prior to matriculation stating that s/he will maintain a high degree of personal honor and integrity during their medical training. Breach of this contract may result in sanctions ranging from a warning to the student’s dismissal from school. The rights and responsibilities of students with regard to regulations pertaining to student conduct can be found in the current Student Handbook.

Dismissal
A student may be involuntarily dismissed from the MUA for any of the following reasons:

Failure to maintain academic performance as determined by the Promotions Committee such as:

Failure ("WF" or "F") of any course while on Academic Probation.
Withdrawal, Failure, or Withdrawal-Failure in any repeated course.
Failure to achieve credit for at least two courses (excluding Evidence-Based Medicine and electives) in any semester while on Academic Probation.

Violation of the laws or statutes of the island of St. Kitts-Nevis.
Demonstration of behavioral or emotional instability that impairs judgment and/or represents a potential compromise to patient care.
Violation of the substance-abuse policy of The Medical University of the Americas, as printed in the Student Handbook.
Failure to progress in the Clinical Medicine program for the following reasons:

Extensive and multiple Leaves of Absence
Multiple USMLE failures
Unethical conduct

Appeal
Every student has the right to file a grievance or appeal a decision. Students seeking to resolve problems or complaints should first contact their instructor. If a student wants to appeal a decision by the Promotions or Disciplinary Committees s/he must submit his/her appeal in writing to the appropriate Associate Dean. The Associate Deans will make a decision after receiving the appeal request whether to accept or deny. (Refer to Student Handbook).

Examinations
Examinations will be given in each basic science course every third Monday & Friday of the month. Final exams are given at the end of each semester. Quizzes, oral presentations, and writing assignments may be used at the discretion of the instructor. Examinations are generally given in a format compatible with that of the USMLE and will include laboratory and clinical skills assessment when appropriate. A Shelf Exam is offered in a specific subject every semester. Students are required to be present at the scheduled time for every examination. Scheduled examination policy and procedures are determined by the faculty and presented to the students at the beginning of each course, as well as outlined in the class syllabus and Student Handbook.

Student Promotions Committee
The Student Promotions Committee is responsible for reviewing the academic performance of each student during, and at the end of each semester. Students who fail to perform to the standards of Medical University of the Americas will either be placed on Academic Probation, or if already on Academic Probation, may be recommended for dismissal from the program (Refer to student handbook).

If a student achieves an overall grade-point-average (GPA) of less than 2.0, that student may not be promoted from the Basic Science program to the Clinical Medicine program.

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