Grading and Evaluation

GRADES AND EVALUATION

Overall Course Grade

Your final clerkship grade will be based upon a variety of factors.

Measure

Weight

Failing Cutoff*

Clinical Performance Evaluation **

35%

< 65%

Clerkship Exam NBME *

multiple choice questions

30%

< 61%

Biopsychosocial * Project                  10 pts. possible

7.5%

< 5 / 10

Quizzes

5%

<65%

Evidence Based Medicine Project*

10 pts. possible

7.5%

< 5 / 10

Clinical Skills Exercise / OSCE *

15%

< 70%

 

TOTAL**

100%

< 65% OR Failing Both CPE & OSCE

 *Failure of any individual component requires remediation of that component; student retains ability to Pass Clerkship

**Failure results in a Failing grade and requires remediation of the full Clerkship

-  Students scoring less than 61% on the examination, but passing the clinical portion, must remediate the exam only. 

-  Students failing either of the projects will have to remediate the project. 

o   Maximum credit achievable will be the average of the failed and remediated grades.

-  Students failing the clinical portion only must remediate the clinical rotation. 

-  Other remediation assignments will be determined on a case-by-case basis according to the student’s strengths and weaknesses. 

 Remediation policies can be accessed online at: https://ssom.luc.edu/student-affairs/policyguidelines/