The Course or Clerkship Director is responsible for clearly delineating and communicating at the outset of the learning experience the criteria utilized for assessment and evaluation of student performance.
Grading
Grading in Years 1 and 2 is on a Pass/Fail basis. A student who does not complete a course will receive an Incomplete. Types of situations where a student may not complete a course include illness or family emergencies. The Incomplete will change to a Pass or Fail once the student has completed the course. A student who receives a failing grade in a course will follow a remediation plan devised by the Course Director. Successful remediation of a failing grade results in a final grade of FP (Fail remediated to Pass).
Course Directors will identify the bottom five percent of passing students. Students in this score range will be designated internally as having received a “marginal pass” for tracking and monitoring purposes only. Marginal grades are considered a full Pass on the transcript. However, marginal grades are tracked by Student Affairs as part of an early warning system for students at risk of academic difficulty. As part of this system a student’s Faculty Advisor will reach out to him or her if he or she receives a marginal grade on an examination or in a course. A student who has three marginal passes in an academic year will be placed on Monitored Academic Status. See section on Academic Difficulty for a full description.
A student who fails a course in Year 1 must remediate the course before starting Year 2. A student who fails a course in Year 2 must remediate the course before taking USMLE Step 1 and starting Year 3. The remediation process is determined by the Course Director.
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai transcript will reflect a complete and accurate grading history for all courses in the School.