(1) | No credit will be granted for courses completed in preprofessional years and no course exemptions will be allowed.
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(2) | The Dean, or Supervisor acting on behalf of the Dean, may immediately deny assignment of a student to, withdraw a student from, or vary terms, conditions or site of practicum/clinical placement if the Dean or Supervisor has reasonable grounds to believe that this is necessary in order to protect the Public Interest. (See §23.8.2, Practicum Intervention Policy).
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(3) | The Council of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry approves the principle that the means of assessing a student's progress and determining a student's grades may vary from one course to another in accordance with the nature of the course. Factors other than examination results may be used to a variable extent by instructors in determining grades.
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(4) | Students are advised at the beginning of each course and year of the procedures to be used in their evaluation, the determination and reporting of their grades, and the standards required by the Faculty. Students are also advised of the procedures for appeal established with the Faculty and the University. Students must satisfactorily complete all components of all courses.
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(5) | On their official transcripts students are not ranked or assigned a numeric grade, but are designated as having passed (received credit) or failed a course.
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(6) | Reexaminations
a. | Students are allowed reexamination privileges only in courses that are failed.
| b. | The Department of Dentistry Academic Standing Committee and the Faculty Academic Standing and Promotion Committee must approve reexaminations for students who fail two or fewer courses or components of DDS 509, 529, 545, 565. Students with more than two (2) failed courses or components of DDS 509, 529, 545, 565 in any academic year will not be allowed reexamination privileges.
| c. | The Department of Dentistry Academic Standing Committee and the Faculty Academic Standing and Promotion Committee may allow reexamination of a didactic component of a course if a student fails the didactic component of a clinical course but passes the clinical portion. Reexamination is not permitted in courses that are entirely clinical or in clinical components of courses that include both didactic and clinical components.
| d. | If a reexamination is approved, satisfactory completion of a remedial program may be required by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Academic Standing and Promotion Committee before the student is permitted to take the reexamination.
| e. | Students are advised that it is not possible to make a ruling regarding remediation or reexamination until all grades for a year are received and recorded.
| f. | The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Academic Standing and Promotion Committee will specify by course the remediation/reexaminations required of a failed student for the purposes of meeting promotion/graduation requirements.
| g. | A student who does not take a reexamination within the period of time prescribed by the Faculty will not be allowed to continue in the program.
| h. | The reexamination mark (as in the case of a deferred mark) will replace the original final exam mark.
| i. | Reexaminations in all years of the DDS program must be approved first by the Department of Dentistry Academic Standing Committee and then by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Academic Standing and Promotion Committee.
| j. | Over the program, reexamination privileges will not exceed five reexaminations. In DDS 509, 529, 545, 565 all components must be successfully completed and each reexamination in a component of these courses will compose one of the five reexamination privileges.
| k. | See §23.5.5 for further information regarding when reexaminations are not permitted.
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(7) | Academic Standing: Final decisions regarding academic standing and promotion to the next year or graduation are made by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Academic Standing and Promotion Committee.
a. | No student may proceed to any subsequent year of the DDS program and will be required to withdraw unless they have passed all courses for that academic year.
| b. | A student who fails more than two courses in any year of the program will be required to withdraw from the program.
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(8) | Regulations Concerning Repetition of a Year because of Academic Failure
a. | No student will be allowed to repeat any year of the DDS program with the exception of fourth year students who may be granted the status of “Special Category Repeating Student”. See below for details.
| b. | Special Category Repeating Student: a student who fails to meet some requirements in the final-year of the program may be designated a Special Category repeating student. In order to be considered as a Special Category repeating student in fourth-year Dentistry, the student must
i) | have clinical deficiencies in no more than two clinical disciplines and have been advised that the deficiency could be corrected within one term of instruction; and
| ii) | have successfully completed all written examinations in the DDS program.
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 Further information regarding the Special Category repeating student may be obtained from the Department Office. Students repeating the final year are not eligible for awards.
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(9) | Voluntary Withdrawal: A student wanting to temporarily withdraw registration from the DDS program is required to make written application to the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, stating the reasons for withdrawal and the intended period of withdrawal. Readmission to the DDS program following voluntary withdrawal is based on the following:
a. | a review, by the Faculty, of the reasons for withdrawal and of the student's academic record.
| b. | availability of a place, within quota, in the class to which the student seeks readmission. Priority is assigned in the following order:
i) | students who have met normal promotion requirements
| ii) | Faculty-approved repeating students and students returning after voluntary withdrawal, in order of academic standing
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| c. | The length of time the student interrupts studies leading to the DDS degree must not exceed two years in total.
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(10) | Faculty Advisor: At the discretion of the Faculty, an advisor may be assigned to students having difficulty meeting promotion requirements. The method of assignment and role of the advisor is determined by the Faculty and/or Department.
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(11) | All students registered in the Dentistry program are required by provincial legislation to be registered in the Educational Register of the Alberta Dental Association and College. This registration permits the practice of dentistry within the confines of the formal dental curriculum. Students in the DDS program are required to adhere to the professional code of ethics of the Alberta Dental Association and College. (Amendments to the Code of Student Behaviour occur throughout the year. The official version of the Code of Student Behaviour, as amended from time to time is housed on the University Governance website at www.governance.ualberta.ca.)
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(12) | Medical Testing and Immunization Requirements: To ensure, insofar as possible, both student and patient safety, before orientation, or the Preclinical Assessment for Advanced Placement students, the Faculty requires immunization against, or proof of immunity to, poliomyelitis, diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, and hepatitis B.
As well, a varicella titre test and a tuberculin skin test are required in the first year of the program and should be performed by the University of Alberta Health Centre or other appropriate medical facility.
For students in any Department of Dentistry undergraduate clinical program, including Dentistry, Dental Hygiene and Advanced Placement, where there is a greater potential for transmission of bloodborne pathogens between students and patients as a result of activities involved in their clinical experience in practice settings, the following procedures will apply:
Hepatitis B: Current information indicates that there is a potential risk of transmission of Hepatitis B from practitioner to patients in the clinical dental setting. Therefore, applicants will be required to be tested for Hepatitis B surface antigen by the University Health Centre or other appropriate medical facility. Applicants who test positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen will be tested for Hepatitis B “e” antigen and Hepatitis B viral DNA to help determine infectivity risk. If either Hepatitis B “e” or Hepatitis B viral DNA is positive the offer of acceptance will be withdrawn and registration in any Department of Dentistry undergraduate clinical program will not be completed.
For those applicants who test negative to Hepatitis B surface antigen and are registered in any Department of Dentistry undergraduate clinical program, Hepatitis B vaccination will be required. An exception will be made for those who are medically contraindicated or for those who have proof of Hepatitis B immunity. After vaccination, students will receive a test to determine if they have developed immunity. If they have not, further Hepatitis B vaccination scheduling will be determined by the University Health Centre or other appropriate medical facility. Those students who then fail to develop immunity will be counselled as to their potential risk status during training and future practice.
At all times students will follow Standard Precautions when there is potential of exposure to human blood or body fluids.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV): The data indicates that transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) from a health care worker (HCW) to a patient in a health care setting is extremely rare, although transmission from patients to a HCW is more common. Therefore, all students accepted into the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry are encouraged to undergo HIV and HCV testing upon admission and at any time during their program when concerns about infection have arisen, but testing for HIV and HCV is not mandatory at this time.
Note: For updates on changes to medical testing and immunization refer to the Faculty Office.
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(13) | Certification in CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) at the Basic Rescuer Level is required.
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(1) | No credit will be granted for courses completed prior to admission and no course exemptions will be allowed.
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(2) | The Dean, or Supervisor acting on behalf of the Dean, may immediately deny assignment of a student to, withdraw a student from, or vary terms, conditions or site of practicum/clinical placement if the Dean or Supervisor has reasonable grounds to believe that this is necessary in order to protect the Public Interest. (See §23.8.2, Practicum Intervention Policy.)
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(3) | The Council of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry approves the principle that the means of assessing a student's progress and determining a student's grades may vary from one course to another in accordance with the nature of the course. Factors other than examination results may be used to a variable extent by instructors in determining grades.
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(4) | Students are advised at the beginning of each course and year of the procedures to be used in their evaluation, the determination and reporting of their grades, and the standards required by the Faculty. Students are also advised of the procedures for appeal established with the Faculty and the University. Students must satisfactorily complete all components of all courses.
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(5) | On their official transcripts students are not ranked or assigned a numeric grade, but are designated as having passed (received credit) or failed a course.
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(6) | Reexaminations
a. | Students are allowed reexamination privileges only in courses that are failed.
| b. | The Department of Dentistry Academic Standing Committee and the Faculty Academic Standing and Promotion Committee must approve reexaminations for students who fail two or fewer courses or components of DDS 545, 565. Students with more than two (2) failed courses or components of DDS 545, 565 in any academic year will not be allowed reexamination privileges.
| c. | The Department of Dentistry Academic Standing Committee and the Faculty Academic Standing and Promotion Committee may allow reexamination of a didactic component of a course if a student fails the didactic component of a clinical course but passes the clinical portion. Reexamination is not permitted in courses that are entirely clinical or in clinical components of courses that include both didactic and clinical components.
| d. | If a reexamination is approved, satisfactory completion of a remedial program may be required by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Academic Standing and Promotion Committee before the student is permitted to take the reexamination.
| e. | Students are advised that it is not possible to make a ruling regarding remediation or reexamination until all grades for a year are received and recorded.
| f. | The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Academic Standing and Promotion Committee will specify by course the remediation/reexaminations required of a failed student for the purposes of meeting promotion/graduation requirements.
| g. | A student who does not take a reexamination within the period of time prescribed by the Faculty will not be allowed to continue in the program.
| h. | The reexamination mark (as in the case of a deferred mark) will replace the original final exam mark.
| i. | Reexaminations in both years of the Program must be approved first by the Department of Dentistry Academic Standing Committee and then by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Academic Standing and Promotion Committee.
| j. | See §23.5.5 for further information regarding when reexaminations are not permitted.
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(7) | Academic Standing: Final decisions regarding academic standing and promotion to the next year or graduation are made by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Academic Standing and Promotion Committee.
a. | No student may proceed to next year of the Program and will be required to withdraw unless they have passed all courses for that academic year.
| b. | A student who fails more than two courses in any year of the program will be required to withdraw from the program.
| c. | Students in the DDS Advanced Placement Program are not eligible for awards.
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(8) | Regulations Concerning Repetition of a Year because of Academic Failure: Students in the DDS Advanced Placement Program will not be permitted to repeat a year.
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(9) | Voluntary Withdrawal: A student in the DDS Advanced Placement Program who chooses to withdraw, forfeits the position and will not be readmitted.
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(10) | Faculty Advisor: At the discretion of the Faculty, an advisor may be assigned to students having difficulty meeting promotion requirements. The method of assignment and role of the advisor is determined by the Faculty and/or Department.
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(11) | All students registered in the DDS Advanced Placement Program are required by provincial legislation to be registered in the Educational Register of the Alberta Dental Association and College. This registration permits the practice of dentistry within the confines of the formal dental curriculum. Students in the program are required to adhere to the professional code of ethics of the Alberta Dental Association and College (Amendments to the Code of Student Behaviour occur throughout the year. The official version of the Code of Student Behaviour, as amended from time to time is housed on the University Governance website at www.governance.ualberta.ca.).
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(12) | Medical Testing and Immunization Requirements: See §113.2.1(12).
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(13) | Certification in CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) at the Basic Rescuer Level is required.
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(1) | Certification in CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) at the Basic Rescuer Level is required.
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(2) | Students entering the Dental Hygiene program may be granted credit for courses completed that are deemed by the Program Director, in consultation with the course coordinator and the Chair of the Department Academic Standing Committee, to be demonstrably equivalent to courses for which credit is being sought.
Students carrying an academic load reduced by  6 or more from the full course load of their academic year will not be eligible for awards.
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(3) | The Associate Dean/Department Chair, or Supervisor acting on behalf of the Associate Dean, may immediately deny assignment of a student to, withdraw a student from, or vary terms, conditions or site of practicum/clinical placement if the Associate Dean or Supervisor has reasonable grounds to believe that this is necessary in order to protect the Public Interest. (See §23.8.2, Practicum Intervention Policy.)
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(4) | The Council of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry approves the principle that the means of assessing a student's progress and determining a student's grades may vary from one course to another in accordance with the nature of the course. Students are advised at the beginning of each course and year of the procedures to be used in their evaluation, the determination and reporting of their grades, and the standards required by the Faculty. Students are also advised of the procedures for appeal established within the Faculty and the University. Students must satisfactorily complete all components of all courses.
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(5) | Recommendations for promotion and graduation are based on a grade of at least D in each subject and a GPA of at least 2.0.
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(6) | The notation of “With Distinction” is awarded to a graduating student in the diploma program who has obtained an average GPA of 3.5 or higher in the second and third years of the program with a minimum GPA of 3.3 in either year and no failing grades over the entire program.
The notation of “With Distinction” is awarded to a graduating student registered in a minimum of 24 in the BSc (Specialization in Dental Hygiene) program who has obtained an average GPA of 3.5 or higher in the third and fourth years of the program with a minimum GPA of 3.3 in either year and no failing grades over the entire program.
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(7) | Reexaminations: See §23.5.5.
a. | Students are allowed reexamination privileges only in courses that are failed.
| b. | The Department of Dentistry Academic Standing Committee and the Faculty Academic Standing and Promotion Committee must approve reexaminations for students who fail one or two courses. Students with more than two failed courses in any academic year will not be allowed reexamination privileges.
| c. | The Department of Dentistry Academic Standing Committee may allow reexamination of the didactic component of a course if a student fails the didactic component of a clinical course but passes the clinical portion. Reexamination is not permitted in courses that are entirely clinical or in clinical components of courses that include both didactic and clinical components.
| d. | A student repeating a year is not allowed reexamination privileges in that year of the program.
| e. | If a reexamination is approved, satisfactory completion of a remedial program may be required by the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Academic Standing and Promotion Committee before the student is permitted to take the reexamination.
| f. | Students are advised that it is not possible to make a ruling regarding remediation or reexamination until all grades for a year are received and recorded.
| g. | The weight of reexamination is at least that of the final examination, but may be more (at the discretion of the Program Director in consultation with the course coordinators).
| h. | The reexamination mark (as in the case of a deferred mark) will replace the original final exam mark.
| i. | Any student who, after reexamination and/or evaluation fails to meet promotion/graduation requirements, is deemed to have failed the year.
| j. | A student who does not take a reexamination within the time period prescribed by the Faculty will not be allowed to continue in the program.
| k. | During the Dental Hygiene Diploma program, reexamination privileges will not exceed four reexaminations or a maximum of 18. For students continuing on to the Dental Hygiene BSc program, the total reexamination privileges will not exceed five reexaminations or a maximum of 20.
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(8) | Reexamination Procedure
a. | The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Academic Standing and Promotion Committee will specify by course the reexaminations required of a failed student for the purposes of meeting promotion/graduation requirements.
| b. | First- and second-year Dental Hygiene students will take the reexamination as scheduled by June 30. Students in the third year will write after the end of the first term for first term courses, and by June 30 for second term and two term courses. Students in the fourth year will write reexaminations after Spring/Summer for Spring/Summer courses or at the end of first term for first term courses. Students in the Post Diploma Degree Completion Programs will write reexaminations after the applicable term. Students are advised to consult the Department.
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(9) | Students are permitted to repeat first-year and second-year Dental Hygiene only in exceptional cases as determined by the Department Council. Repeating students are considered for awards, if taking a full course load.
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(10) | A failed student who repeats the failed year may retain credit for passed courses, other than laboratory and clinical courses, only at the discretion of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Academic Standing and Promotion Committee acting on the advice of the Department concerned. A grade of at least C+ is required for Dental Hygiene courses. Students carrying an academic load reduced by 6 or more from the full course load of their academic year will not be eligible for awards.
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(11) | A Special Category repeating third-year Dental Hygiene Diploma student or Special Category repeating Dental Hygiene BSc student
a. | has achieved a minimum GPA of 2.7 in the year requiring repetition;
| b. | has clinical/practicum deficiencies in no more than two clinical courses and is advised that the deficiency could be corrected within a four-month period of instruction; and
| c. | has successfully completed all written examinations in the Dental Hygiene program.
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(12) | Voluntary Withdrawal: A student wishing to temporarily withdraw registration in the Dental Hygiene Programs is required to make written application to the Dental Hygiene Program Director, stating the reasons for withdrawal. Readmission to the Dental Hygiene programs following voluntary withdrawal will be based on the following:
a. | review, by the Faculty of the reasons for withdrawal and the student's academic record;
| b. | availability of a place, within quota, in the class to which the student is seeking readmission. Priority will be assigned in the following order:
i) | students who have met normal promotion requirements.
| ii) | Faculty approved repeating students and students returning after voluntary withdrawal, in order of academic standing.
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| c. | The length of time the student interrupts studies leading to the Dental Hygiene Diploma or Bachelor of Science (Dental Hygiene Specialization) programs must not exceed two years in total.
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(13) | Faculty Advisor: At the discretion of the Faculty, a Faculty advisor may be assigned to students having difficulty meeting promotion requirements. The method of assignment and the role of the Faculty advisor is determined by the Faculty.
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(14) | Medical Testing and Immunization Requirements: See §113.2.1(12).
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(1) | No credit will be granted for courses completed in preprofessional years and no course exemptions will be allowed.
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(2) | The Dean, or Supervisor acting on behalf of the Dean, may immediately deny assignment of a student to, withdraw a student from, or vary terms, conditions or site of practicum/clinical placement if the Dean or Supervisor has reasonable grounds to believe that this is necessary in order to protect the Public Interest. (See §23.8.2, Practicum Intervention Policy.)
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(3) | The Council of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry approves the principle that the means of assessing a student's progress and determining a student's grades may vary from one course to another according to the nature of the course. Factors other than examination results may be used to a variable extent by instructors in determining grades, but students are informed at the beginning of the course how grades are to be determined.
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(4) | Students are advised at the beginning of each course, and year of the attendance requirements of the procedures to be used in their evaluation, the determination and reporting of their grades, and the standards required by the Faculty and the University. Students who are absent for more than two days in any course in which attendance is compulsory will not be given credit for that course and will be asked to repeat the course. Students must satisfactorily complete all components of all courses.
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(5) | Comprehensive Examinations:
a. | At the end of second year, students take a preclinical comprehensive examination (denoted as MED 520) covering material presented in the first two years of the program.
| b. | After completing year three requirements, students must successfully complete an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) as the first component of MED 540, comprehensive examination. This first exam covers material presented in the first three years of the program.
At the end of fourth year, students will then be required to successfully complete the second component of MED 540 comprehensive examination by completing a knowledge-based assessment. This exam will cover material presented in all four years of the program
All other program requirements must be successfully completed in order to be eligible to take the second examination knowledge-based assessment.
| c. | Students must pass the comprehensive examination before being promoted or allowed to graduate.
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(6) | Students are not ranked or assigned a numeric grade, but are designated as having passed (received credit) or failed a course.
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(7) | Reexaminations
a. | Students are allowed reexamination privileges only in courses that are failed.
| b. | A student repeating a year is not allowed reexamination privileges in that year.
| c. | Students are advised that it is not possible to make a ruling regarding remediation or reexamination until all grades for a year are received and recorded.
| d. | If a reexamination is approved, satisfactory completion of a remedial program may be required before the student is permitted to take the reexamination.
| e. | A student who does not take a reexamination within the period of time prescribed by the Faculty will not be allowed to continue in the program.
| f. | The reexamination mark will replace the original final exam mark (as in the case of a deferred mark).
| g. | Reexamination privileges will be granted to students failing only one course in any year of the program.
| h. | Reexamination of MED 540 Comprehensive Examination: Students who fail the comprehensive examination will be granted a reexamination.
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(8) | Academic Standing: Final decisions regarding academic standing and promotion to the next year of graduation are made by the Faculty Academic Standing and Promotion Committee.
a. | No student may proceed to any subsequent year of the medical program and will be required to withdraw unless they have passed all courses for that academic year.
| b. | Students who do not pass all Year 3 and 4 courses, excluding MED 540 (comprehensive exam) will not be allowed to write the comprehensive exam and will be required to withdraw.
| c. | Students who fail more than one course in a Year of the program will be required to withdraw from the program.
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(9) | Regulations Concerning Repetition of a year because of Academic Failure:
a. | No student will be allowed to repeat Year 1 of the MD program. At the discretion of the Dean, students in Year 2, 3 or 4 may be allowed to repeat a failed year.
| b. | A student repeating a year is not allowed reexamination privileges in that year of the program.
| c. | No student is allowed to repeat more than one year of the MD program.
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(10) | Voluntary Withdrawal: A student wishing to temporarily withdraw registration from the MD program is required to make written application to the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education, stating the reasons for withdrawal and the intended period of absence. Readmission to the MD program following voluntary withdrawal will be based on the following:
a. | review, by the Faculty, of the reasons for withdrawal and of the student's academic record;
| b. | availability of a place, within quota, in the class to which the student seeks readmission. Priority is assigned in the following order:
i) | students who have met normal promotion requirements.
| ii) | Faculty approved repeating students and students returning after voluntary withdrawal, in order of academic standing.
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| c. | The length of time the student interrupts studies leading to the MD degree must not exceed two years in total.
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(11) | Faculty Advisor: At the discretion of the Faculty, an advisor may be assigned to students having difficulty meeting promotion requirements. The method of assignment and role of the advisor shall be determined by the Faculty.
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(12) | All students registered in the MD program are required by provincial legislation to be registered in the Educational Register of the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons. This registration permits the practice of medicine within the confines of the formal medicine curriculum. Students in the MD program are required to adhere to the professional code of ethics of the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons. (Amendments to the Code of Student Behaviour occur throughout the year. The official version of the Code of Student Behaviour, as amended from time to time is housed on the University Governance website at www.governance.ualberta.ca.)
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(13) | Medical Testing and Immunization Requirements:
To ensure, insofar as possible, both student and patient safety, the Faculty requires immunization against, or proof of immunity to, poliomyelitis, diptheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, and hepatitis B. As well, varicella titre and a two-step tuberculin skin test is required in the first year of the program and should be performed by the University of Alberta Health Centre.
For students in Medicine, where there is a greater potential for transmission of bloodborne pathogens from students to patients as a result of activities involved in their clinical experience in practice settings, the following procedures will apply:
Hepatitis B: Hepatitis B surface antigen testing will be performed by the University Health Centre on all students after acceptance into the program. For those students who test negative for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg), Hepatitis B vaccination will be required. An exception will be made for those for whom it is medically contraindicated or for those individuals who have proof of prior vaccination and test positive for antibody to Hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs). After vaccination, students will receive a second test to determine if they have converted to produce the appropriate antibody titre. If they have not converted they will receive a second vaccination and again be tested. Those students who then fail to convert will be counselled as to their potential risk status during training and future practice. All students who test negative for Hepatitis B surface antigen after vaccination will be tested again for surface antigen and Hepatitis B viral DNA at the end of second year, prior to starting clinical placements.
For students who test positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen their “e” antigen (HbeAg) status and the presence of Hepatitis B viral DNA will be determined. If they are found to be positive for the “e” antigen or the viral DNA they will be counselled as to their risk of infecting patients and they will be required to follow a modified clinical training program.
The decision of the Faculty as to the modifications to the training program may be appealed to the Practice Review Board (§23.8.2 Practicum Intervention Policy).
At all times students will follow Universal Precautions when there is potential of exposure to human blood or body fluids.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV): The data indicates that transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) from a health care worker (HCW) to a patient in a health care setting is extremely rare, although transmission from patients to a HCW is more common. Therefore, all students accepted into the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry are encouraged to undergo HIV and HCV testing upon admission and at any time during their program when concerns about infection have arisen, but testing for HIV and HCV is not mandatory at this time.
Note: For updates on changes to medical testing and immunization refer to the Faculty Office.
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(1) | Promotion in the Medical Laboratory Science program depends on passing grades in all subjects of the previous year with a minimum GPA of 2.0, as well as the following requirements:
Phase I
Each laboratory instructor assesses the competence in communication, comprehension, and technical skills of each student four times throughout the academic year. These assessments are documented as a written evaluation that the student is asked to sign. At the end of the Phase, the instructors assign each student a pass or probationary rating based on these evaluations. Students with a GPA of 2.0 who have a majority of unsatisfactory technical ratings are permitted to proceed into Phase II on probation. Students in Phase II who are on probation must withdraw if they receive an unsatisfactory technical rating in any one course. Students entering Phase II with a majority of pass ratings from all the Phase I Medical Laboratory Science courses are assessed as having satisfactory standing.
Phase II
For those Medical Laboratory Science courses with both technical and academic demands, the student must successfully complete the requirements of both components to receive a passing grade.
The competence in communication, comprehension, and technical skills of each student will be assessed by Competency Based Objectives (CBOs) in each Medical Laboratory Science course. Students must pass all the CBOs for each course according to the policies outlined in the specific manuals for each course. Students who do not achieve this in any one course will be required to satisfactorily complete a remedial period of training in that course. A student who requires remedial training in more than one course will be required to withdraw. Students who have entered Phase II on probation (see Phase I) will not normally be allowed remedial training and will be required to withdraw.
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(2) | The quota for Phase I students is 26.
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(3) | Promotion in the post-professional certificate BSc program in Medical Laboratory Science depends on passing grades in all subjects of the previous year with a minimum GPA of 2.0.
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(4) | Reexamination: See §23.5.5
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(5) | A student permitted to repeat a course or an entire phase must withdraw unless a minimum average grade of 2.7 is obtained on the repeated work.
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(6) | Any student whose technical work or academic performance is deemed unsatisfactory may be required to withdraw from the Faculty.
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(7) | For students in Medical Laboratory Science, where there is a greater potential for transmission of bloodborne pathogens from students to patients as a result of activities involved in their clinical experience in practice settings, the following procedures will apply:
Hepatitis B: Hepatitis B antigen testing will be performed by the University Health Centre on all students after acceptance into the program. Students who test negative for Hepatitis B surface antigen (HbsAg), Hepatitis B vaccination will be required. An exception will be made for those for whom is medically contraindicated or for those individuals who have proof of prior vaccination and test positive for antibody to Hepatitis B surface antigen (anti-HBs). After vaccination, students will receive a second test to determine if they have converted to produce the appropriate antibody titre. If they have not converted they will receive a second vaccination and again be tested. Those students who then fail to convert will be counselled as their potential risk status during training and future practice.
For students who test positive for Hepatitis B surface antigen their “e” antigen (HbeAg) status and the presence of Hepatitis B viral DNA will be determined. If they are found to be positive for the “e” antigen or the viral DNA they will be counselled as to their risk of infecting patients.
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV): The data indicates that transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) from a health care worker (HCW) to a patient in a health care setting is extremely rare, although transmission from patients to a HCW is more common. Therefore, all students accepted into the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry are encouraged to undergo HIV and HCV testing upon admission and at any time during their program when concerns about infection have arisen, but testing for HIV and HCV is not mandatory at this time.
Note: For updates on changes to medical testing and immunization refer to the Faculty Office.
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