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1 0 AUC COURSE CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK | SEPTEMBER 2020 0 AUC COURSE CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK | SEPTEMBER 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME 2 AUC PROFILE 3 AUC OBJECTIVES 8 ADMISSIONS 14 AC ADEMIC CALENDAR 16 STUDENT FINANCE 20 TUITION AND FEES 20 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 21 FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS 21 FEDERAL DIRECT UNSUBSIDIZED STAFFORD LOANS 22 FEDERAL DIRECT GRADUATE PLUS LOANS 23 SCHOLARSHIPS 23 WITHDRAWAL REFUND SCHEDULE 25 RETURN OF TITLE IV FUNDING 26 DETERMINING EARNED FINANCIAL AID 27 REGISTRATION & HEALTH INSURANCE 29 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS 29 HEALTH INSURANCE 31 CURRICULUM 33 MEDICAL SCIENCES 34 CLINICAL SCIENCES 35 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 37 SINT MAARTEN CAMPUS RESOURCES, ACTIVITIES & POLICIES 50 ORIENTATION 50 CAMPUS ACCESS 50 ELECTRONIC BOOKS 51 LIBRARY SERVICES 51 INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCE EQUIPMENT 52 LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER 52 FITNESS CENTER POLICIES 52 CAMPUS SMOKE-FREE POLICY 54 SAFETY INFORMATION 54 STUDENT WELLBEING 56 WELLNESS COUNSELING 56 AUC THRIVE WELLNESS AND HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAM 56 1 AUC COURSE CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK | SEPTEMBER 2020 CONFERENCE STIPENDS 57 CLINICAL SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS & ROTATIONS 58 TRANSITION TO CLINICAL MEDICINE PROGRAM 58 REQUIRED CORE CLERKSHIPS 59 RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES 59 CLINICAL ROTATION REQUIREMENTS 60 ELECTIVE ROTATIONS 61 SCHEDULING CORE CLERKSHIPS AND ELECTIVES 61 SCHEDULING ELECTIVE ROTATIONS 64 STATE SPECIFIC CLINICAL REGULATIONS 65 POLICIES FOR ROTATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 66 ASSESSMENT POLICIES & PROCEDURES 67 MEDIC AL SCIENCES COURSE

2 EXAMIN ATIONS AND USMLE STEP 1 EXAM 67 CLINICAL SCIENCES COURSE REQUIREMENTS, CLINIC AL ASSESSMENT, AND USMLE STEP 2 EXAMS 67 AUC COMP, USMLE STEP 2 CK, AND USMLE STEP 2 CS POLICY 70 RESIDENCY MATCH PREPARATION 78 OFFICE OF STUDENT PROFESSION AL DEVELOPMENT 78 PHYSICIAN MATCH AD VISOR PROGRAM 78 STUDENT PLACEMENT RESOURCES 78 PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT POLICY 80 STUDENT HONOR CODE 80 CONDUCT VIOL ATIONS 81 ANTI-BULLYING POLIC Y 82 ANTI-H AZING POLIC Y 83 TITLE IX POLICY 84 DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLIC Y 85 ELECTRONIC INFORMATION RESOURCE USAGE POLIC Y 89 SOCIAL MEDIA POLIC Y 91 NON-ACADEMIC PROBATION, SUSPENSION, AND DISMISSAL CRITERIA 93 AD MINISTR ATIVE REVIEW AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES 94 SEX AND GENDER-BASED MISCONDUCT RESPONSE AND PREVENTION 94 ACADEMIC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 95 ATTENDANCE 95 STUDENT AC ADEMIC STATUS CL ASSIFICATION 98 AC ADEMIC STATUS CRITERIA 99 SATISFACTOR Y AC ADEMIC PROGRESS 99 AC ADEMIC WARNING 102 AC ADEMIC DISMISSAL 102 APPEAL PROCESS 103 SYNCHRONIZATION PL AN 105 COURSE GRADING SYSTEM 108 REQUIREMENTS FOR GR ADUATION 112 ACADEMIC LEAVES OF ABSENCE 114 GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL students 114 TYPES OF LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUESTS 115 RETURN FROM AC ADEMIC LEAVE OF ABSENCE 117 2 AUC COURSE CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK | SEPTEMBER 2020 LEAVE OF ABSENCE POLIC Y FOR USMLE TESTING 120 STUDENT RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTS 125 STUDENT RECORDS 125 TRANSCRIPTS 127 INSTITUTIONAL COMPLAINTS 129 ADMINISTRATION AND

3 FACULTY 130 1 AUC COURSE CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK | SEPTEMBER 2020 FORMS Important STUDENT Forms: A-1 Request for Long Term Academic Leave from Medical Sciences for an Entire Semester A-2 Request for Short Term Academic Leave from Medical Sciences A-3 Request for Academic Leave of Absence Extension for USMLE Step 1 A-4 Request for Academic Leave of Absence from Clinical Sciences A-5 Official Withdrawal Form for Medical Sciences A-6 Official Withdrawal Form for Clinical Sciences A-7 Religious Accommodation Form A-8 Examination Security Agreement A-9 FERPA Form A-10 Request for Excused Absence for Illness A-11 Technical Standards A-12 Workflow for STUDENT Academic Concerns A-13 Canvas STUDENT User Guide A-14 E*Value Clinical STUDENT User Guide A-15 Academic Accommodations Request Form A-16 Guidelines for STUDENT Led Community Engagement Experiences Forms Hosted on the AUC STUDENT Portal.

4 A-15 Health Insurance Waiver Submission Form A-16 Reinstatement of Medical Insurance Coverage Submission Form A-17 Clinical Rotation Cancellation Form A-18 Core Clerkship Location Preference Form Application to AUC by a STUDENT constitutes agreement to comply with this COURSE CATALOG and STUDENT HANDBOOK , including the Honor Code, Technical Standards, Non-Discrimination Policy, and any other policies and procedures, rules, regulations, or amendments thereto. students are responsible for complying with the terms of any revised or updated COURSE CATALOG and STUDENT HANDBOOK from the revision or effective date if specified or otherwise on the date they are first distributed to the STUDENT body or published on AUC s website ( ). 2 AUC COURSE CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK | SEPTEMBER 2020 WELCOME The AUC community extends its students a warm welcome.

5 AUC students medical school experience should be one of tremendous learning, exploration, and personal and professional development as a physician-in-training. We have implemented within this COURSE CATALOG and STUDENT HANDBOOK rules that govern conduct and operation of our institution. These policies, procedures, and guidelines are designed to ensure that all members of our university know what is expected of them and others and are treated fairly. At AUC, we adhere to the following principles of communities of learning1: Educationally purposeful. AUC is a place where faculty and students share academic goals and strengthen teaching and learning on campus and in clinical rotations. Open. AUC is a place where free speech is protected and civility affirmed. Just. AUC is a place where each individual is treated in a fair and transparent manner and where diversity is vigorously pursued.

6 Disciplined. AUC is a place where individuals accept their obligations to the group and where well-defined governance procedures guide behavior for the common good. Caring. AUC is a place where the wellbeing of each member is sensitively supported and where service to others is expected. Celebrative. AUC is a place where the heritage and purpose of the institution is remembered and where rituals affirming tradition and change are shared. So, once again, welcome to the AUC community. We are happy that you are here. 1 Adapted f rom Ernest Boy er (1990), Campus Lif e: In Search of Community . San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 3 AUC COURSE CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK | SEPTEMBER 2020 AUC PROFILE HISTORY AUC was founded in 1978 upon a belief in the need for visionary, skilled, compassionate doctors. The university was originally chartered by the Government of Montserrat in the British West Indies.

7 In 1995, AUC relocated to the island of Sint Maarten after Montserrat s Soufri re Hills Volcano which had been dormant throughout recorded history erupted and left much of the island buried or uninhabitable. Now with its medical sciences campus in Sint Maarten, the university benefits from a standard of living that is unparalleled in the Caribbean. In 1998, AUC completed a multimillion-dollar teaching and learning facility in Sint Maarten that features classrooms and laboratories, a virtual imaging anatomy lab, a microbiology lab, and a comprehensive medical library. Four years later, AUC constructed modern one and two-bedroom University Apartments just steps from the university campus. AUC officially opened the doors of a new academic building in 2013, ushering in a new era for the institution. The new medical education building houses an anatomy lab, clinical skills training lab, simulation center, and 400-seat auditorium, as well as faculty offices and additional study and learning spaces for students .

8 In 2019, AUC entered into a first of its kind partnership with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in Preston, United Kingdom, to offer international non-US citizens the opportunity to complete AUC s medical sciences curriculum through delivery of a Post Graduate Diploma in International Medical Sciences from UCLan. Over the past 40 years, AUC has grown in number and stature. The university has established partnerships with clinical sites in the United States and United Kingdom and offers global health electives in five countries. With instruction and rigorous training, each day at AUC provides a fresh chance to live our vision of preserving, transmitting, and applying humanity s accumulated medical knowledge and clinical skills to develop graduates whose accomplishments attest to their intellectual discipline. ACCREDITATION AUC is accredited through 2021 by the Accreditation Commission on Colleges of Medicine (ACCM, ), which is the accreditor used by the country of Sint Maarten.

9 The United States Department of Education, via the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA), reviews the standards that countries use to accredit medical schools. The NCFMEA has determined that the ACCM s accreditation standards are comparable to those set by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME), which 4 AUC COURSE CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK | SEPTEMBER 2020 accredits medical education programs in the United States. STATE APPROVALS/LICENSURE California The Medical Board of California recognizes AUC s resident COURSE of instruction leading to the MD degree to be equivalent to that required by Section 2089 and of the California Business and Professions Code. The medical education program is equivalent to that of an LCME-accredited school. This recognition approves AUC to conduct clinical clerkships in California and enables its graduates to apply for licensure in the state.

10 Many other states defer to California s recognition for the purpose of physician licensure because most do not have their own review and approval process. Florida Under the provision of Chapter 1005, Florida Statutes and Chapter 6E of the Florida Administrative Code, the Commission for Independent Education of the Florida Department of Education licenses AUC to offer clerkship instruction in Florida. Additional information regarding this institution may be obtained by contacting the commission at 325 W. Gaines Street, Suite 1414, Tallahassee, FL, 32399-0400, toll-free 888-224-6684. New York The New York State Education Department has approved AUC s program of medical education to place students in clinical clerkships at AUC s affiliated hospitals in the state of New York. Texas Recognition by the Texas Medical Board facilitates an AUC graduate s applicant for physician licensure.