pennycilin
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Hello,
I am a rising 4th year DO student and I had an unfortunate incident occur at the beginning of third year. I had to take 10 days off of my 2nd core rotation due to an acute health problem (managed outpatient, not inpatient admission level of seriousness). I was in contact with my preceptor on that rotation and he understood what was going on. The problem is, I failed to keep my school informed. A classmate reported my extended absence to the school before I did, and I ended up in front of a disciplinary committee for not following the appropriate steps for reporting an absence and/or requesting a short term LOA.
To summarize the "punishment," I was put on a temporary academic/professionalism probation that will not be permanently noted in any of my records and is now gone, so I am back in good standing. But, I was also given a grade of Fail for that rotation and I must repeat it during 4th year. I have worked with my Dept of Clinical Affairs to schedule that make up to occur well before residency applications are due so that I'll have a passing grade to show, but the Fail grade will persist on the transcript even when the new grade is posted. (Side note: I could have appealed the decision within 5 days of receiving it, but chose not to. The committee hinted that they could be considering potentially dismissal from the program at the time of our meeting and I did not want to risk throwing any more gas on the fire. Thus, reversing this decision is unlikely/impossible at this point.)
Any general advice on what I should expect to be asked about this during residency interviews, how I should address it on the ERAS app, and how much impact this might have to my match chances? All advice welcome.
Thanks,
Penny
I am a rising 4th year DO student and I had an unfortunate incident occur at the beginning of third year. I had to take 10 days off of my 2nd core rotation due to an acute health problem (managed outpatient, not inpatient admission level of seriousness). I was in contact with my preceptor on that rotation and he understood what was going on. The problem is, I failed to keep my school informed. A classmate reported my extended absence to the school before I did, and I ended up in front of a disciplinary committee for not following the appropriate steps for reporting an absence and/or requesting a short term LOA.
To summarize the "punishment," I was put on a temporary academic/professionalism probation that will not be permanently noted in any of my records and is now gone, so I am back in good standing. But, I was also given a grade of Fail for that rotation and I must repeat it during 4th year. I have worked with my Dept of Clinical Affairs to schedule that make up to occur well before residency applications are due so that I'll have a passing grade to show, but the Fail grade will persist on the transcript even when the new grade is posted. (Side note: I could have appealed the decision within 5 days of receiving it, but chose not to. The committee hinted that they could be considering potentially dismissal from the program at the time of our meeting and I did not want to risk throwing any more gas on the fire. Thus, reversing this decision is unlikely/impossible at this point.)
Any general advice on what I should expect to be asked about this during residency interviews, how I should address it on the ERAS app, and how much impact this might have to my match chances? All advice welcome.
Thanks,
Penny
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