College of Medicine Go To Page Catalog Home About Iowa Learning At UI Student Life Resources Colleges Continuing Educ Admin. The College of Medicine has established promotion policies and procedures to ensure that each person who graduates from The University of Iowa College of Medicine has adequate skills, knowledge, judgment, ethical standards and personal integrity to assume the responsibilities of a medical doctor. The student promotions committee, made up of six faculty members and one student member, performs these duties with the cooperation, advice and judgment of course directors, faculty members, students, and administrators. The committee recommends specific actions to be taken in any case in which a student's skills, knowledge, judgment, or ethical behavior is in any way considered consistently marginal or unsatisfactory. These recommendations are then forwarded for action to the medical council and executive committee, meeting in joint session to represent the faculty.
Medical students have the right to appeal a promotion decision.
Students desiring to do so must submit the appeal in writing to the associate dean for student affairs of the College of Medicine within two weeks after the date of written receipt of the decision. Appeals are considered by the medical council and executive committee, meeting in joint session. Students may request an opportunity to appear personally before the joint session to make a statement and to answer questions. More specific information about student promotion policies and procedures is available at the Medical Student Affairs Office and is published annually in the Medical Student Handbook . Reinstatement The College of Medicine has established policies regarding leaves of absence, dropping courses, withdrawal from the college, and reinstatement to the college.