Student Academic Performance Review Committee (SAPRC)

The Student Academic Performance Review Committee (SAPRC) and its five reporting committees shall review the academic, clinical, and professional performance of medical students.   These committees shall recommend to the dean appropriate action to be taken for  each student including but not limited to advancement to the next year, graduation, remediation, dismissal, or readmission. 

Appointed by the dean, the five reporting committees of the SAPRC are:

• Year 1 Promotions Committee
• Year 2 Promotions Committee
• Year 3 and 4 Promotions Committee
• Professional Integrity Committee

The SAPRC shall:

• receive and approve reports from each reporting committee
• receive recommendations regarding students who have had greater than one deficiency in their academic record and approve or modify those recommendations
• deliberate about all recommendations requiring the repeat of an academic year or dismissal from the College
• deliberate about recommendations regarding students who fail any component of the USMLE
• serve as the first appeal panel for decisions appealed by students.

The Committees will consider each student individually in the context of quality of performance, achievement of required competencies, completion of the requirements of the program of study, and professional attitudes, behaviors and values expected of a physician. Each faculty committee will make a professional judgment regarding the students, and has latitude to make exceptions to guidelines for exceptional situations.  The Committees (except the Professional Integrity Committee) meet at least annually and during the course of an academic year, all students are periodically reviewed.

The committees make recommendations in the following areas:

• Promotion of students
• Certification for graduation
• Placement on leave of absence (LOA) for academic reasons
• Readiness for return from LOA
• Disciplinary action for unethical or non-professional behavior
• Remediation of academic deficiencies including formulation of the remedial strategy
• Dismissal
• Readmission
• Other recommendations as called upon by the Dean.

In considering the advancement, promotion, graduation, or remediation of an individual student, the Committees have latitude to fully evaluate the totality of the educational performance and make decisions in the best interest of the student’s education, NYMC, and the public.  The Committee may require remediation of students who pass all courses, but do so marginally.  If a student fails to pass a course in the educational program, the Committee will review performance in all courses and may require a student to repeat any or all courses in an academic year, even those that have been previously passed.  When repeating courses, the student must achieve a passing grade.