(339) Student Remediation- One School’s Process

Objective : Describe the didactic course remediation program.

Methods: The school’s curriculum committee developed, and faculty approved the remediation process for students enrolled in the new Practice and Team-Ready competency-based curriculum. Students who achieve a final didactic course grade of “D” (65% to < 70% on the school grading scale) are required to complete a 3-week remediation process after spring semester. A student-specific remediation plan is developed by the course coordinator(s) in conjunction with the student’s reflection and action plan plus data from all course assessments (eg, ExamSoft exam results and tags). Individualized remediation plans include student check-ins and assessments. Students and faculty were surveyed for feedback after the first year of the program; faculty also received remediation status updates during semi-annual school retreats.

Results: The new curriculum began in fall 2021 and at the end of spring 2022, 10 students needed to remediate 15 P1 courses. Only one student was unsuccessful in remediation but subsequently successfully repeated the course. The current P2 class has 10 students needing to remediate a total of 12 courses after the fall 2022 semester while the current P1 class has 6 students in 6 total courses. Three of the current P2s have a history of remediating after P1 year. Student and faculty feedback was generally positive after the first year of the program. Modifications have included: more specific ExamSoft question tags, improved remediation delivery logistics, better student preparations for meetings, and better individualized student plans.

Conclusions: The remediation process is designed for students to be successful in achieving course competencies. Although the remediation process appears to be meeting this goal, continued data gathering and analysis are needed with further modifications anticipated.