M.D. Student Development
Evaluation and Promotion
The evaluation of student performance helps students achieve their maximum potential and provides information on how well institutional educational goals are being met.
The official policies for evaluation of academic performance, promotion, grade grievance, and academic dismissal are contained in the UT Medical School Policy and Guidelines for Evaluation and Promotion of Medical Students on the Medical School student handbook Web site, http://www.med.uth.tmc.edu/P&G_Eval_&_Promos_Med_Students.htm. Hard copies are available in the Office of Student Affairs.
Examinations serve to inform faculty about a student’s grasp of course material and provide an indication of when academic help or remedial work is appropriate. Medical students are awarded the following grades on the basis of their academic performance: Honors, High Pass, Pass, Marginal Performance, or Fail. Grades and other information relative to a student’s academic performance are transmitted to the Student Evaluation and Promotion Committee which, based upon an overall consideration of the student’s grades, demonstrated knowledge, clinical performance, and suitability to practice medicine, decides whether a student should be promoted, continued with remedial work assigned, or dismissed. Any student whose record indicates that he/she is not qualified to continue the study of medicine will be dismissed.
Students can be referred for evaluation and counseling for academic or personal concerns through the Office of Student Affairs.
Conduct and Discipline
Students are responsible for knowing and observing University regulations concerning student conduct and discipline as set forth in the UTHSC-H Handbook of Operating Procedures Section 6.03 and the Rules and Regulations of The University of Texas System Board of Regents, Series 50101. A reference copy of the Rules and Regulations is available in the Dean’s Office and the HAM-TMC Library.
For information regarding student academic and behavioral issues, contact:
Margaret C. McNeese, M.D.
Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs
The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
6431 Fannin, Suite G400
Houston, Texas 77030
Basic and Clinical Science Research Program for Medical Students
Basic science and clinical research are essential components of the overall mission of the Medical School. The Medical School offers a Summer Research Program, which provides an intensive, hands-on, 10-week research experience for medical students during the summer after their first year. The program fosters development of scientific reasoning and other research skills.
Students work closely with faculty mentors of their choice in ongoing research projects organized individually for each student. At the end of the research project, students write an abstract on the research – on which they are first-author. These abstracts are published and posted on the program’s Web site. In addition, the students develop a research poster which is presented at the annual Medical School Research Forum and Webber Prize Competition held in late October.
Students also may participate in research at any time during their education (both during the summer and as an elective(s) during the regular academic year).
Short-term NIH training stipend support is available for a limited number of medical students, and other sources of financial support also are available.
Contact: Gary Rosenfeld, Ph.D.
Program Director, 713-500-7435
e-mail: Gary.C.Rosenfeld@uth.tmc.edu
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