Where appropriate, course and examination noncompliance issues may be referred to a Faculty Panel on Academic Professionalism (FPAP) hearing. The Panel Hearings will be conducted by the Office of the relevant Senior Associate Dean. An Assistant or Associate Dean not involved directly in student support will chair the meeting, and the membership of the panel will be comprised of at least 2 other faculty members of the School of Medicine as appointed by the Senior Associate Dean of Basic Sciences. The faculty serving on the panel will be MD faculty of the SOM, that are not involved in student advising, and that have experience with the standards for promotion and progression outlined in the student manual.
A quorum for the committee is 3, decisions are reached by simply majority in which the Chair has a casting vote in the event of a tie. The committee may refer the student to an appropriate support service, or when appropriate, and as outlined in the course syllabus, recommend application of the appropriate academic penalty published in the course syllabus. The panel may reduce the penalty applied but cannot exceed that published in the syllabus. The recommendation of the Panel is passed to the relevant Senior Associate Dean for action and communication to the student.