On Become a "Branch Campus"
Subject examinations, aka shelf exams, are administered to medical students as they complete their clinical rotations or clerkships. This morning, a third year student from Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine took his examination here at Community Hospital.
Several RVUCOM students are spending the year in Grand Junction and are doing most of their clinical rotations with local physicians. Being able to take their examinations here saves them from making the winter drive across I-70. (View the current road conditions across the state thanks to the Colorado Department of Transportation.)
This step comes as we completed the requirements from the National Board of Medical Examiners to be a "branch campus" of Rocky Vista for testing purposes. We had to be located at least two hours from the college - no problem meeting that requirement, we needed to have the appropriate facilities, and we needed to have an Associate Executive Chief Proctor.
Heather Gray agreed to be our initial AECP; now Dan Thomas has taken over that position. Heather and Dan, along with Connie, Erica, and myself are the proctors who can administer the examinations. We surely have one of the highest proctor-to-student ratios of any NBME site, but feel this is a valuable service to offer the medical students.
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