Advising
overall on assigned clinical projects.
(Traditionally, a passing grade has been defined as a minimum of 70%.)
A student will be placed on academic probation prior to clinical training if he/she has a grade average between 60-70 percent in one individual course within the NMI curriculum, while maintaining the required minimum average in all other NMI courses.
Academic probationary status will be in effect for not less than eight weeks and not more than 25 weeks. The length of time of this probationary period will depend on the time of occurrence. Requirements for removal from academic probation will be outlined, in writing, to the student (with a copy to his/her Clinical Supervisor) and will be completed during the clinical training period only.
A student will be academically dismissed from the Program if he/she:
has an average less than 60% in any one or more individual courses within the NMI curriculum or
receives a final grade of "C-" or lower in any NMED course enrolled in at the University or
has an average less than 60% on the assigned clinical projects.
Attendance
The Nuclear Medicine Institute has a no-cut policy for class attendance; that is, class attendance is expected. Daily attendance and tardiness records may be maintained during the academic session, and clinical hours are documented during internship. In accordance with University policy, students absent excessively may be reported to the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. Due to the concentrated presentation of the academic subject matter, a student who is absent for more than 56 class hours during the academic session may be withdrawn from the Program. All absences during the academic session, must be authorized by the Program Director prior to occurrence. All absences during the clinical session must be authorized by the Clinical Supervisor prior to occurrence. A written request for a medical or personal leave of absence for an extended period of time must be directed to the Program Director. Authorized leaves may affect a student's financial aid and/or deferment status. Enrollment verification will cover only the period of time the student is attending classes or is in clinical training and will not cover leave time. All leave time must be made up prior to taking the final exam.
Any absence occurring without authorization by either the Program Director (during the academic session) or Clinical Supervisor (during the clinical session) will be documented as an unauthorized absence. Two unauthorized absences of a student enrolled in the Program will result in a disciplinary dismissal from the Program.
Graduation Requirements
To graduate from the NMI Program and receive a Certificate of Completion, the student must have:
successfully passed each of the NMED courses enrolled in at the University and
successfully completed and passed assigned clinical projects and
satisfactorily completed and documented the required educational behavioral objectives and clinical training hours within the scheduled timeframe and according to NMI documentation procedures and
completed and passed the final exam and
paid in full all monies owed to The University of Findlay.
Issuance of the Certificate of Completion, official transcript and verification of Program completion for registry requirements will not be done until all financial obligations to The University of Findlay and Program requirements have been met.
Credit For Previous Nuclear Medicine Training
Due to the specific nature of the Institute's program, previous secondary and postsecondary educational experiences are not considered to fulfill the requirements of the individual courses within the NMI Program. However, a student presently or previously enrolled in an accredited Nuclear Medicine Technology training program may apply for credit of the courses and/or clinical training received towards an AA or BS degree through The University of Findlay. The student should follow the normal application process for the Institute. In addition, the student should complete an application to The University of Findlay and submit an official training program transcript showing courses taken (including a course description or syllabus), clinical training received, and grades assigned for review. Questions regarding the transfer of previous post-secondary coursework towards a degree should be directed to the UF Graduate and Special Programs Office.
A student under academic/disciplinary suspension or dismissal from an accredited NMT program or university will not be considered for enrollment until eligible to return to his/her former program/university.
Readmission Policy
A student who has voluntarily withdrawn or who has been dismissed from the NMI Program due to academic difficulties may reapply by writing to the Program Director requesting readmission and indicating why readmission is desired and documenting remedial course work when applicable. This request will be reviewed by the NMI Admissions Committee. The student will be notified of his/her eligibility status upon completion of the review. A student who is readmitted into the Program will be required to fulfill the graduation requirements of the Program in effect at the time of readmission.
A student dismissed from the NMI Program due to disciplinary reasons and/or academic dishonesty will not be considered for readmission.
Conduct
While on The University of Findlay Campus, the conduct of the student is governed by the rules and regulations of The University of Findlay. For detailed information, the student is referred to The University of Findlay Undergraduate Catalog. He/she should review this information before his/her arrival on campus.
During clinical training, the student is expected to conduct himself/herself in a manner befitting the role of a medical professional. The student's conduct during clinical will be governed by the rules and regulations of the assigned hospital as for any student/employee of that hospital. Unprofessional conduct during clinical training may lead to removal of the student from the clinical site. Unprofessional conduct, as documented by the student's Clinical Supervisor, will be reviewed by NMI and the University and, when warranted, will lead to disciplinary dismissal from the Program.
Academic Dishonesty
When, in the opinion of a faculty member, a student is responsible for violating University rules, regulations or policies of an academic nature, the faculty member MUST notify in writing the Dean of Undergraduate Education/Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies and the student upon confirmation of the incident. For reporting purposes, an Academic Dishonesty Form is available in the Office of the Registrar or online at www.findlay.edu (KEYWORD: advising forms). A copy of the form will be forwarded to the college dean, area director/department chair, registrar and the student. Cases will be handled in a timely manner. Violations of an academic nature may include, but are not limited to, cheating, fabrication and/or plagiarism. Each of these are defined as follows: Cheating Cheating is generally defined as obtaining or creating an unfair advantage in any assignment or examination through the use of unauthorized aid whether given or received. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, the following examples: 1. Use of external assistance on any, in-class or take-home, examinations without the faculty member's specific authorization. This prohibition includes, but is not limited to, the unauthorized use of tutors, books, notes, calculators, data bases, software or computers. 2. Use of another person as a substitute or surrogate in the taking of an examination or quiz. 3. Theft of examinations or other course materials. 4. Use or allowance of others to conduct research or to prepare any work for a student without advanced authorization from the faculty member to whom the work is being submitted. Under this prohibition, a student must not make any unauthorized use of materials obtained from commercial term paper companies or files of papers prepared by other persons. 5. Submission of a written report or project which is represented explicitly or implicitly as the student's individual work when such work was produced in collaboration with one or more other persons. 6. Use of any unauthorized assistance in a laboratory, at a computer terminal or on field work. 7. Work on an examination other than during the time or at a location authorized by the examiner. 8. Submission of work for credit, when the same work has been or will be used for credit in another course, without the consent of both instructors. 9. Alteration of a grade or score in any way. 10. Giving or receiving answers on an assignment, quiz or examination after the examination. This particularly applies to students that are in different sections of the same class. Fabrication Fabrication is the intentional falsification or invention of research, data, citations or other information. Examples of fabrication include, but are not limited to, 1. Citing information not taken from the source indicated. 2. Including in a reference list sources which have not been consulted. 3. Inventing or altering data or source information for research or other academic exercise. 4. Falsifying any academic record or other University document. 5. Presenting data that were collected in an unorthodox or questionable manner. Plagiarism Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional presentation of someone else's words, ideas or data as one's own work, both written or oral. If the work of another is used, acknowledgement of the original source must be made through a recognized reference practice, and, if verbatim statements are included, through quotation marks as well. To assure proper crediting a student will acknowledge the work of others, 1. Whenever one quotes another person's actual words, 2. Whenever one uses another person's idea, opinion or theory, even if it is completely paraphrased in one's own words, or, 3. Whenever one borrows facts, statistics, or other illustrative materials, unless such information is of such common knowledge so as not to be questioned. All instances of academic dishonesty MUST be reported by the faculty member to the Dean of Undergraduate Education/Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies and the student. Based on the severity of the violation of University rules, regulations, or policies of an academic nature, the faculty member must choose a course of action. The course of action may include a zero for the assignment, a reduction in possible points for the course, a grade of “F” for the course, or other action outlined by the faculty member. The faculty member must include his or her course of action when notifying the Dean of Undergraduate Education/Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies and the student. When a student has violated University rules, regulations, or policies of an academic nature the student will not be permitted to withdraw from the course. Upon notification from the faculty member, the Dean of Undergraduate Education/Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies will notify the student in writing that he or she is charged with violating University rules, regulations, or policies of an academic nature. This written notification will include the course of action the faculty member has chosen. The student then may appeal in writing the charge of violating University rules, regulations, or policies of an academic nature by beginning the Application for Formal Inquiry within five working days. Note, the deadline for starting the Application for Formal Inquiry must be adhered to or the appeals process is nullified. The beginning of the process is defined by one of the approved University representative’s signature on the Application for Formal Inquiry. If a student is given an “F” for the course, he or she may not continue to attend the course. However, if the student is issued a grade of “F” for the course and appeals within the five working days, the student may resume attending class pending the final disposition of the matter. A student accused and found responsible for violating University rules, regulations, or policies of an academic nature a second time during his or her career at The University of Findlay may be dismissed or suspended for a period of time as determined by the Graduate/Undergraduate Student Academic Standards Committee. (Revised by Faculty Senate 17 March 2008. Revised by Faculty Senate 22 FEB 2010.) Please note that any student found to be cheating at the Institute will receive a grade of "F" for that course or courses and will be dismissed from the NMI Program. If the student appeals and is then found guilty, the student will not only receive the failing grade(s), but will be dismissed from the program. If the student is found not guilty, then the student will not be dismissed from the NMI Program.
Grade Challenge
The following procedure is provided to students who believe they have been treated unfairly by a faculty member in the final grade given for the course: The student may initiate consideration of the challenged grade with the faculty member who gave the grade. The grade challenge must occur within four weeks after grades were posted on the student's academic record. If the issue isn't resolved during informal discussions with the faculty member, the student must start the Application for Formal Inquiry. The Application for Formal Inquiry is available in the Office of the Registrar or on the University's Web site (Keyword: grade challenge). Step One: The student and the faculty member will provide a brief summary of their discussion(s) regarding the student's request for a change of grade. The faculty member will sign the Application for Formal Inquiry before the student continues the process by meeting with the faculty member's department chair/program director. Note, the faculty member must sign the Application for Formal Inquiry within four weeks of when grades were posted to the student's academic record. If a faculty member is unavailable at the time of the appeal a student may move to Step Two without obtaining the faculty member’s signature. The student must provide written documentation (e.g. e-mail) showing that he/she attempted to contact the faculty member. Step Two: If the student's request is not resolved with the faculty member's department chair/program director, the student and the faculty member's department chair/program director will provide a brief summary of their discussion(s) regarding the student's request for a change of grade. The faculty member's department chair/program director will sign the Application for Formal Inquiry before the student continues the process by meeting with the Dean of Undergraduate Education/Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies. Step Three: If the student's request is not resolved with the Dean of Undergraduate Education/Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies, the student and the Dean of Undergraduate Education/Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies will provide a brief summary of their discussion(s) regarding the student's request for a change of grade. The Dean of Undergraduate Education/Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies will sign the Application for Formal Inquiry before the student submits the Application for Formal Inquiry to the Office of the Registrar for review by the appropriate Student Academic Standards Committee. The appropriate college dean will be notified when the Application for Formal Inquiry reaches Step Three. Step Four: The Application for Formal Inquiry will be reviewed by the Graduate/Undergraduate Student Academic Standards Committee. The final grade will be determined by the Committee which will then report the grade to the student, the faculty member, the student’s adviser and the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty. If at any time during steps 1-3 all parties are satisfied with the outcome, a change of grade form can be filed along with the Application for Formal Inquiry in the Office of the Registrar. The Office of the Registrar will process the change of grade form and will then report the grade to the student, the faculty member, the student’s adviser and the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty. If the University representative is associated with multiple roles within these steps, the lower of the two steps will be considered complete. Faculty response is expected unless the faculty member has left the institution.
