The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami, Florida, is Florida's first medical school. Miller School of Medicine remains a leading school. It now includes nearly two dozen clinical departments, four dozen centers and institutes, twenty-five administrative offices, and more than 1,700 faculty members. Those programs include a National Cancer Institute-designated center, the only such center in populous South Florida. Miller School of Medicine also maintains several highly-ranked U.S. News programs. And UMMSM is, after all, in beautiful Miami. One could hardly do any better than to pursue your medical degree at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine.
But highly ranked programs in a beautiful setting don't make medical school much if any, easier. You must still meet Miller School of Medicine's academic progress and professionalism standards. And the medical school faculty designs those standards to challenge you so that you meet the medical profession's rigorous standards. Life goes on, even in medical school. Divorce, disease, disability, and other outside challenges can substantially increase your academic and professional challenges, leading to serious medical student issues. If you fail to overcome those issues, you could face medical school dismissal. Get the help you need to defend and defeat dismissal. Retain the Lento Law Firm Education Law Team for effective defense of your Miller School of Medicine education.
Miller School of Medicine Grounds for Dismissal
UMMSM Academic Progression Issues
To meet federal student loan requirements and simply for patient safety, Miller School of Medicine must require its students to meet its graduate school and doctoral student satisfactory academic progress (SAP) standards. Those standards require Miller School of Medicine students to maintain at least a 3.00-grade point average and complete at least two-thirds of credits attempted. Medical students who fail to maintain satisfactory academic progress may follow the UMMSM SAP appeal process. But that process requires your explanation of the extenuating circumstances justifying your low grades or overly frequent course incompletes and withdrawals. An effective SAP appeal also requires your demonstration of a sound recovery plan.
UMMSM Professionalism Issues
The Miller School of Medicine also maintains a Code of Honorable and Professional Conduct that students must meet or face the risk of dismissal. Unprofessional conduct tends to focus on the mistreatment of or inattention to patients, disrespect of supervisors or colleagues, incompetent care, altering or falsifying records, and other professional misconduct. The UMMSM Code of Conduct elaborates on the personal and professional standards the University of Miami's Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook imposes. Violations risking dismissal include drug or alcohol abuse, violence, threats, harassment, theft, trespass, property damage, and certain criminal convictions, among other forms of personal misconduct. Medical students are also subject to the Handbook's Graduate Student Honor Code against various forms of academic cheating.
Miller School of Medicine Adjudication Process
Miller School of Medicine students who violate the above policies may face disciplinary proceedings under the university's Student Conduct Procedures. Those procedures provide certain protections for students who face potential dismissal. Those protections typically include investigation, interview of the accused student and other witnesses, and attempts at informal resolution. Contested cases that do not resolve informally go before a Graduate Disciplinary Hearing Panel. The medical school and the accused student may each present witnesses and other evidence. Medical students facing a formal hearing have the right to designate a retained attorney advisor to assist them. The Graduate Disciplinary Hearing Panel must promptly notify the accused student of its decision on dismissal or other sanctions.
Miller School of Medicine Appeal Process
The University of Miami's Student Conduct Procedures permits the student who suffers dismissal or other serious sanction to appeal the decision. Although appeal procedures vary depending on the nature of the disciplinary charges, a University Appellate Board decides many student appeals. Appeals are generally on the record, meaning that the student must have presented all available evidence at the formal hearing. Appeals must also show grounds to reverse or modify the adverse decision, such as procedural errors or a disproportionate penalty. An appeal, when pursued effectively according to administrative rules and customs, can correct substantial errors and even gain a dismissed student's reinstatement.
Miller School of Medicine Sanctions
The University of Miami's Student Conduct Procedures define a range of sanctions that a Graduate Disciplinary Hearing Panel may impose. Those sanctions can be educational or disciplinary. Educational sanctions focus on remedial training such as repeated or extra coursework and assignments. Disciplinary sanctions can progress from warnings and reprimands through probation and loss of privileges to suspension or permanent expulsion. Your retained student defense attorney advisor can help you focus negotiations on remedial measures that protect your academic and professional record.
Miller School of Medicine Defense Attorney Services
Pursuing medical school appeals and other hearing procedures on your own can be a fool's errand, especially when the risk includes suspension or dismissal. Your UMMSM medical education has enormous value to you. You have also made an enormous investment in that education, which should return you a substantial personal and financial reward. A skilled and experienced student defense attorney advisor can help you discern and pursue a strategic defense approach that maximizes your prospects for a favorable outcome that saves your UMMSM education.
Miller School of Medicine Alternative Special Relief
You may have already exhausted all University of Miami Miller School of Medicine procedures, including appeals but still face dismissal. Don't give up if that's your situation. Instead, retain national student defense attorney advisor Joseph D. Lento to pursue alternative special relief through UMMSM oversight channels. Attorney advisor Lento and the Lento Law Firm Team have the national reputation and relationships to reach and negotiate with university general counsel or other oversight officials for reinstatement in some cases.
UMMSM Defense Attorney Advisor Services
The Lento Law Firm's premier Education Law Team and national student defense attorney advisor Joseph D. Lento have helped hundreds of students nationwide avoid dismissal. They are available at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine for your defense against dismissal. Call 888.535.3686 or go online now.
