Calendar 2001–02

418 Part 7 • University Ordinance and Regulations labelled as Part I of the Third Professional Examination (constituting 40% of the overall final marks). 5.13 Supplementary examination and remedial arrangements (a) Students who do not satisfy the requirements of the Skills Modules and the Selected Study Modules shall be required to do remedial work during the elective period at the end of Year 4. (b) Students who fail marginally in the overall assessment will be allowed to sit for a reassessment. 5.14 Promotion to Medical Year 5 Students who have satisfied the following course and module requirements and passed Part I of the Third Professional Examination shall be promoted to Medical Year 5: (a) having satisfied course requirements of the Selected Study Modules; (b) having satisfied course requirements of the Skills Modules (Clinical Methods, Communication Skills and Life Long Learning Skills); (c) having achieved 50% or more of the overall final marks; (d) having achieved 40% or more of the total marks in each of the end-of- module assessments, and Part I of the Third Professional Examination. Medical Year 5 (Part II of the Third Professional Examination) 5.15 Medical Year 5 students shall be assessed on the following: (a) Course requirements prescribed by Selected Study Modules. (b) Course requirements prescribed by the Skills Modules (Clinical Methods, Communication Skills and Life Long Learning Skills). (c) Knowledge and skills in Medicine and Surgery and their associated specialties. 5.16 Supplementary examination and remedial arrangements (a) Students who do not satisfy the requirements of the Skills Modules and the Selected Study Modules shall be required to do remedial work before graduation. (b) The pass mark of the Part II of the Third Professional Examination is 50%. Internal departmental assessments from senior clerkships will be taken into account. Students who fail in both Medicine and Surgery shall be required to repeat the whole year. Students who fail in one subject only shall be allowed a supplementary examination in that subject to be held within six months from the date of the main examination. (c) Students who fail in the supplementary examination shall be required to resit Part II of the Third Professional Examination. 6.0 Graduation 6.1 A student shall be eligible for the award of the degrees of MB ChB if, (a) he has satisfied the prescribed course and module requirements; (b) he has passed all professional examinations as stipulated in the foregoing regulations within the prescribed period of study; and (c) he has fulfilled other University requirements on Information Technology, Languages, General Education and Physical Education.