School of Pharmacy Examination Policy
Background
This policy applies to examinations in required courses within the PharmD program. Lab assessments are exempted from the policy.
General Expectations of Students:
- Students are expected to uphold the core values of academic integrity which include honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility. The University of Wisconsin–Madison takes academic misconduct allegations very seriously. Academic misconduct is established by the state of Wisconsin for all UW System schools as detailed in UWS Chapter 14.
- Students seeking exam accommodations must have valid McBurney accommodations and provide a copy of their faculty notification letter to the course coordinator and the SAA office (Rebecca Beebe) by the end of the third week of the semester or as soon as possible after a disability has been incurred or recognized.
- Students must use restrooms before exams begin, as faculty typically do not allow any breaks once an exam is in progress.
- Students must arrive early to start the exam on time. Course coordinators will determine if late arrivals are eligible to take the exam.
- Students are advised to carefully read all exam instructions and are responsible for knowing and following all instructions. Most faculty do not allow questions about content during an exam.
Exam Procedure Required Practices:
- Students are permitted to have only pens, pencils, erasers, and a water bottle with them during the exam. Items may be visually inspected by exam proctors.
- Calculators will be provided if required to complete exam questions. Faculty may approve the use of personal non-programmable calculators during the exam. Sharing of calculators between students is prohibited.
- Food is not allowed during exams.
- All backpacks, purses, coats, hats, and other personal items brought into the lecture halls must be placed either in the back or front of the room before the start of the exam.
- Laptop computers are required for electronic examinations. All other programs must be shut down before the start of the exam. No other windows may be open, and no pop-ups are allowed. Please confirm you have the latest update of the Chrome browser installed before the start of the exam. If Honorlock will be used, you must install the latest update and test for errors prior to the exam start.
- Use of any device that can be used to communicate with others is prohibited during exams. This includes (but is not limited to): smart phones, smart watches and Fitbit (or similar) devices, or smart glasses. Cell phones must be turned off and placed in backpack or purse at the front or back of the room. All wrist devices and watches must be removed prior to the start of an exam.
- Foam ear plugs are the only form of noise protection allowed (no headphones of any sort).
- Signs must be posted outside of the lecture hall(s) indicating there is an exam in progress. These will be provided for faculty for exams in Rennebohm Hall.
- Students must sit in alternating seats in the lecture halls or spread out as much as possible in other classrooms.
- Students must keep exam booklets face down until all exams have been distributed and the instructor announces the exam period has begun.
- A clock or timer must be provided at the front of the room for the duration of the exam. (Ex: http://www.clocktab.com/)
- When faculty or proctors announce the end of the exam, students must stop even if their exam is not complete.
- Paper examination materials must be turned in to faculty or proctors before a student leaves the exam room. All pages of the exam booklet must be returned, including scratch paper. Faculty will announce prior to the exam if the exam booklet may be retained by the student.
- If an exam is computerized, exams must be submitted and computers closed before leaving the exam room.
SOP Guidelines for Scheduling Exams
Stipulations
- Evening exams will be limited to weekdays between 4:30-9:30 p.m. To accommodate DPH-3 IPPE commitments on Thursdays, DPH-3 exams will not be held between 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday and 11:00 a.m. on Friday.
- No more than 1 examination per day will be permitted. Lab exams are excluded from this total. This applies to required courses only and eliminates the 24-hour buffer period between exams. (For example, an evening exam could be administered in one required course and an in-class exam could be scheduled in a different course the following day. This would be less than a 24-hour buffer and would be permitted under the new policy.)
- Daytime in-class exams are permissible starting at 7:30 a.m. if they do not conflict with scheduled labs.
School of Pharmacy Faculty must adhere to the UW–Madison Policies Regarding Summary Period (Final Exam) Scheduling
Approved 25 August 2005.
Revised and Approved May 17, 2022.