Our protocol is that if the student obtains an 'excused absence' from the Student Affairs office (documented), then
the student MAY take the iRAT ahead of the missed session OR after the session OR be given their mean iRAT score for that
course; they get their group's score for the other components.  If a student doesn't show, then they get a zero which is a big ouch.
In all our 10+ years, we've probably had only 2-3 no-shows and very few tardies either since we start the iRAT right on time.


Dean Parmelee, M.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Boonshoft School of Medicine
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio
http://www.med.wright.edu/aa/parmelee.html 


On Feb 21, 2012, at 12:24 PM, Emke, Amanda R. wrote:

> I have a question for the group. Every year, we have students miss TBL sessions because of illness or being out of town for conferences. Because there are very few mandatory experiences at our school (outside of exams, almost none), students do not, and sometimes cannot, avoid missing sessions.
>  
> How are absences handled?
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> Amanda
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