What are the consequences for a medical student failing a core "part 1" course?

What happens when a medical student fails a course depends heavily on the specific university's academic policies and the nature of the course. Generally, for a core "part 1" medical course:

• Students are often given an opportunity to resit the exam or retake the course.
• If the course is foundational and cannot be remediated quickly, or if multiple courses are failed, the student might be required to repeat the entire academic year (part 1).
• Carrying over a failed core course to part 2 is less common in medical programs, as the curriculum is highly sequential and a deficiency in part 1 knowledge would likely impede progress in part 2.

The most common outcomes are a resit or repeating the year, rather than carrying a failed core course forward.