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Strategic planning and continuous quality improvement

Element 1.1. — Strategic planning and continuous quality improvement

What: Medical schools must have a strategic plan and a way to ensure process improvement so that the medical education program complies with accreditation standards.

Why: A strategic plan supports aligning the missions of the School of Medicine and promotes collaboration across the departments and dean’s office units for shared goals. Continuous quality improvement in medical education ensures that we maintain optimal standards, thus providing students with the best learning experience possible.

LCME Element 1.1

A medical school engages in ongoing strategic planning and continuous quality improvement processes that establish its short and long-term programmatic goals, result in the achievement of measurable outcomes that are used to improve educational program quality, and ensure effective monitoring of the medical education program’s compliance with accreditation standards.