Key date to remember Official LCME site visit: Feb. 18-21, 2024

Conflict of Interest and Learner Assessments

LCME Element 1.2 - Conflict of Interest Policies

LCME Element 12.5 - Non-Involvement of Providers of Student Health Services in Student Assessment/Location of Student Health Records

What: The LCME requires that medical schools have and follow policies and procedures to address conflict of interest with individuals and the operation of the medical education program, including providing health care to medical students and learner assessments.

Why: It is important to mitigate situations in which individuals’ aims are incompatible or an individual might gain something personally for a decision or action.

LCME Element 1.2

A medical school has in place and follows effective policies and procedures applicable to board members, faculty members, and any other individuals who participate in decision-making affecting the medical education program to avoid the impact of conflicts of interest in the operation of the medical education program, its associated clinical facilities, and any related enterprises.

LCME Element 12.5

The health professionals who provide health services, including psychiatric/psychological counseling, to a medical student have no involvement in the academic assessment or promotion of the medical student receiving those services, excluding exceptional circumstances. A medical school ensures that medical student health records are maintained in accordance with legal requirements for security, privacy, confidentiality, and accessibility.

Source: LCME Functions and Structure of a Medical School 2023-24