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Key date to remember

  • Official LCME site visit: Feb. 18-21, 2024

Evaluation of Educational Program Outcomes

LCME Element 8.4

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What: The School of Medicine collects data during enrollment and after completion of the M.D. program and uses it to determine how students perform and how to improve the curriculum.

Why: Evaluation data are important to demonstrate students˘ achievement of educational objectives and to use for continuous quality improvement.

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Faculty must provide course and clerkship grades in a timely manner. View the School of Medicine˘s policy on grade timeliness.

LCME Element 8.4 

A medical school collects and uses a variety of outcome data, including national norms of accomplishment, to demonstrate the extent to which medical students are achieving medical education program objectives and to enhance the quality of the medical education program as a whole. These data are collected during program enrollment and after program completion.

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