By far the main goal of the LCME accreditation process is to promote institutional self-evaluation and improvement. This is CQI – the Continuous Quality Improvement we strive for in our clinical, research and education missions. It is Practice-Based Learning and Improvement – the same competency we expect of our students and residents. It is our time to engage in learning and improvement on an institutional level.
Our site visit date has been set!
The LCME will be here February 25th-28th 2018.
On April 13th, 2016, members of our LCME committee attended a pre LCME Survey Workshop in Washington , D.C.. During this time, they were able to hear from the LCME Secretariat and ask questions. They also heard a presentation from a Medical School who had just gone through the site visit and accreditation process. The day was very informative and will be helpful come our site visit.
Independent Student Analysis: A student committee has spent the last few months preparing a LCME pre- visit survey. This survey will be handed out to all medical students over the next few weeks. The student committee will then compile the results and share them with the LCME subcommittees. This information will help us prepare for our official LCME visit.
I am interested in information on the accreditation process for the expansion of the regional campus?
The University Park Campus is not set up as a separate campus so therefore, it will not have to go through a separate accreditation process. The University Park expansion will be carefully reviewed by the survey team that does our February 2018 College of Medicine accreditation review.
During the LCME visit, what will be required of medical staff that teach and the College of Medicine faculty?
The most important thing is that the faculty should be knowledgeable about the competencies and vision of the Medical School. Information is posted on this website that addresses these items.