Behind every lecture, clerkship, and clinical experience is a commitment to creating the best possible learning environment for our students. As we prepare for our upcoming LCME site visit, we are highlighting the ways the College of Medicine supports student learning, ensures safety, and promotes fairness across the curriculum.
We deliberately use formative assessments to prepare students for summative ones. In the pre-clerkship phase, learners receive frequent feedback through quizzes, audience response questions, formative OSCEs, and direct observation. During clerkships, every student participates in a required mid-clerkship feedback meeting, ensuring time for coaching and improvement before final evaluations. These prepare students for summative assessments, including NBME subject exams, OSCEs, and student performance evaluations.
Narrative feedback is a cornerstone of student development. When faculty and students work together in small groups in longitudinal settings, learners are required to receive valuable written comments that provide both positive reinforcement and constructive guidance to support growth. Residents play an essential role in medical education and are prepared to teach through required training and review of ongoing feedback from students.
Patient and student safety are of paramount importance. Clear supervision policies define appropriate levels of responsibility, ensuring students are supervised by appointed faculty, with residents contributing within defined roles. Standardized clerkship guides outline supervision expectations for faculty and residents. Confidential reporting mechanisms (e.g., mistreatment reporting in the Student Portal), along with explicit anti-retaliation protections, ensure concerns can be raised and addressed promptly.
Finally, our appeals policy and process for students is transparent and consistently applied across campuses, with defined timelines and due-process protections. Together, these practices reflect our shared commitment to learning, safety, and fairness.
-Office of Medical Education