The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the reliable authority for the accreditation of medical education programs leading to the MD degree.
Representatives of LCME will visit the School of Medicine January 10-13. The visiting team will meet with faculty, medical students and resident physicians. The team will review the medical program around five areas: institutional setting and resources, educational program, medical students, faculty and educational resources. The LCME standards have recently undergone an extensive revision, and LLU School of Medicine will be one of the first schools to be reviewed under the new standards.
The school’s preparation includes a 35-page summary “self-study” to evaluate the medical program as well as an extensive database that includes multiple tables of data and answers to specific questions. A committee of medical students created an independent student survey that has been administered to all medical classes.
The focus of LCME reviewing teams in recent years includes curriculum management, fair and timely assessment, variety of measures of student achievement, preparation of resident and faculty instructors, diversity programs and debt management programs.
“We are grateful to the many faculty and students who have helped us prepare for the LCME site visit,” says Tamara Thomas, MD, vice dean for academic affairs. “We have many positive attributes in the School of Medicine and will look at this visit as an opportunity to highlight them and demonstrate our excellent medical program to the LCME.”