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Connections
Connections provides an integrated view of LCME accreditation standards by connecting the text of each standard to (1) its corresponding annotation, (2) the medical education database questions related to that standard, (3) the questions that the institutional self-study committee must address and (4) the findings that survey team members must document in the survey report.
Each component of Connections is already accessible on the LCME website, albeit in various LCME publications. By connecting each standard to the relevant section of each related LCME publication, Connections provides a more nuanced understanding of the intent of each standard and the goals for the accreditation process. Over time, the LCME Secretariat will add additional information to the Connections document, including information about the frequency with which individual standards are cited, the specific nature of those citations, and a section for "Secretariat Comments" about the areas of noncompliance identified by teams during survey visits.
The information provided in this version of Connections was developed from the accreditation documents available as of September 2012 for the 2012-2013 visit year (see version information below). Programs that began the accreditation process using different versions of the standards, database, and self-study questions may notice some differences. This is to be expected given that schools generally start their self-study process approximately 15 months before their scheduled survey visit, and so are using the materials in place at that time.
| Functions and Structure of a Medical School | May 2011 Edition |
| Guide to the Institutional Self-study | 2012-2013 Edition |
| Medical Education Database | 2012-2013 Edition |
| Survey Report Guide | 2012-2013 Edition |
The information provided in this version of Connections was developed from the accreditation documents available as of September 2012 for the 2013-2014 visit year (see version information below). Programs that began the accreditation process using different versions of the standards, database, and self-study questions may notice some differences. This is to be expected given that schools generally start their self-study process approximately 15 months before their scheduled survey visit, and so are using the materials in place at that time.
| Functions and Structure of a Medical School | May 2012 Edition |
| Guide to the Institutional Self-study | 2013-2014 Edition |
| Medical Education Database | 2013-2014 Edition |
| Survey Report Guide | 2012-2013 Edition (updated guide not yet available) |
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