Documents
for 2012-2013 Survey Visits
Medical Education Database for Full Accreditation 2012-2013
Medical Education Database for Preliminary Accreditation 2012-2013
Medical Education Database for Provisional Accreditation 2012-2013
Functions
and Structure of a Medical School May 2011
Contains the accreditation standards by which programs with accreditation
surveys scheduled in the 2012-2013 academic year will be evaluated.
Guide
to the Institutional Self-study 2012-2013
Defines the purpose of the self-study, describes how to organize
and complete it, and provides instructions and guidance for conducting
an institutional self-study and compiling a summary report for the
LCME.
Survey
Report Guide 2012-2013
A guidebook directed at survey team members who will be preparing
the teams report. It also contains important information about
the specific topics that the survey team will review and evaluate
in its assessment of the medical education program.
Rules
of Procedure
Describes
the policies and operating procedures of the LCME.
Connections 2012-2013
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.
Documents
for 2013-2014 Survey Visits
Medical Education Database for Full Accreditation 2013-2014
Medical Education Database for Preliminary Accreditation 2013-2014
Medical Education Database for Provisional Accreditation 2013-2014
Functions and Structure of a Medical School May 2012
Contains the accreditation standards by which programs with accreditation surveys scheduled in the 2012-2013 academic year will be evaluated.
Guide to the Institutional Self-study 2013-2014
Defines the purpose of the self-study, describes how to organize and complete it, and provides instructions and guidance for conducting an institutional self-study and compiling a summary report for the LCME.
Survey Report Guide 2013-2014
A guidebook directed at survey team members who will be preparing the team’s report. It also contains important information about the specific topics that the survey team will review and evaluate in its assessment of the medical education program.
Rules of Procedure
Describes the policies and operating procedures of the LCME.
Connections 2013-2014
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.
LCME Procedures
and Policies
Rules
of Procedure
Describes policies and practices related to LCME accreditation, the
survey process, accreditation decisions and reporting, evaluation and
revision of standards, complaint handling, appeals, and other procedures.
Functions
and Structure of a Medical School
Contains
the LCME standards for accreditation of medical education programs
leading to the MD degree in the U.S. and Canada. Explanatory annotations
are provided to clarify the meaning of standards when necessary.
Use of the word "must" signifies an absolute requirement.
"Should" is a requirement that must be met unless there
is a compelling reason, acceptable to the LCME, for waiving the
need to comply with the standard. An updated edition of Functions
and Structure of a Medical School (F&S) is published every May.
With only one exception, all medical education programs are subject
to the most recent set of accreditation standards as outlined in
the current edition of F&S. Programs currently engaged in the accreditation
process who have already received a blank medical education database
in advance of their survey visit will be subject to the standards
in the database. Because schools are sent the database a year or
more in advance of their survey visit, the standards contained in
the database and those in the most current F&S are often out
of sync.
2012-2013
Survey Report Guide
For full and limited survey visits conducted in the 2012-2013 academic
year.
2011-2012
Survey Report Guide
For full and limited survey visits conducted in the 2011-2012 academic
year.
Guidelines
for New and Developing Medical Schools
Describes the minimum requirements that must be met in order for
the LCME to consider granting provisional accreditation of a new
program leading to the M.D. degree.
Guidelines
for the Conduct of Accreditation Survey Visits 2010-2011
The
Role of Students in the Accreditation of Medical Education Programs
in the US and Canada
Describes the procedures and format for conducting an independent student
analysis of the medical education program, student services, and the
learning environment. It also delineates the role of students in the
accreditation process. This document is not specific to the 2012-2013
academic year.
LCME
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.
Annual
Medical School Questionnaires
Annual
Medical School Questionnaires
Each year, the LCME collects data about the structure and operations
of accredited medical schools. The information is used for continuous
monitoring of medical schools in the interval between surveys.
Forms
for Class Size and Branch Campus Proposals
Proposed
Class Size Increase Notification Requirements and Form
This document includes LCME requirements regarding the potential impact
of an increase in class size on institutional resources for M.D. programs
as well as the requirements for reporting a proposed class size increase
to the LCME, thresholds for required prior notice, and the documentation
to be provided by the school. The form for reporting a proposed class
size increase is included to facilitate a school's reporting to the
LCME.
Proposed
New or Expanded Branch Campus Notification Requirements and Form
A school planning
to create a new branch campus or to expand an existing branch campus
should complete this form and send to the LCME,
whether or not the result will be an overall increase in class size.
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