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1 2016 UME Accreditation CUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

2 What is Accreditation?  Accreditation is a peer-review process designed to attest to the educational quality of new and established educational programs.  It ensures that medical schools are compliant with established standards.  Accreditation is intended to be a continuous quality improvement process, rather than just periodic visits to assess compliance. CUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

3 Accrediting Bodies  CACMS - Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (under AFMC)  LCME – Liaison Committee on Medical Education (jointly sponsored by the AAMC and AMA)  Canadian medical education programs receive both CACMS and LCME accreditation under the same review process. CUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

4 CACMS Standards and Elements Standard 1: Mission, Planning, Organization, and Integrity Standard 2: Leadership and Administration Standard 3: Academic and Learning Environments Standard 4: Faculty Preparation, Productivity, Participation, and Policies Standard 5: Educational Resources and Infrastructure Standard 6: Competencies, Curricular Objectives, and Curricular Design Standard 7: Curricular Content Standard 8: Curricular Management, Evaluation, and Enhancement Standard 9: Teaching, Supervision, Assessment, and Student and Patient Safety Standard 10: Medical Student Selection, Assignment, and Progress Standard 11: Medical Student Academic Support, Career Advising, and Educational Records Standard 12: Medical Student Health Services, Personal Counseling, and Financial Aid Services CUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

5 Accreditation Committees UME Accreditation Steering Committee Dr. Tom Feasby (Chair) Dr. Ron Bridges (Co-Chair, Dean's Office - Non-Academic Sub-Committee) Dr. Sylvain Coderre (Chair, UME Sub-Committee) Dr. Janet De Groot (Chair, Equity Sub-Committee) Ms. Aisling Gamble (Communications Advisor) Dr. Charles Leduc (Department Head, Family Medicine) Mr. Guy Levy (Co-Chair, Dean's Office - Non-Academic Sub-Committee) Dr. Jocelyn Lockyer (Chair, Dean's Office - Academic Sub-Committee) Mr. Michael Martyna (Medical Students Sub-Committee) Mr. Bradley Prince (Co-Chair, Medical Students Sub-Committee) Mr. Franco Rizzuti (Co-Chair, Medical Students Sub-Committee) Dr. Pamela Veale (Assistant Dean, Clerkship, UME) Dr. Sid Viner (Deputy Zone Medical Director, Calgary Zone, AHS) Dr. Ian Walker (Chair, Student Affairs/Admissions Sub-Committee) CUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

6 Accreditation Committees Sub-Committees  UME  Dean’s Office – Academic  Dean’s Office – Non-Academic  Equity  Student Affairs/Admissions  Medical Students CUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

7 Accreditation Timeline CUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE DateAccreditation Activities June 2014- Accreditation Steering Committee formed - Sub-Committee members recruited Fall 2014-CACMS Accreditation Workshop in Vancouver -Committees began monthly meetings -Work began on Data Collection Instrument (DCI), Medical School Self-Study (MSS), and Independent Student Analysis (ISA) Spring 2015-Deadline for Sub-Committees to demonstrate adherence to standards -Preliminary completion of DCI, MSS and ISA Summer 2015- Review of DCI, MSS and ISA September 14-15, 2015- Mock accreditation survey November 2015- Accreditation documents due to CACMS Feb 28 – Mar 2, 2015- Accreditation site survey

8 Get Involved  Input welcome from anyone involved in our medical school: Faculty, Students and Staff  Constructive comments and suggestions will improve the medical school and facilitate the accreditation process  Submit comments to medaccred@ucalgary.ca or committee chairs by April 30, 2015 medaccred@ucalgary.ca CUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

9 cumming.ucalgary.ca/2016accreditation CUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

10 2016 UME Accreditation Contacts Email: medaccred@ucalgary.camedaccred@ucalgary.ca Website: cumming.ucalgary.ca/2016accreditation Director: Dr. Tom Feasby feasby@ucalgary.cafeasby@ucalgary.ca Coordinator: Gretchen Greer greerg@ucalgary.cagreerg@ucalgary.ca CUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

11 Areas of concern  From Previous accreditation: — ED-25: faculty appointments — MS-19: Student career counselling — ED-47: use of student feedback  From our interim accreditation review (2012) — Institutional diversity policy — Outcome-based graduation objectives — Student debt — Adequate call rooms — Clerkship mid-rotation feedback — Discrimination/harassment  From our work so far (in UME sub-committee) — Communication, communication, communication CUMMING SCHOOL OF MEDICINE

12 Percent who personally experienced mistreatment behaviours #40 Data Source: 2014 Canadian Graduate Questionnaire Source: clerkship faculty in clinical settings 23.4% 8 reports (3 satisfied, 3 neutral, 2 dissatisfied with outcome; #44)


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