What are the steps, and when do they happen?
- Our accreditation visit must take place in the 2009-2010 academic year and the dates have been set for March 28-31, 2010. (The Royal College accreditations will also occur early in 2010.)
- Construction of a very extensive database according to the LCME format; this includes much numerical data on students, faculty, finances, resources, and descriptions of all courses and academic processes.
- Formation of an Institutional Self-Study Task Force (ISSTF), and several ISS sub-committees. One committee will be entirely composed of medical students.
- A survey of all undergraduate medical students is carried out by the student committee.
- Sub-committees consider the database material, discuss issues within their areas of responsibility and provide a report to the ISSTF.
- A separate student report is written, based on the student survey and analysis by the student committee.
- A summary ISS report is prepared.
- The database, student report, ISS summary and appendices are submitted to LCME, CACMS and the accreditation team three months prior to the visit.
- The accreditation team of five or six members conducts the assessment over a three day period and gives a verbal exit report to the dean and university president.
- The full written report should be submitted by the accreditation team within a few months.
- LCME and CACMS consider the report and notify the Faculty regarding its accreditation status.
A large number of students are involved in the ISS process, both on a student committee and as members of the ISS subcommittees.
- Lauren Reid
- Lynn Ashdown
- Travis Marion
- Maryna Zhuk
- Yajur Shukla
- Jenny Holyoke
- Jordan Wronzberg
- Jasmine Hasselbach
- Yi-Hao Shen
- Chris Sheasgreen
- Shawn Mondoux
- Stéfan DeLaplante
- Mélanie Waite
- Hannah Weinstangel
- Andrew Boozary
- Michael Abunassar
- Noha Kadhom
- Francois Pomerleau
First meeting for all task force committee members took place on the 2nd of February.
