Policies & Attestation
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University requires that students, faculty, and staff review integral features of our academic and learning environments each year.
Policies & Attestation
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University requires that students, faculty, and staff review integral features of our academic and learning environments each year.
Policies and Procedures Attestation
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University (AMS) requires that students, faculty, and staff review integral features of our academic and learning environments each year. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) requires this in its Standards, as indicated below. Components that require verification include curricular elements (e.g., course objectives, assessment methods), policies (e.g, anti-discrimination policy, student duty hour policy), and other documentation (e.g., Student Handbook). Please take some time to review the information below and certify that you have done so. You will be required to do this once per year via OASIS. (Note: policies are subject to change. AMS will inform its community of changes to policies.)
For Students, Faculty, and Staff: Policies and Information to Review
- Principles of the Learning Environment (Standard 3.5) and Anti-Discrimination Policy (Standard 3.4)
- Professionalism Policies (Standard 3.5)
- Student Mistreatment Policies and Reporting Procedures (Standard 3.6)
- Competencies and Medical Education Program Objectives (i.e., the Nine Abilities and sub-Abilities, respectively) for AMS (Standard 6.1)
- Medical Student Handbook containing information such as Technical Standards (Standard 10.5), Policies on Student Access to Educational Records (Standard 11.6), and Policies on Student Access to Health Care Services (Standard 12.4)
- Policies Regarding the Non-Involvement of Providers of Student Health Services in Student Assessment (Standard 12.5)
- AMS Conflict of Interest Policy (Standard 1.2) and Brown University's Conflict of Interest and Commitment Policy
- AMS Faculty Handbook (Standard 4)
- Clinical Supervision of Medical Students (Standard 9.3)
For Pre-Clerkship Faculty:
- Course Learning Objectives, Assessment Methods, and Grading Systems (Standards 6.1 and 8.7)
For Clinical Faculty (including Clerkships, Sub-internships, and Clinical Electives):
- Clerkship Learning Objectives, Assessment Methods, Required Clinical Experience Logs, and Grading Systems (Standards 6.1, 6.2, and 8.7)
- Student Duty Hours (Standard 8.8)
Policies related to Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Standards
- Standard 3: Academic and Learning Environment Policies
- 03-03: Diversity Categories
- 03-04: Anti-discrimination Policy
- 03-05.01: Learning Environment and Mistreatment Policy
- 03-05.02: Professionalism
- Standard 8: Curricular Management
- 08-08.1: Pre-clerkship Workload Policy
- 08-08.02: Student Duty Hour Policy
- 08-08.03: On-Call Policy
- Standard 9: Teaching, Supervision, Assessment, and Student and Patient Safety
- 09-01: Preparation of Resident and Non-Faculty Instructors
- 09-02: Faculty Appointments
- 09-03: Clinical Supervision of Medical Students
- 09-05: Narrative Assessment
- 09-07: Formative Assessment and Feedback
- 09-08: Fair and Timely Summative Assessment
- 09-09.01: Core Standards for Advancement and Graduation
- 09-09.02: Disciplinary Action and Due Process
- Standard 10: Medical Student Selection, Assignment, and Progress
- 10-03: Policies Regarding Student Selection/Progress and Their Dissemination
- 10-05: Technical Standards
- 10-07: Transfer and Advanced Standing Policy
- 10-09: Requests for Schedule/Clinical Site Changes
- Standard 12: Medical Student Health Services, Personal Counseling, and Financial Aid Services
- 12-02: Tuition Refund Policy
- 12-04: Student Access to Health Care Services
- 12-05: Non-involvement of Providers to Student Assessment
- 12-08.01: Education of Medical Students re: Prevention Methods
- 12-08.02: Procedures for Care After Exposure
- 12-08.03: Effects of Disease/Disability on Student Learning
- Attachment 1: Lifespan Policy re Infected Healthcare Workers
General AMS Policies
- General AMS Policies:
- 13-01: Clinical Elective Policy on Absences
- 13-02: Clinical Elective Supervision of AMS Students in Other Nations
- 13-03: Timeliness of Course Evaluations
- 13-04: Narrative Component Evaluations
- 13-05: Academic Scholars Program Clinical Component
- 13-06: Release of Evaluations to Faculty
- 13-07: Passing Determination of NBME Shelf Exam
- 13-09: Exam Tardiness
- 13-10: International Courses
- 13-11: Course and Clerkship Grades
- 13-12: Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE)
- 13-13: Withdrawal/Dismissal from AMS
- 13-14: Educational Objectives and Guidelines for Approving a Sub-internship
- 13-15: Add/Drop Policy
- 13-16: Step 1 Pass Timeline
- 13-17: Policy for Surgery Elective Credit
- 13-18: Master’s of Medical Science Degree