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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.

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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 (the 'Medical School') requires that students, faculty, and staff review integral features of our academic and learning environments once per year to ensure its community is well informed, and to be compliant with our accreditation requirements pursuant to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME, our accrediting body). Components that require verification include curricular elements (e.g., course objectives, assessment methods), certain policies (e.g, anti-discrimination policy, student duty hour policy), and other documentation (e.g., Handbooks).

Please take some time to review the information below and certify that you have done so in OASIS. (Note: policies are subject to change. The Medical School will inform its community of changes to policies.) 

 

For Students, Faculty, and Staff:  Policies and Information to Review

Learning Environment Policies

  • Principles of the Learning Environment (Policy No. 03-05; LCME Element 3.5)
  • Anti-Discrimination (Policy No. 03-04; LCME Element 3.4)
  • Professionalism (Policy No. 03-05; LCME Element 3.5)
  • Student Mistreatment Policies and Reporting Procedures (Policy No. 03-06; LCME Element 3.6)

Curricular Elements

  • Medical School Competencies and Medical Education Program Objectives (e.g. sub-Competencies (LCME Element 6.1)
  • Assessors of Students are not involved in Student Health Services (Policy No. 12-05; LCME Element 12-05)
  • Clinical Supervision of Medical Students (Policy No. 09-03; LCME Element 9.3)

Handbooks

  • Medical Student Handbook + appendices (e.g. confidentiality of student records, Technical Standards, student access to health care services, Academic Code)
  • The Medical School Faculty Handbook (LCME Standard 4)

Conflict of Interest Policies

  • The Medical School Conflict of Interest Policy (Policy No. 01-02; LCME Element 1.2)
  • Brown University's Conflict of Interest and Commitment Policy

 

For Pre-Clerkship Faculty:

  • Course Learning Objectives (LCME Element 6.1)
  • Assessment Methods (LCME Element 8.7)
  • Grading Systems (LCME Element 8.7)

 

For Clinical Faculty (including Clerkships, Sub-internships, and Clinical Electives):

  • Clerkship Learning Objectives (LCME Element 6.1)
  • Assessment Methods (LCME Element 8.7)
  • Required Clinical Experience Logs (LCME Element 6.2)
  • Grading Systems (LCME Element 8.7)
  • Student Duty Hours (Policy No. 08-08.02; LCME Element 8.8)

Policies related to Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Standards

  • Standard 1: Mission, Planning, Organization, and Integrity
    • 01-01: Continuous Quality Improvement
    • 01-02.01: AMS COI Policy-Reporting/Review
    • 01-02.02: Medical Student COI Policy
    • Appendix A: Required Slides-Student COI Form
    • Appendix B: Summer Assistantship COI Form
    • Appendix C: AMS-CQI Committee Structure
  • 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 4: Faculty Preparation, Productivity, Participation, and Policies
    • 04-03.01: Faculty Appointment Policies
    • 04-03.02: Initial Faculty Appointment, Renewal , Promotion, Tenure, Dismissal
    • 04-04: Feedback to Faculty
  • 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
    • 10-09: Requests for Schedule/Clinical Site Changes
  • Standard 11: Medical Student Academic Support, Career Advising, and Educational Records
    • 11-05: Confidentiality of Student Educational Records
  • Standard 12: Medical Student Health Services, Personal Counseling, and Financial Aid Services
    • 12-02: Tuition Refund Policy
    • 12-04: Excused Absence Policy; 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: Brown University Health Policy re Infected Healthcare Workers

Other Medical School Policies

  • Other Medical School 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:  Grade and Evaluation Appeal
    • 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
    • 13-17:  Policy for Surgery Elective Credit
    • 13-18:  Master’s of Medical Science Degree
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