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 (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 procedures (Medical Student Handbook; LCME Element 3.5)
- Anti-Discrimination (Policy No. 03-04; LCME Element 3.4)
- Professionalism (Policy No. 03-05.02; LCME Element 3.5)
- Student Mistreatment Policies and Reporting Procedures (Policy No. 03-05.02; 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)