Medical School Hotline: Liaison Committee on Medical Education Accreditation: Part II: The Graduation Objectives

摘要

An essential accreditation requirement of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, is Standard 6: “The faculty of a medical school define the competencies to be achieved by its medical students through medical education program objectives and is responsible for the detailed design and implementation of the components of a medical curriculum that enables its medical students to achieve those competencies and objectives. The medical education program objectives are statements of the knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes that medical students are expected to exhibit as evidence of their achievement by completion of the program.”1 The program objectives must be defined in outcome-based terms that allow the assessment of medical students' progress, and are made known to all medical students, faculty, residents, and others with responsibility for medical student education and assessment.