Read a letter to clinical faculty from Dr. Beat Steiner, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Student Education, with resources to prepare for the LCME site visit taking place in March, 2020.
Read a letter to clinical faculty from Dr. Beat Steiner, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Student Education, with resources to prepare for the LCME site visit taking place in March, 2020.
Dear Physician-Educator,
I write to you in my role as Senior Associate Dean for Medical Student Education. First, I want to thank you for the very important role you play in the professional development of our medical students. I am sure many of you can recall the impact that an especially effective resident or attending had on you. I greatly appreciate your important work in shaping the career paths of our students.
The UNC School of Medicine has a reaccreditation site visit this coming March 2020. For the past three years, the school has been working to prepare for the visit which affects all levels of the organization, including you, as attendings. I want to make sure we are the best teachers possible (and that we are all well prepared for the site visit). I know your time is precious but please review information that is critical to the delivery of our MD Program. Please visit each of the links below.
A SINGLE WEBSITE WITH MULTIPLE RESOURCES FOR PHYSICIAN-EDUCATORS
Please visit and bookmark this website that conveys many important aspects about UNC’s MD Program: https://www.med.unc.edu/md/preceptor/
THE FULL MD CURRICULUM
- Overall curricular structure for Translational Education at Carolina (TEC): https://www.med.unc.edu/md/curriculum/tec-curriculum-information/
- MD Program Competencies by curricular phase and course: https://www.med.unc.edu/md/curriculum/governance-policies-and-educational-standards/md-program-competencies-enabling-competencies/
- Structure of Application Phase (aka: core clerkships): https://www.med.unc.edu/md/curriculum/tec-curriculum-information/application-phase/
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND STUDENT MISTREATMENT
A positive working and learning environment is essential for everyone in the healthcare systems. From the MD Program perspective, we have put the following measures in place.
- University Policy on Prohibited Discrimination, Harassment and Related Misconduct: https://unc.policystat.com/policy/7476482/latest/
- MD Program Learning Environment and Student Mistreatment Policy: https://www.med.unc.edu/md/governance/mistreatment/
At the end of each rotation, students rate the learning environment in three domains that you shape:
- Effectiveness of resident teaching (separate rating for attending teaching)
- Inclusion in the healthcare team in the care of patients
- Creation of an environment conducive to learning (separate ratings for attending and other healthcare professionals).
Medical students can report mistreatment in three ways:
- Rotation evaluation
- To Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Dr. Alice Chuang at alice_chuang@med.unc.edu
- Online link
CLINICAL SUPERVISION AND DUTY HOURS
As you will recall, there are limits on what a medical student can do and when supervision is required.
- Clinical Supervision for the MD Program /newsroom/files/2020/05/Clinical-Supervision-of-Medical-Students-LCME-9.3.pdf
- Clinical Log Policy: /newsroom/files/2020/05/Clinical-Log-Policy-LCME-6.2-and-8.6_12.09.19.pdf
- MD Program Program’s Duty Hours Policy, parallels residency programs: /newsroom/files/2020/05/Student-Duty-Hour-Guidelines-LCME-8.8.pdf
Again, thank you for your support of the MD Program at UNC and do not hesitate to contact me.
With gratitude,
Beat Steiner
Beat_steiner@med.unc.edu