Evaluation and Grading

 

Grading

Patient Centered Medicine 1 is a "Pass/Fail" course in which progressive mastery is required of course material to pass the final skills-based exam at the completion of the course. 

The first semester will conclude with a video-recorded standardized patient interview.  This event must be passed in order to progress to the physical examination component of the course.  Initial failure of this interview event will trigger remediation and re-examination until a satisfactory score is achieved.

The course will focus on physical exam from the start of the second semester until spring break (approximately).  This will conclude with a non-prompted head to toe exam.  This event must be passed in order to progress to the combined OSCE component of the course.  Initial failure of this event will trigger remediation and re-examination until a satisfactory score is achieved.

The course will conclude with combined OSCE events.  This will require adequate scores to be achieved on four components of a standardized patient encounter (interview, physical exam, written history,  oral presentation).  Students will pass the course once they pass TWO combined patient encounters.  Students will be given continued opportunities, along with remediation, until they achieve passing scores.

Competency Evaluation

In addition to the above, all students are evaluated according to competencies defined by the Stritch School of Medicine:

  1. Medical Knowledge

  2. Patient Care

  3. Interpersonal and Communication Skills

  4. Practice Based Learning and Improvement

  5. Professionalism

  6. Personal and Professional Development

These competencies are evaluated as follows: "Meets Expectations", "Meets Expectations with Concerns", "Does Not Meet Expectations".

Levels of "Meets Expectations with Concerns" are forwarded to the Academic Review and Intervention Committee (ARIC). These will not indicate a course failure.

Levels of "Does Not Meet Expectations" of the above competencies correspond to failure of the course.

Meeting the level set as competent in each of the six competencies above will mean passing the course. A grade of "P++" (Pass in a pass/fail course) will appear on your transcript.

Remediation Policy

As indicated above in ‘grading,’ remediations will be managed at the time of failure.  Mastery level learning procedures will be utilized.