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:
Medical Knowledge
Patient Care
Interpersonal
and Communication Skills
Practice Based
Learning and Improvement
Professionalism
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.