VCOM Institutional Policy and Procedure Manual

VCOM Policy and Procedure

Policy #S009

Education in the clinical education core sites, the Clinical Discipline Chairs, the Director of OMS 3 Clinical Rotations, and the Clinical Affairs support staff. The Associate Dean for OMS 4 and Graduate Medical Education (GME) oversees the Director of 4th year Rotations and is responsible for counseling students on the OMS 4 year and residency across the four years. This occurs by providing counseling to the class as a whole in the early years (and individually when needed) and individually to each rising OMS 4 student to assure the OMS 4 student schedules include electives for residency site exposure, the required fourth year core selective rotations are available, and tailored to prepare the student for their GME program. The Associate Dean for OMS 4 also oversees the Director of OMS 4 Clinical Rotations and works with the Vice Provost for GME to develop and support new GME programs in the region. The Clinical Discipline Chairs are also responsible for the oversight of the clinical curriculum in their discipline, which is presented in the OMS 1 and OMS 2 clinical courses, simulation, and standardized patient experiences, and the clinical curriculum for the OMS 3 and OMS 4 years. The Associate Deans and the Clinical Chairs assure a robust curriculum exists to supplement each of the core clinical rotation experiences and to prepare students for entering residency as well as for passing COMLEX CE. The Clinical Disciplines Chairs are responsible for developing the OMS 3 curriculum, working collaboratively with the Chairs from each VCOM campus. The Clinical Discipline Chairs also develop the end-of-rotation exams based upon the modules within the OMS 3 year. The modules are designed as self-directed learning experiences where students explore a case and use evidence-based-medicine resources to identify appropriate diagnostic procedures and treatment. The Clinical Discipline Chairs provide faculty development for individual clinical faculty in the core disciplines/sites and provide feedback to clinical site faculty from aggregate data based on student evaluations, logs, student performance on end-of-rotation exams, and on COMLEX CE. 4. IDENTIFICATION AND APPOINTMENT OF CLINICAL FACULTY Clinical site faculty appointments begin with the DSME, who identifies potential faculty for the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. In a new site, identification of faculty may follow a presentation to physician groups by the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and the Director for OMS 3 Rotations. While not mandatory, the Campus Dean will generally also meet with the hospital administration in the initial meetings to discuss the College and VCOM’s oversight process of the clinical curriculum. In an existing site, new faculty are identified by the DSME, who provides the information to the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs. The Associate Dean assigns the responsibility to contact, interview, and start the appointment and credentialing process of the new faculty member to the Clinical Discipline Chair.

VCOM Policy on Assuring the Clinical Education Curriculum

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