LCME 2025 Accreditation Communication | Issue 11

Issue 11 | November 2024

LCME 2025 Accreditation Survey Visit Communication
 

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) will be performing an on-site survey visit for our next reaccreditation cycle from January 26-29, 2025. The LCME is the national accrediting organization for U.S. medical education programs leading to the MD degree. UCI School of Medicine received its most recent full eight-year reaccreditation in 2017.

News & Events: Open Medical School

On Saturday, November 16, 2024, the Open Medical School (OMS) event was hosted by the UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways (UC3P) in collaboration with the UCI School of Medicine. Over 100 high school students from underrepresented backgrounds arrived on campus for a full day of hands-on medical experiences (e.g., suturing and ultrasound), physician and student panels and mentorship. OMS events remain a strong recruitment and outreach opportunity with nearly half of participants on average self-identifying as having experienced disadvantage and more than half of participants indicating a desire to apply to a medical or health professions school afterwards. For more information on the recent OMS, view the UC3P LinkedIn page.

Follow the Zot Quality Improvements in the monthly Medical Education newsletter for additional updates that support our students.

Wishing the School of Medicine community a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday season!

LCME Spotlight
Standard 11: Medical Student Academic Support, Career Advising and Educational Records

LCME Standard 11 focuses on a medical school’s ability to provide effective academic support and career advising to all medical students. The ZotUnity program was launched to offer students a comprehensive approach to academic advising, peer tutoring, academic counseling, curriculum content review and wellness support. Through ZotUnity, students are sorted into “houses” comprised of 60-80 peers from all academic levels of undergraduate medical education. Each house is led by one of seven faculty career advisors and a dedicated set of tutors.

ZotUnity hosts monthly events to increase the sense of community amongst medical students. The response to ZotUnity has been tremendous, as evidenced by 50-100 students in attendance for sporting competitions, including ping pong and volleyball. In alignment with a holistic model of support, ZotUnity Academics will kick-off an in-person USMLE Step 1 Longitudinal Support Program with over half of second-year medical students signed up to attend the December session.

Contact Us

For more information on LCME accreditation and timelines, visit the UCI Office of Medical Education Accreditation & Compliance page or email the UCI School of Medicine Education Compliance and Quality (ECQ) team at mededecq@hs.uci.edu.

• Michael J. Stamos, MD, Dean and Chief Academic Officer
• Khanh-Van Le-Bucklin, MD, MEd, Vice Dean, Education
• Julie Youm, PhD, Associate Dean & Faculty Accreditation Lead
• Zahra Dabzadeh, Project Manager & Data Analyst
• Sarah Reed, Executive Assistant

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