LCME Accreditation ~ Timeline

Coordination of a complete review of the Tulane University School of Medicine’s medical education program requires contributions from faculty, students, residents and administrators throughout the school. Below is a general overview of the timeline for this process:

Phase 1: Planning
(August – September 2017)

• Self-Study Task Force & Sub-Committees Established
• Independent Student Analysis (ISA) Team Established
• Data Collection Instrument Distributed To Content Experts
• School Of Medicine Community Engaged In Accreditation Process
• Sept. 28, 2017 – Dr. Barbara Barzansky of the LCME Secretariat visits with Sub-Committees and presents at town hall for the Tulane School of Medicine community.

Phase 2: Data Collection
(September 2017 – February 2018)

• Data Collection Instrument (DCI) Compiled
• January - Independent Student Analysis Conducted
• Self-Study Sub-Committee Analyze Completed DCI, ISA, And AAMC Medical School Graduation Questionnaire And Create Self-Study Reports
• Self-Study Sub-Committees Correct Exposed Deficiencies

Phase 3: Reporting
(February – July 2018)

• February - Independent Student Analysis Completed
• March 30, 2018 - Self-Study Sub-Committee Final Reports Complete
• April/May - Self-Study Task Force Synthesizes And Summarizes The Work Of The Self-Study Sub-Committees
• June 1, 2018 - Self-Study Task Force Completes Final Self-Study Summary Report
• Editing Of Documents Begins
• July 1, 2018 – Draft Survey Package Submitted To Mock Visitors

Phase 4: Survey Package & Site Visit
(August 2018 – January 2019)

• Updates To Data Collection Instrument
• Final Document Preparation
• October 7 – 9, 2018 - Mock Site Visit
• October 22, 2018 - All Final Materials Sent To LCME
• Site Visit Preparation
• November – First Set Of Bundled Updates To LCME
• December – Second Set Of Bundled Updates To LCME
• January 13-16, 2019 - LCME Site Visit