LCME
Liaison Committee on Medical Education
Dean’s Message
At Stritch, we provide a unique community: an unusually supportive, collaborative, learning environment with exceptional faculty and staff dedicated to training the next generation of physician leaders and innovative scientists. Often, we hear from residency directors about how well-prepared Stritch graduates are for residency with their impressive clinical skills.
Stritch identifies informal and formal opportunities to evaluate and improve our curriculum, culture, community, and all the other components to prepare highly capable physicians and physician-scientists.
A formal opportunity for that self-reflection and evaluation exists every eight years through the school’s re-accreditation process with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). Accreditation is a peer-reviewed process designed to attest to the educational quality of educational programs. By evaluating the compliance of medical education programs with nationally accepted educational quality standards, the LCME serves the interests of the public and of the enrolled medical students. The process requires a medical education program to provide assurances that its graduates demonstrate professional competencies that are appropriate for entry to the next stage of their training and that provide a foundation for lifelong learning and proficient medical care.
To prepare for re-accreditation, Stritch students, faculty, and staff gather and prepare data, compile information, and develop reports that ensure we meet or exceed all expected educational outcomes.
I am pleased to share with you some of the re-accreditation process highlights, including committees and members, educational and curricular initiatives, and a timeline, which you’ll find throughout this page.
Thank you to Stritch community members who are participating in this important process. Just as we encourage our students to become life-long learners, we know that improvement is a continuous process.
Sam J. Marzo, MD (Stritch Class of 1991)
Dean
Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Neurosurgery
Dean’s Message
At Stritch, we provide a unique community: an unusually supportive, collaborative, learning environment with exceptional faculty and staff dedicated to training the next generation of physician leaders and innovative scientists. Often, we hear from residency directors about how well-prepared Stritch graduates are for residency with their impressive clinical skills.
Stritch identifies informal and formal opportunities to evaluate and improve our curriculum, culture, community, and all the other components to prepare highly capable physicians and physician-scientists.
A formal opportunity for that self-reflection and evaluation exists every eight years through the school’s re-accreditation process with the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME). Accreditation is a peer-reviewed process designed to attest to the educational quality of educational programs. By evaluating the compliance of medical education programs with nationally accepted educational quality standards, the LCME serves the interests of the public and of the enrolled medical students. The process requires a medical education program to provide assurances that its graduates demonstrate professional competencies that are appropriate for entry to the next stage of their training and that provide a foundation for lifelong learning and proficient medical care.
To prepare for re-accreditation, Stritch students, faculty, and staff gather and prepare data, compile information, and develop reports that ensure we meet or exceed all expected educational outcomes.
I am pleased to share with you some of the re-accreditation process highlights, including committees and members, educational and curricular initiatives, and a timeline, which you’ll find throughout this page.
Thank you to Stritch community members who are participating in this important process. Just as we encourage our students to become life-long learners, we know that improvement is a continuous process.
Sam J. Marzo, MD (Stritch Class of 1991)
Dean
Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Neurosurgery