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Keck School Earns Full Accreditation
By Leslie Ridgeway on April 6, 2010 7:27 AM
The Keck School of Medicine of USC has earned the maximum eight-year full accreditation from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the best results achieved since a 10-year accreditation was granted in 1981.
While a 10-year accreditation period is no longer offered, the eight-year accreditation is the maximum period possible. The official notification letter, dated Feb. 12 and addressed to USC President Steven B. Sample, cited many strengths and offered praise for a number of medical school programs.
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education, the nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs in the United States, gave the Keck School the maximum period of accreditation based on a “full survey visit” conducted by a committee survey team to the Keck School in November 2009.
“The full accreditation and praise received from this important committee that sets national standards for medical schools is a testament to the quality of our medical education program and our dedicated faculty,” said Carmen A. Puliafito, dean of the Keck School.
In the letter, Puliafito was credited with creating “an energizing institutional spirit of commitment to teaching and the educational program,” with resources from university leadership. The letter commended Puliafito for significantly increasing funding for educational leadership, infrastructure and innovation.
Powerful education, research and community service opportunities offered through the school’s proximity and affiliation with Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, USC University Hospital, USC Norris Cancer Hospital and Childrens Hospital Los Angeles also were noted in the letter.
Three additional commendations recognized:
• the medical school’s adoption of an innovative program using non-physician medical student educators as faculty members associated with each core clerkship, financed by the dean, to help provide “consistent, responsive and effective clinical student education across all sites.”
• the Division of Medical Education as an “impressive institutional resource, providing effective faculty development, an institution-wide education innovation meeting and other highly effective programs such as a system-wide Residents as Teachers program, teaching and leadership fellowships and a Master of Academic Medicine degree.”
• leadership provided by the Office of Faculty Affairs and its “pervasive impact on faculty enthusiasm, career advancement and productivity in education, research and clinical care.”
Keck School vice dean for medical education Henri Ford expressed his gratitude for remarks made by the committee.
“We are very proud that the [committee] has recognized the quality of our medical education program, acknowledging the importance and resources we put into educating future doctors,” Ford said.
The Liaison Committee for Medical Education is sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association and is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as the accreditation authority for M.D. programs in the United States.
The committee assesses medical schools for accreditation by conducting a process of quality assurance that determines whether an institution or program meets established standards for function, structure and performance.
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