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Office of Education Quality Improvement, Evaluation, and Research

MISSION

The Office of Education Quality Improvement, Evaluation, and Research supports the MD program mission and goals by designing and facilitating the use of evaluation data for decision-making, building a culture of high-quality education research to inform best practices, and fostering a culture of continuous quality improvement for MD program accreditation.

OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO ACHIEVE THE MISSION

EDUCATION EVALUATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT: 

  • Evaluation design and implementation for the curriculum, phases of the curriculum, courses, educators, and other components of the MD program
  • Outcome tracking for measure of MD program goals
  • Facilitation of root causes and systems analyses
  • Support to MD program faculty, staff and students with evaluation/QI questions

EDUCATION RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP 

  • Support for MD program faculty, staff, and students to turn education work into scholarship
  • Set and implement an MD program education research agenda

  • Facilitate cross-office collaboration on research projects
  • Communicate research findings to inform MD program policies, procedures, and practices

CENTRALIZED FEEDBACK 

  • Design, administer, and distribute MD program faculty and student feedback surveys

  • Qualitative analysis of feedback comments
  • Management of a student feedback storage system for program leaders and department FARA coordinators

  • Design and implement longitudinal feedback training for students

ACCREDITATION

  • Design and provide logistical support for the LCME self-study process 

  • Design and management of the LCME 1.1 CQI process

  • Facilitation of LCME documentation for status reports and notifications
  • Support for navigating and interpreting the complexity of LCME requirements and changes