Curriculum – Evaluation / Assessment & AOA
Anti-Racism in Medicine Sub-Committee
Initiatives/Goals/Vision
- Improve the clerkship grading system, which disproportionately negatively affects URiM students
- Evaluate and address the lack of diversity among students elected to AOA honors society
Co-Chairs:
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Evaluation and Assessment: Muhammed Khan, MD, Marie-Pierre Hasne PhD, and Ms Kathryn Pulling, MS1
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AOA: George Fantry, MD, ans Ms Kacy Gilbert-Gard MS4
Committee Members:
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Evaluation and Assessment: JD Thomas, PhD, Ms Phoebe Bredin MS3, and Ms Lynn Pham, MS4
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AOA: Ms Haley (Owen) Furman, MS2, and Darien Stratton, MD
Short Term Actions/Accomplishments
- Disclaimer added to mid-clerkship evaluation form
- Workplace-based assessment for clerkship evaluation
- Weight of shelf exam in clerkship grade decreased
- AOA proposal drafted and sent out to selection committee members
Boatright D, Ross D, O’Connor P, Moore E, Nunez-Smith M. Racial Disparities in Medical Student Membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. JAMA Intern Med. 2017;177(5):659-665. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.9623
Byyny RL, Martinez D, Cleary L, et al. Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society: A Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Service in the Profession of Medicine. Acad Med J Assoc Am Med Coll. 2020;95(5):670-673. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000003088
Long Term Actions/Accomplishments
- Meeting with AOA selection committee, drafting and editing of an implementation plan.
- Implementing plan during next year’s AOA selection with subsequent analysis of the demographics of students selected pre and post implementation
- Finding means to incorporate objective measurements into the workplace based assessment
- Improve student’s preparation to Step 1 exam: Propose a framework for a dashboard allowing students to monitor their performance in each subject. This dashboard will help students to direct their efforts on areas needing progress while bolstering their confidence in areas of strong performance.
- Propose an evaluation form to capture the anti-racist sensitivity of preceptor/attending/ resident in the end-of-clerkship evaluations.