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Continuous Quality Improvement

At CMSRU, the Office of Medical Education incorporates a continuous quality improvement (CQI) model to guarantee our processes and procedures ensure the highest quality medical education program. Through our standard operating procedures and CQI model, we can ensure the CMSRU education program remains in full compliance with accreditation standards while upholding our program competencies and objectives. The assessment team is responsible for monitoring this process for the Office of Medical Education. These duties include monitoring of evaluation report distribution, creating special reports related to program evaluation review,  tracking of the timeliness of grade posting, review of clinical encounter and procedure log reviews, review of evaluation compliance, and duty hour monitoring, to name a few.

Program Evaluation

The education program at CMSRU is never static.  CMSRU continually strives to enhance its curriculum to improve information delivery and student outcomes.  All aspects of the curriculum are evaluated, both by students and by faculty.  Evaluations are scheduled and disseminated by the assessment team.  Once the evaluations are complete, the assessment team reviews all evaluations, summarizes them, and distributes them to the appropriate administrative personnel.

The assessment team manages multiple systems utilized by the CMSRU community. Students, faculty, and staff receive extensive development related to the use of systems by way of voice-over PowerPoint presentations, How-to documents, orientation presentations, and one-to-one support.

Faculty & Resident Evaluation

Faculty and resident evaluations are an integral part of CMSRU’s continuous quality improvement model and program evaluation. Students evaluate CMSRU faculty and residents at pre-defined intervals in the academic year.  Students evaluate their interactions with residents and faculty in both the classroom and clinical environment.  The assessment team is responsible for operationalizing all aspects of the CMSRU evaluation plan, from building evaluations with faculty through analysis and dissemination of results to pertinent leadership for review.

Medical Education Research

The assessment team is part of multiple ongoing medical education research projects revolving around the CMSRU assessment system. The team collaborates with CMSRU faculty members on various projects, as well as serving as the data repository for all CMSRU faculty and students requesting data through IRB-approved projects.

Assessment Tools 

  • One45® - The CMSRU evaluation system, curricular map, patient and procedure logging, small group assessments, clinical assessments, and M4 scheduling are all housed in One45.
  • Examsoft® - All faculty-developed examination questions for years M1, M2, and M3 of the CMSRU curriculum live in the Examsoft system. Students take exams in a secure, lock-down browser and completed exams are uploaded to the ExamSoft database.  This enables CMSRU to download needed item analysis reports after each examination to maintain rigorous reliability and validity standards.
  • NBME CAS - CMSRU utilizes the NBME customized assessment services examinations for both formative and summative purposes as part of the assessment system.
  • Progress IQ® - The Progress IQ® system is a central monitoring dashboard that allows pertinent CMSRU leadership, advisors, and faculty the ability to gain instant access to students’ complete medical education performance profiles for feedback and review purposes.