Table 2.

Methodology for assigning letter grades to medical schools’ COI policies

Letter grade	Description	Percentage score	Corresponding raw score
A	For a school to achieve this grade, at least half (7 of 14) of its COI policies were rated as excellent.	≥ 85 %	≥ 35
B	Up to 6 COI policies were excellent.	≥ 72 %.	28–34
C	Up to half of policies were poor or absent.	≥ 56 %	20–27
I	More than half of policies were poor or absent.	≤ 54 %	≤ 19