Table 3.
Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME)* and ACGME† Due Process Accreditation Standards.
| LCME Standard 9.9 states: |
| 9.9 Student Advancement and Appeal Process |
| “A medical school ensures that the medical education program has a single set of core standards for the advancement and graduation of all medical students across all locations. A subset of medical students may have academic requirements in addition to the core standards if they are enrolled in a parallel curriculum. A medical school ensures that there is a fair and formal process for taking any action that may affect the status of a medical student, including timely notice of the impending action, disclosure of the evidence on which the action would be based, an opportunity for the medical student to respond, and an opportunity to appeal any adverse decision related to advancement, graduation, or dismissal.”8 |
| ACGME institutional requirements IV C states: |
| “IV.C. Promotion, Appointment Renewal and Dismissal |
| IV.C.1. The Sponsoring Institution must have a policy that requires each of its ACGME-accredited programs to determine the criteria for promotion and/or renewal of a resident’s/fellow’s appointment. (Core) |
| IV.C.1.(a) The Sponsoring Institution must ensure that each of its programs provides a resident/fellow with a written notice of intent when that resident’s/fellow’s agreement will not be renewed, when that resident/fellow will not be promoted to the next level of training, or when that resident/fellow will be dismissed. (Core) |
| IV.C.1.(b) The Sponsoring Institution must have a policy that provides residents/fellows with due process relating to the following actions regardless of when the action is taken during the appointment period: suspension, non-renewal, non-promotion; or dismissal. (Core) |
| IV.D. Grievances: The Sponsoring Institution must have a policy that outlines the procedures for submitting and processing resident/fellow grievances at the program and institutional level and that minimizes conflicts of interest. (Core)”9 |
*The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accredits US and Canadian allopathic medical schools.
†The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredits US internships and residencies.