Gauging Where We Are: Accreditation Process

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) has embarked on a reaccreditation process that will span at least two years.  Obtaining Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation ensures that medical education programs are in compliance with their defined standards. The accreditation process has two general and related aims: to promote institutional self-evaluation and improvement and to determine whether a medical education program meets prescribed standards.

The institutional self-study process and the resulting findings are central to these aims. In the process of conducting its self-study, a medical school brings together representatives of the administration, faculty, student body, trustees, and other constituencies to:

1. Collect and review data about the medical school and its educational program
2. Identify both institutional strengths and challenges that require attention, and
3. Define strategies to ensure that the strengths are maintained and any problems are addressed effectively.

We have created five self-study subcommittees to generate reports which accomplish these objectives. These reports will be completed in February 2019, summarized to create a self-study summary report, and turned in to the LCME in August 2019. For details on the five self-study committees including their charges and members, please check out the following.