Grading Policy for the M1 Curriculum
2011-2012
The M1 Curriculum is organized into four blocks: Foundations of Medicine, Maintaining Homeostasis, Mechanisms of Disease and Defense and a longitudinal, Patient-Centered Medicine Block. A grade of pass must be achieved in each block. Individual medical school transcripts will have four grades that correspond to the blocks listed below. In addition, students are required to take the end-of-year Summative assessment, which will be administered on June 1, 2012 in order to progress to the M2 year.
The blocks listed below are composed of two or more individual courses as indicated:
Foundations of Medicine
Biomedical Sciences
Structure and Function
Maintaining Homeostasis
Cardiovascular and Pulmonary
GI, Metabolism and Nutrition
Renal, GU, Endocrine and Reproduction
Mechanisms of Disease and Defense
Immunity
Microbiology
For these blocks, the final grade will be determined by two factors:
- Student performance on examinations (these include MCQ, anatomy and histology practicals). Examinations administered by the individual courses will be averaged. The average grade of the course examinations will compose 85% of the final block grade.
- Student performance on other required learning activities (e.g. journal club, laboratory presentations, small group sessions, student projects, e.g. Nutrition). Non-examination learning activities will receive course activity points (CAP) that accumulate across the block. The amount of CAPs assigned to each course is distinct, but together they compose 15% of the final block grade.
The minimum passing score for each block (exams, practicals, and CAP) is 70%.
Course examination policy: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School believes in a mastery model for course content. Towards that end, the minimum score for mastery of course content is 65%. A student who scores below 65% will receive a CP (conditional pass) for the block until that course material is mastered by a remediation examination. Failure to meet the minimum mastery score on the remediation examination will result in a failing grade for the block.
Percent totals for the course grade will be rounded to the nearest integer. For example, a score of 69.5% would be rounded to 70% and a score of 69.4% would be rounded to 69%.
To pass the Patient Centered Medicine course, a student must pass each component of the course. These include small group activities, written assignments, journal entries, objective structured clinical evaluations (OSCE) and other activities as described in the PCM syllabus.
A breach in professionalism may result in result in the filing of a professionalism form and a final grade of Conditional Pass or Fail regardless of performance in the final course exam.
The mechanism to appeal any grade of Fail is to submit in writing an appeal to the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education.
Faculty Assessment for Small Group Exercises
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Meets Expectations:
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Includes, but is not limited to: |
ETHICAL CONDUCT |
- Honest, follows guidelines
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- Displays dishonest behavior
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PROFESSIONALISM |
- Performs all or nearly all duties of assigned team role
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- Performs few or any duties of assigned team role
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COLLABORATION/
COOPERATION |
- Participates in group discussion
- Always does assigned work
- Listens and speaks
- Considers all views and helps team meet fair decision
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- Does not speak or gives too little or irrelevant information
- Rarely does assigned work
- Does most of talking rarely allowing others to speak
- Wants to have things own way
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ATTENDANCE |
- Present / no more than 5 minutes late
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- Unexcused absence / more than 5 minutes late
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Remediation for a failed small group or written exercise is up to the discretion of the Course Director.
End-of-Year Summative Assessment: Students will be required to take an end-of-year Summative assessment, a comprehensive customized National Board of Medical Examiners exam. The date for this exam is June 1, 2012.
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