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A Librarian's Perspective On Manually Tagging Curriculum For Lcme Accreditation, Melodie Gardner
A Librarian's Perspective On Manually Tagging Curriculum For Lcme Accreditation, Melodie Gardner
Southern Chapter/Medical Library Association Annual Conference
Objective: The objective of this paper is to discuss and share some of the successes and challenges of manually tagging all first- and second-year (M1/M2) curriculum course sessions over the course of five academic years (2014 - 2019).
Methods: As part of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation process, all US medical schools are required to maintain a curriculum database that tracks the number of course hours spent on a selected set of topics outlined in the LCME Functions and Structures of a Medical School; this is usually achieved by building a controlled vocabulary based on Standard 6 …