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Dear!Colleagues,!Students!and!Residents,!
In!May,!I!wrote!to!you!about!the!accreditation!surveys!that!were!taking!place!this!year.!As!you!know,!
accreditation!is!a!rigorous!quality!assurance!and!external!peer!review!process!that!applies!to!all!
faculty!of!medicine!programs.!I!am!writing!today!to!inform!you!of!the!status!of!our!Undergraduate!
Medical!Education!(UGME)!program,!surveyed!jointly!by!the!U.S.!Liaison!Committee!for!Medical!
Education!(LCME)!and!the!Committee!on!Accreditation!of!Canadian!Medical!Schools!(CACMS).!
On!Monday,!I!received!the!final!accreditation!decision!from!CACMS!based!on!the!survey!conducted!
February!22M26,!2015.!CACMS!has!confirmed!that!our!UGME!program!is!accredited,!with!probation.!
In!summary,!this!means!we!have!approximately!18!to!24!months!to!demonstrate!significant!progress!
on!the!items!identified!by!the!LCMEMCACMS!accreditors,!a!task!that!is!under!way.!
As!communicated!last!month,!this!UGME!accreditation!exercise!was!unique!because!both!the!
outgoing!and!newly!implemented!curricula!were!surveyed.!The!LCMEMCACMS!preliminary!report!this!
spring!highlighted!our!new!MDCM!curriculum!as!a!strength,!describing!it!as!innovative!and!patientM
centred,!and!commenting!on!the!commitment!of!our!faculty!and!staff.!Because!we!are!transitioning!
between!curricula,!we!were!not!entirely!surprised!that!areas!for!improvement!were!also!identified.!
In!the!final!report,!of!the!132!accreditation!standards,!we!were!cited!as!nonMcompliant!for!24!and!
compliant!with!need!for!monitoring!for!eight.!While!the!final!decision!is!not!what!we!had!hoped,!this!
feedback!will!help!drive!our!ongoing!efforts!to!strengthen!the!administrative!policies!and!processes!
in!place.!
When!we!received!the!preliminary!feedback!in!April,!we!immediately!established!a!UGME!
Accreditation!Task!Force,!which!has!since!completed!an!action!plan!framework,!including!timelines!
and!deliverables!for!each!item.!The!majority!of!actions!in!this!document!will!be!addressed!by!
December!31,!2015.!
Examples!of!actions!include:!establish!timetables!for!the!Facultys!strategic!milestones;!demonstrate!
effectiveness!of!the!new!MDCM!curriculum!community!service!learning!component;!develop!more!
detailed!minutes!following!curriculumMrelated!meetings;!transfer!mapping!of!educational!objectives!
to!outcomes!into!newly!acquired!software;!and!improve!communication!of!objectives!to!students!and!
residents.!
At#the#end#of#today,#June#17,#we#are#holding#a#special#Accreditation#Assembly#to#share#the#
action#plan#and#next#steps#with#all#faculty,#staff,#students#and#residents.!In!support!of!these!
efforts,!you!may!be!called!on!to!provide!input!or!help!in!other!ways,!and!I!thank!you,!in!advance,!for!
your!collaboration.!Accreditation!concerns!us!all.!The!Assembly!will!take!place!from!5:00#p.m.#to#
6:00#p.m.!in!the!Charles!F.!Martin!Amphitheatre,!McIntyre!Medical!Sciences!Building.!
I,!once!again,!would!like!to!express!my!deep!appreciation!to!everyone!in!the!Faculty!who!has!been!
involved!in!the!process,!especially!given!the!exceptional!context!as!we!transition!between!curricula,!
adapt!to!a!major!health!care!reform!and!partake!in!a!historic!hospital!move.!As!Dean,!and!as!a!McGill!
grad,!doctor!and!professor,!I!am!proud!to!be!part!of!this!Faculty!and!privileged!to!experience!
firsthand!how!passionate!our!faculty!and!staff!are!about!training!the!next!generation,!and!how!
committed!our!students!and!residents!are!to!become!the!best!doctors!they!can!be!for!their!patients.!

I!have!no!doubt!we!will!work!through!this!together!in!our!ongoing!pursuit!of!excellence,!and!I!look!
forward!to!our!next!meeting!with!the!LCMEMCACMS!accreditation!team!to!demonstrate!our!
progress.!!!
!
David#Eidelman,#MDCM!!
ViceMPrincipal!(Health!Affairs)!!
Dean!of!the!Faculty!of!Medicine!