Policy on Communication of Objectives, Assessments, and Evaluations to Clinical Teaching Faculty

  • Responsible Party: Office of Educational Affairs, Senior Associate and Associate Deans
  • Audience Phase 2 and 3 Faculty, Staff
  • Approved by: Phase 2/3MC Approval date 2/17/2025
  • Approved by: CCIA Approval date: 4/15/2025
  • LCME Element Related elements 8.7 and 9.8
  • Purpose: This policy outlines the responsibility of clerkship directors in phase 2 to communicate to clinical supervisors the educational objectives, required experiences, assessments and student evaluations.

Policy

Clerkship directors within Phases 2 are responsible ensuring adherence to the objectives, learning experiences and assessment for the learners. The development and modification of objectives and assessments is collectively determined by the clerkships’ education coordinating committee (ECC), which is comprised of clerkship directors/associate directors from each campus.

A given clerkship may assign learners to multiple sites for their clerkship educational experience. It is the expectation of campus clerkship directors to have annual communication with site directors on the goals, objectives and assessment processes, student performance and student satisfaction. Similarly, the clerkship director or site director is responsible for relaying goals, objectives and assessment processes to the whole teaching clinical faculty on an annual basis. If there are changes throughout the year, interval communication at the time of the change is expected.

Owner: Office of Educational Affairs, Senior Associate and Associate Deans
Location: https://comfaculty.uic.edu/resources-for-faculty/guidelines-on-instruction-and-assessment/
Contact Information: Office of Educational Affairs com-edaf@uic.edu
Approval and Revisions History: Approved as guideline by CCIA on 03-03-2021