Components of the Grade:

• 50% Clinical evaluation by faculty and house officers* text
• 25% NBME-final written exam **
• 15% Write -ups***
• 5% Student Ambulatory Report
• 5% Attendance at ACLS and EPEC

*In order to pass a student must have >3.0 in all individual competencies and individual mean scores must be <2.5 SD below the group mean in at least eight of the ten competencies (reference group for "group mean" consitutues the current clerkship group plus the three preceding clerkship groups, making a total of a year's worth of students and including "beginning-of-the-year" as well as "end-of-the-year" students)
see Pass Criteria

**a passing grade on the NBME >62 is required for passing the course

***a score of >8/15 on the write-up is required to pass the course

A final composite score is derived by summing the results of all of the components listed above.
see Calculation of Composite Score

Approximately 3 weeks after the final exam, the Departmental Grades Committee will meet to assign the student grade based on the composite score. Additional information, e.g. progress through the 3 month's clerkship, is considered in the final grade assignment. A committee member will meet with you to discuss your grade. You can ascertain the committee member assigned to you by:

• Viewing the list posted outside the Medicine Office on the 6th floor of the University Hospital
• Viewing the list posted on the door of the Clerkship secretary
• Phoning the Clerkship secretary at 464-5380

More helpful information:

• Academic Dishonesty
• Example Calculating a Student's Grade
• Description of Grade Classification:(Honors, High Pass, etc.)
• Policy for Grades
• Relationship between Clinical Evaluations and Final Grade
• How do I Progress from Pass to Honors
• Procedures for Students at Risk
• Professionalism