Grading Outcomes
Scoring of Clinical Competencies. Clinical competencies will be evaluated and scored as follows:
1 inadequate performance of clinical competencies
2 less than adequate performance of clinical competencies
3 adequate performance of clinical competencies
4 more than adequate performance of clinical competencies
5 excellent performance of clinical competencies
NOTE: Satisfactory scores (score of 3 or above) are required to continue in clinic internship. A score below 3 will result in a review by the ACM Clinical Remediation committee
Clinic internship is graded as a pass/fail class with the following requirements:
- Satisfactory scores recorded on the ACM Clinical Assessment – Phase I (or Phase II), Assessment of Student by Supervisor which evaluates clinical competencies
- Successful completion of any required remediation.
There are three possible grading outcomes at the end of the trimester (Week 14): PASS, REMEDIATION, and FAILURE:
- PASS: Assessment scores of 3 or higher
Any student receiving a score of 3 or higher at Week 14 proceeds to next trimester of clinical internship
- REMEDIATION: Assessment scores below 3
Any student receiving a score below 3 at Week 14 in any one of the clinical competencies listed on the ACM Clinic Assessment – Phase I (or II), Assessment of Student by Supervisor:
- May receive an “Incomplete” for that trimester’s clinical internship; and
- Meets with the ACM Clinical Remediation Committee (CRC) who prepares a Plan of Remediation.
The CRC is a committee which supports student interns in the successful completion of their clinical competencies.