What steps must a candidate medical school take to obtain LCME accreditation?
The LCME grants full accreditation when a school graduates its charter class. During the accreditation process, a school progresses from being granted applicant school status, to candidate school status, to preliminary accreditation, to provisional accreditation, to full accreditation. Each step requires the school to fulfill specific LCME requirements. It takes a minimum of five years for a medical school to progress from applicant status to full accreditation. Before a school’s founders submit the $25,000 application fee to the LCME, they have likely already spent several years amassing support and resources. Before submitting its application, a candidate school must obtain, or be in the process of obtaining, permission from its state to offer the M.D. degree. An applicant school then submits the initial application materials, including a completed medical education database that addresses the five areas of LCME accreditation standards for the first and second curricular years: insti
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