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PRINCIPLES REGARDING ACCREDITATION

The American Medical Student Association:

1. BELIEVES the accreditation reports issued by the the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) (2005) and the Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education should be open to public scrutiny;

2. URGES the LCME to require medical schools, as a prerequisite for accreditation, to provide comprehensive professional liability coverage for each medical student while participating in intramural and extramural clinical programs accredited by or affiliated with the medical school;

3. URGES that students be allowed full participation in all aspects of the accreditation process of the LCME:

a. full participation by students in the self-study portion of the accreditation process at each school;

b. the inclusion of students as members of site visit teams;

c. full voting privileges for the student participants on the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

4. URGES the LCME to require medical schools, as a prerequisite for accreditation, to have in place programs promoting medical student well-being. (1992)