Student Evaluation Completion

Completing evaluations is a key component of medical professionalism and is required of all students. Your feedback is critical to the ongoing monitoring, improvement, and accreditation of the medical school. Evidence suggests that failure to complete evaluations may signal accountability concerns that continue throughout medical school and into practice. Completing evaluations is a crucial skill to learn and practice in medical school as providing feedback is something done by all practicing physicians. Medical students are expected to use professional language, maintain a respectful tone, and be thoughtful when providing feedback. All comments submitted on evaluations are reviewed in AEO, and students will be contacted to discuss comments determined to be unprofessional.

•  Students are required to complete all of the following evaluations: Course evaluations, site evaluations, and small group facilitator evaluations. These evaluations are released throughout courses and are due within 10 business days of the course ending. Students will receive automated and email reminders to complete evaluations.

•  Students are required to complete all end of phase surveys they receive.

• In some courses, students may be randomly assigned content and lecturer evaluations that need to be completed by only a subset of the class. These evaluations are also due within 10 business days of the course ending.

• In the situation of evaluation non-completion, students will receive an email from the AEO Director. We understand that sometimes extenuating circumstances make it difficult to meet the expectations around evaluation completion. Because of this we will document the instance of evaluation non-completion as a minor accountability concern, and it will be visible in the Dashfolio. Individual instances of evaluation noncompletion will not have a negative impact on the student. However, the Trek Progress Committee and Student Professionalism Committee will follow this data over time to look for patterns to assure all students are able to meet the professional expectations of being a physician.