Establishment and Management of an Educational Outcome Cohort at the Keimyung University School of Medicine

An educational outcome cohort has been established at Keimyung University School of Medicine to help make policy decisions and improve programs based on data. The purpose the is support for achieving graduation outcomes smoothly accomplish intended human resources development university through objective analyses regular monitoring, providing continuous feedback. data collected include student identifications freshmen, entrance exam scores, premedical medical school grades, titles forms academic research, results psychological testing, scholarship recipient lists, volunteer clubs, so forth. are using an information utilization agreement approved by Institutional Review Board, encrypted stored a dedicated computer enhanced personal security. Proposals access utilize must be discussed Educational Outcome Cohort Committee, which decides scope method utilization. managed have used develop comparative students’ competency admission analysis characteristics performance students. establishment will play important role in determining Medicine’s policies suggesting new directions future.