This article is part of an ongoing series describing various components of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) medical education curricula, activities, and initiatives relevant to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation standards.1 JABSOM's LCME visit will take place in early 2017. This article provides an overview of JABSOM's diversity/pipeline programs and pa...

PURPOSE To identify the variables associated with severe action decisions (SADs) (unspecified accreditation term, warning status, probation status) by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) regarding the accreditation status of established MD-granting medical education programs in the United States and Canada. METHOD The authors reviewed all LCME decisions made on full survey repor...

BACKGROUND Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae), a widely growing shrub which is toxic to some animal species, has been used in the traditional medicine for treating many ailments. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the antimotility effects of Lantana camara leaf constituents in mice intestine. METHODS Evaluation of antimotility activity was done in intestine of mice treated with Lan...

Preparation for a Liaison Committee of Medical Education (LCME) accreditation site visit is a daunting task for any medical school, particularly for medical schools that have adopted integrated curricula. The LCME accreditation is the standard that all US and Canadian allopathic medical schools must meet in order for the school to award the degree of medical doctor. The Uniformed Services Unive...

The Joan C Edwards School of Medicine (Marshall University, Huntington, WV, USA) was placed on probation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) in June 2011. In the following 2 years, extensive changes were made to address the numerous citations that resulted in this probation. In October 2013, the LCME lifted probation. In this article, we detail the challenges and solutions iden...

Conventional teaching about the law of conservation mechanical energy (LCME) often results with students trying to solve problems by remembering similar they already covered in classes. Consequently, many fail transfer their knowledge simplest real-life problems. Therefore, a pre-test – post-test quasi-experiment was conducted evaluate effects an alternative, system-based approach LCME. The stu...

BACKGROUND The development of drug delivery systems has improved the therapeutic and toxic properties of existing drugs in therapy. Microemulsion systems are novel vehicles for drug delivery, which have been developed in recent years. These systems are currently of interest to the pharmaceutical scientist because of their considerable potential to act as drug delivery vehicles by incorporating ...

Objective. Oxidative stress leads to numerous physiological disorders including infectious diseases, inflammation, and cancer. The present study was carried out to investigate antioxidant, antibacterial, and cytotoxic activity of methanol crude extract of leaves and fruits of the Ficus racemosa (LCME and FCME, resp.) and to analyse its major bioactive polyphenols by HPLC-DAD. Methods. Antioxida...

2. Report of the Dean: A. WSU Budget/Hiring Freeze Update: The spending and hiring freeze will likely continue through the next academic year. We need to reduce expenditures as much as possible and be thoughtful when making any necessary purchases. The Dean and Dieter Nevels submitted a budget to the Provost’s office and are waiting for approval or to see if there will be any additional expense...