6.1 MD Program Graduation Requirements Policy

Policy Statement
The awarding of the Doctor of Medicine degree is contingent upon student meeting the essential requirements, technical standards, successfully completing the school’s academic requirements and demonstrating the attitudes, skills, and behaviors necessary for a career in medicine as established by the Faculty Council on Academic Affairs (FCAA).

Each graduating student is expected to exhibit the UWSOM medical education program objectives (MEPOs), organized into the following six competency domains: Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Systems-Based Practice, Practice-Based Learning and Improvement, Professionalism, and Interpersonal and Communication Skills.

No exceptions to these requirements are permitted, and a pattern of documented concerns about a student’s performance and professionalism indicating an unsatisfactory performance when the record is viewed as a whole, even when passing grades have been achieved, may result in the student’s being dismissed from the School of Medicine.

Upon satisfactory completion of all graduation requirements of the School of Medicine, the Doctor of Medicine degree is awarded to those candidates who: (1) have given evidence of good moral and ethical character; (2) have satisfactorily completed all requirements of the curriculum; (3) have fulfilled all special requirements; and (4) have discharged all indebtedness to the University of Washington and WWAMI partner universities. No student with unremediated professional behavior and/or conduct violation (or concern) will be granted the MD degree.

Requirements, Procedures and Guidelines
All students must complete the following required components as defined by the Faculty Council on Academic Affairs to successfully obtain the MD program degree.

All academic requirements (See requirements by phase)
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE):
- Foundations Part I & II
- Patient Care Phase
Competency in the following six UWSOM MEPO domains:

Patient Care
Medical Knowledge
Systems-Based Practice
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
Professionalism
Interpersonal Skills

Scholarly project (Independent Investigative Inquiry)
United States Medical Licensing Examinations:
- Step 1
- Step 2-Clinical Knowledge