LMU-DCOM Program Outcomes and Summative Assessments
Approved May 27, 2014
Core
Competency
Osteopathic
Principles and
Practice
Medical
Knowledge
Program Outcome
Courses
Demonstrate an ability to provide clinical care that fully
considers the body’s capacity for self-regulation, self-healing
and health maintenance.
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OPP Courses
EPC Courses
Integrated Systems Courses
Essentials of Clinical Rotations
Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate the ability to apply principles regarding unity
of body, mind, and spirit and the interrelatedness of
structure and function to the context of patient care
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OPP Courses
EPC Courses
Integrated Systems Courses
Essentials of Clinical Rotations
Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate the ability to use OMM concepts and
techniques to assess, diagnose and treat patients, especially
those with somatic dysfunction and/or visceral disease.
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OPP Courses
EPC Courses
Integrated Systems Courses
Essentials of Clinical Rotations
Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate broad knowledge and understanding of the
scientific concepts governing the functioning of the body
from the molecular and cellular levels to that of the whole
organism.
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Basic Science Course Series
Integrated Systems Courses
EPC Courses
Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how
cellular and physiological functions are altered by disease.
 Basic Science Course Series
 Integrated Systems Courses
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of
osteopathic clinical care best practices and their basis in
the biological, behavioral and social sciences.
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Basic Science Course Series
Integrated Systems Courses
EPC Courses
Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Summative Assessment
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Written Course Exams
OSCEs
OPP/EPC Practical Exams
COMLEX 1
OPP COMAT Exam
COMLEX 2 CE
OSCEs
Simulation Evaluations
Post-Graduation Surveys
COMLEX 1
OPP/FM COMAT Exam
COMLEX 2 CE & PE
OMM Practical Exams
Written Course Exams
End-of-First-Year Summative Exam
COMLEX 1
OPP COMAT Exam
Student Rotation Evaluations
COMLEX 2 CE & PE
Written Course Exams
End-of-First-Year Summative Exam
COMLEX 1
MGA Lab Practical Exams
COMAT Exams
COMLEX 2 CE & PE
Written Course Exams
MGA Lab Practical Exams
End-of-First-Year Summative Exam
COMLEX 1
Written Course Exams
OPP Lab Practical Exams
Simulation Evaluations
COMLEX 1
Demonstrate the ability to appraise, prioritize and
synthesize bio-medical and osteopathic concepts and
clinical findings to formulate appropriate diagnoses,
treatments and management plans for specific patients.
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Basic Science Course Series
Integrated Systems Courses
EPC Courses
Hospital/Clinical Rotations
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COMAT Exams
Student Rotation Evaluations
COMLEX 2 CE & PE
Written Course Exams
OSCEs
Simulation Evaluations
COMLEX 1
Student Rotation Evaluations
COMAT Exams
COMLEX 2 CE & PE
Graduation Survey SelfAssessment
Written Course Exams
OSCEs
Student Rotation Evaluations
COMLEX 1
COMLEX 2 CE
Graduation Student Self-Assessment
EPC Written Exams
OSCEs
Simulation Evaluations
Student Rotation Evaluations
Demonstrate the ability to use knowledge of epidemiology
and disease risk factors to formulate appropriate
recommendations for the prevention of disease and
maintenance of good health for individual patients.
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Basic Science Course Series
Integrated Systems Courses
EPC Courses
Hospital/Clinical Rotation
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Demonstrate the ability to accurately perform
comprehensive and appropriately-focused histories and
physicals with an appreciation of patients’ age, gender,
and/or developmental level.
 EPC Courses
 Essentials of Clinical Rotations
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
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Demonstrate the ability to develop and implement disease
management and health promotion plans that address the
clinical presentations, life situations and desires of
individual patients.
 EPC Courses
 OPP
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
 OSCEs
 Simulation Evaluations
 Student Rotation Evaluations
Patient Care
Demonstrate the ability to perform an appropriate range
of clinical procedures and osteopathic techniques while
maximizing patient comfort.
 EPC Courses
 Essentials of Clinical Rotations
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate the ability to perform basic life support and
advanced cardiac life support in simulated and actual
patient care situations.
 EPC
 BLS, ACLS, TEAM and PALS
workshops
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
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EPC Written Exams
OSCEs
Student Rotation Evaluations
EPC Skill Check-offs
Graduation Student SelfAssessment
 BLS, ACLS, TEAM and PALS
Certifications
 Simulation Evaluations
Interpersonal
and
Communication
Skills
Periodic Student Surveys
GME Match Report
Post-Graduation Surveys
Longitudinal Tracking of
Graduates
OSCEs
Simulation Evaluations
Student Rotation Evaluations
Graduation Student Self-Assessment
OSCEs
Simulation Evaluations
Student Rotation Evaluations
Graduation Student Self-Assessment
 FMHC Courses
 Essentials of Clinical Rotations
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate the ability to build and maintain appropriate
doctor/patient relationships in professional and nonprofessional situations.
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Demonstrate compassion, empathy and good listening
skills for all patients.
 EPC Courses
 Essentials of Clinical Rotations
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate the ability to effectively collaborate with
other health care professionals including those from other
disciplines to provide patient-focused care.
 FMHC Courses
 EPC Courses
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
 Simulation Evaluations
 Student Rotation Evaluations
 Graduation Student Self-Assessment
 EPC Courses
 Essentials of Clinical Rotations
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
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OSCEs
Simulation Evaluations
Student Rotation Evaluations
Graduation Student Self-Assessment
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OSCEs
Simulation Evaluations
COMLEX 2 PE
Student Rotation Evaluations
EPC Written Exams
OSCEs
Simulation Evaluations
Student Rotation Evaluations
COMLEX 2 PE
Demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate orally
and in writing with patients, families and other health-care
professionals using language appropriate to their
developmental, educational, emotional and/or cultural
statuses.
FMHC Courses
EPC Courses
Essentials of Clinical Rotations
Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate the ability to effectively counsel patients and
their families regarding health maintenance, disease
prevention and/or specific medical conditions.
 EPC Courses
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate the ability to accurately document clinical
encounters including osteopathic structural exams in a
timely manner.
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EPC Courses
OPP
Essentials of Clinical Rotations
Hospital/Clinical Rotations
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FMHC Courses
EPC Courses
Essentials of Clinical Rotations
Hospital/Clinical Rotations
FMHC Courses
EPC Courses
Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate respect for the human dignity, uniqueness,
and self-autonomy of all patients and their families in
clinical, professional and non-professional situations.
Professionalism
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Demonstrate the ability and increased desire to practice
medicine in rural settings, especially those in the
Appalachian region.
Demonstrate the ability to appropriately apply ethical
principles governing doctor/patient relationships
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 Written Course Exams
 Graduation Student Self-Assessment
 FMHC Written Exams
 Student Rotation Evaluations
including confidentiality and informed consent to real-life
situations.
Practice Based
Learning and
Improvement
Systems Based
Practice
Demonstrate an understanding of legal issues related to
medical practice.
 FMHC-II
 FMHC-II Written Exams
Demonstrate sensitivity and respect regarding differences
in patients and colleagues’ gender, race, culture, age,
socio-economic status, sexual orientation, and physical or
mental abilities.
 FMHC Courses
 EPC Courses
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
 Student Rotation Evaluations
 Periodic Student Surveys
Demonstrate a commitment to the habits of lifelong
learning
 Essentials of Clinical Rotations
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
 Rotation Journal Club Evaluations
 Lifelong Learning Survey
Demonstrate an understanding of clinical research
methods and medical informatics.
 FMHC Courses
 Hospital/Clinical Rotation
 FMHC Written Exams
 Rotation Journal Club
Evaluations
Demonstrate the ability to access, evaluate and assimilate
current professional, research and technical literature and
appropriately apply evidence-based clinical principles to
specific patient-care situations.
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 FMHC Written Exams
 Rotation Journal Club Evaluations
 Graduation Student Self-Assessment
Demonstrate the ability to self-evaluate clinical encounters
including osteopathic approach to patient care for the
purpose of improving future practice.
 EPC Courses
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
 OSCE Self-Evaluations
 Rotation/Clerkship Evaluation
Demonstrate knowledge of local, regional and national
health-care delivery systems and policy.
 FMHC Courses
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
 Written Course Exams
 Rotation Case Write-ups
Demonstrate an appreciation of and the ability to
effectively work with different health care providers.
 Essentials of Clinical Rotations
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
 Graduation Student Self Assessment
FMHC Courses
EPC Courses
Integrated Systems Courses
Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate an understanding of how health-care
delivery systems impact and/or provide barriers to patient
care.
 FMHC Courses
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
Demonstrate the ability to practice the role of osteopathic
physician as a component of health-care teams.
 FMHC Courses
 Essentials of Clinical Rotations
 Hospital/Clinical Rotations
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Written Course Exams
Simulation Evaluations
Rotation Case-Study Write-ups
Graduation Student Self-Assessment
Simulation Evaluations
Student Rotation Evolutions
Graduation Student Self-Assessment