Assessment and Evaluation
Assessment and Evaluation unit of the Office of Medical Education (OME) department
is responsible and
is the direct custodian of all data related to course and faculty evaluations at PLFSOM.
Evaluations
completed by students on course, faculty, and peers are used for curricular review/improvement
and
faculty accountability. Evaluation ratings for faculty are used for performance reviews,
promotion and
tenure applications. Therefore, we ask students to please be thoughtful in providing
honest, actionable,
and meaningful feedback, which can help improve teaching and learning.
At all times, only aggregated reports from evaluations are shared with faculty and
other stakeholders
thereby protecting students’ confidentiality. Students are expected to complete all
mandatory
evaluations as per the school policy. Please refer to Course Evaluation Policy and Faculty and Resident
Evaluation Policy. Evaluations are issued on the last day of exam week (usually Friday) and remain
open
for a week’s time.
Participation in evaluations is considered an indicator of both professional citizenship
and general
professionalism. All students are expected to participate in the evaluation system
at PLFSOM. Students
who do not complete mandatory evaluations in time receive a negative Professionalism
Assessment. To
remediate any unforeseen issues, please be proactive and contact the Office of Medical
Education
during the period when evaluations are still active (i.e., before aggregated reports are created). In case
a student is unable to access or complete evaluations while they are open or wishes
to challenge a
professionalism Assessment (event card), please reach out to the program coordinator
(OME) so that we
can reevaluate the situation.
For data requests related to evaluations please contact Dr. Priya Harindranathan,
director of office of medical education at 915-215-4719 or pharindr@ttuhsc.edu.
For all student concerns regarding evaluations, please contact Dr. Melissa Ortega,
the associate
director of assessment and evaluation at 915-215-5965 or melissa.n.ortega@ttuhsc.edu. or program coordinator Edna Carbajal at 915-215-6163 or edna.carbajal@ttuhsc.edu.