WrightCurriculum Class Quartile

WrightCurriculum Class Quartile (for students graduating in 2024)

• Class quartile will be released to students:
  • End of Foundations Component 2
  • End of Foundations Phase
  • End of Doctoring Year

Class quartile will be determined by the following:

Foundations (35%)

Comprehensive Basic Science Examination (CBSE) #1	7%
CBSE #2	10%
Module final exams Origins (5%) Human Architecture 1 (3.33%) Host & Defense (3.34%) Staying Alive (5%) Human Architecture 2 (3.33%) Beginning to End (5%) Balance, Control & Repair (5%)	30%
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) #1 Interviewing Final (Y1)	12%
OSCE #2 Physical Exam Final (Y1)*	12%
OSCE #3 Simulated Patient Encounter Final (Y2)*	12%
Passing USMLE Step 1 on first attempt	17%
* 90-100 = 100%, 80-89.99 = 90%, 70-79.99 = 80%, pass on second attempt = minimum passing score

Doctoring (65%)

OSCE #4: Doctoring Bootcamp*	8%
OSCE #6: Mid-Doctoring, Round 2*	8%
OSCE #7: Advanced Doctoring Bootcamp	9%
* 90-100 = 100%, 80-89.99 = 90%, 70-79.99 = 80%, pass on second attempt = minimum passing score
Final Clerkship Grades (H = 100%, P = 75%, F = 0) Clinical Medicine: Doctoring (4%) Family Medicine (4%) Geriatrics (4%) Internal Medicine (4%) Neurology (4%) Obstetrics & Gynecology (4%) Pediatrics (4%) Psychiatry (4%) Surgery (4%)	36%
Excellence Across Clerkships designation	14%
Comprehensive Clinical Science Examination (CCSE) #1	10%
CCSE #2	15%

 

Note: In the event that an item cannot be administered due to extenuating circumstances, the item will be excluded from calculation
Revised by A&E on 6/22/2020
Approved by FCC on 6/24/2020
Revised by A&E on 7/15/21
Approved by FCC on 7/28/2021
Reviewed and approved by FCC on 10/27/2021
Approved by FCC on 3/25/2022
Revised and approved by FCC on 11/30/22

 

WrightCurriculum Class Accolades (for students graduating in 2025 and beyond)

Students can earn accolades of academic distinction in three ways:

1. Excellence Across Foundations
   • An ‘Excellence Across Foundations’ designation for the Foundations years will be awarded to students who demonstrate sustained superior performance in the Foundations courses.
   • ‘Excellence Across Foundations’ shall be awarded to no more than 25% of the class
   • Criteria for ‘Excellence Across Foundations’ can include final exam scores (including NBME final exams), OSCEs, and CBSEs

   Excellence in Foundations will be determined by the following for the classes of 2025 and beyond:

   Excellence in Foundations*

   Module final exams Origins (12.25%) Human Architecture 1 (7.33%) Host & Defense (8.34%) Staying Alive (12.25%) Human Architecture 2 (7.33%) Beginning to End (11.25%) Balance, Control & Repair (11.25%)	70%
   Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) #1 Interviewing Final (Y1)**	5%
   OSCE #2 Physical Exam Final (Y1)**	5%
   OSCE #3 Simulated Patient Encounter Final (Y2)**	5%
   Comprehensive Basic Science Examination (CBSE) #2 (normed to class)	15%
   ** 90-100 = 100%, 80-89.99 = 90%, 70-79.99 = 80%, pass on second attempt = minimum passing score

   *For the classes of 2025 and 2026, Excellence in Foundations will be awarded to the top 25% of students according to the criteria for Excellence in Foundations above AND the top 25% using Foundations Quartile criteria below:

   Comprehensive Basic Science Examination (CBSE) #1	7%
   CBSE #2	10%
   Module final exams Origins (5%) Human Architecture 1 (3.33%) Host & Defense (3.34%) Staying Alive (5%) Human Architecture 2 (3.33%) Beginning to End (5%) Balance, Control & Repair (5%)	30%
   Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) #1 Interviewing Final (Y1)	12%
   OSCE #2 Physical Exam Final (Y1)*	12%
   OSCE #3 Simulated Patient Encounter Final (Y2)*	12%
   Passing USMLE Step 1 on first attempt	17%
   * 90-100 = 100%, 80-89.99 = 90%, 70-79.99 = 80%, pass on second attempt = minimum passing score

2. Honors in Clerkship courses
   • To be eligible to receive Honors for a clerkship and Clinical Medicine Doctoring, students must consistently exceed expectations for professional behavior and clinical performance during the clerkship.
3. Excellence Across Clerkships in the Doctoring Year

• Students who receive Honors in a clerkship/module will be submitted to the Director of Assessment by Doctoring clerkship/module directors at the end of each clerkship block/module
• The Director of Assessment and Evaluation will compile a list of students who have been nominated for honors grades by one or more clerkships/modules, sorted by students who have been nominated for honors grades by the most clerkships/modules
• Doctoring year clerkship/module directors will meet at the end of Doctoring to review the students who have been nominated by multiple clerkships/modules
• An ‘Excellence Across Clerkships’ designation for the Doctoring year will be awarded to students who demonstrate sustained superior performance in the Doctoring year
  • ‘Excellence Across Clerkships’ in the Doctoring year shall be awarded to no more than 25% of the class

Approved by FCC on 6/28/2023
Revised and approved by FCC on 01/24/24