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
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 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