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Lacked evidence the sponsoring institution is responsible for supporting the planning by program faculty of curriculum design, course selection, and program assessment.

• Made HR changes to provide greater support for assessment
• Provided greater support and oversight for program through a new institutional position in the UW SOM Department of Family Medicine: Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and Education

Lacked evidence the sponsoring institution is responsible for ensuring effective program leadership.

• Improved institutional oversight and support by creating a new institutional position in the UW SOM Department of Family Medicine: Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and Education
• Established schedule of frequent meetings between the interim PD and the Chair of the FM dept and the UW SOM Dean

Lacked evidence the sponsoring institution is responsible complying with ARC-PA accreditation Standards and policies.

• Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and Education position created
• Accreditation task force created

Lacked evidence the sponsoring institution provides the program with the human resources, including sufficient faculty, administrative and technical staff, necessary to operate the educational program, comply with the Standards, and fulfill obligations to matriculating and enrolled students.

Compliance assessed during May 2026 ARC-PA focused site visit:

• Developed a workload calculator to aid in determining faculty and staff sufficiency
• Advanced faculty recruitment, with completion of 13 hires across all five campuses; recruitment efforts are ongoing
• Hired permanent PD
• 2026-2027 hiring plan approved by the UWSOM Dean’s office

Lacked evidence the sponsoring institution supports the program in securing clinical sites and preceptors sufficient in number to allow all students to meet the program’s learning outcomes for supervised clinical practice experiences.

• Facilitated discussions with UW associated clinical departments
• Established a written procedure/process to keep the institution informed of potential shortages of sites in a timely manner

Compliance assessed during May 2026 ARC-PA focused site visit:

• Sponsoring institution has continued to provide ongoing active support in securing clinical sites and developing formal processes

Lacked evidence principal faculty is sufficient in number to meet the academic needs of enrolled students and manage the administrative responsibilities consistent with the complexity of the program.

Compliance assessed during May 2026 ARC-PA focused site visit:

• Currently using workload calculator to aid in determining faculty and staff sufficiency

Lacked evidence the program director provides effective leadership by exhibiting responsiveness to issues related to personnel.

• Made a change in program leadership by appointing an interim program director

Lacked evidence the program director provides effective leadership by exhibiting strong communication skills.

• Made a change in program leadership by appointing an interim program director

Lacked evidence the program director is knowledgeable about and responsible for continuous programmatic review and analysis.

• Made a change in program leadership by appointing an interim program director

Lacked evidence the program director is knowledgeable about and responsible for completion of ARC-PA required documents.

• Made a change in program leadership by appointing an interim program director

Lacked evidence the program director is knowledgeable about and responsible for adherence to the Standards and ARC-PA policies.

• Made a change in program leadership by appointing an interim program director

Lacked evidence the program defines, publishes and makes readily available to enrolled and prospective students general program information to include evidence of its effectiveness in meeting its goals.

Compliance assessed during May 2026 ARC-PA focused site visit:

• Goals updated with associated metrics and benchmarks. Effectiveness data are provided at https://familymedicine.uw.edu/medex/pa-program/program-goals-2/

Lacked evidence the program defines, publishes, consistently applies and makes readily available to students upon admission requirements and deadlines for progression in and completion of the program.

• Revised progression policy and established a policy for program completion deadlines and published in the student handbook

Lacked evidence that for each didactic and clinical course [including required and elective rotations], the program defines and publishes for students in syllabi or appendix to the syllabi, learning outcomes and instructional objectives, in measurable terms that can be assessed, that guide student acquisition of required competencies.

• Revised all the syllabi for the clinical curriculum to bring it into compliance

Lacked evidence that for each didactic and clinical course [including required and elective rotations], the program defines and publishes for students in syllabi or appendix to the syllabi, an outline of topics to be covered that align with learning outcomes and instructional objectives.

• Revised all the syllabi for the clinical curriculum to bring it into compliance

Lacked evidence the program ensures educational equivalency of course content, student experience and access to didactic and laboratory materials when instruction is conducted at geographically separate locations.

• Explained the difference in materials

Lacked evidence the program secures clinical sites and preceptors in sufficient numbers to allow all clinical students to meet the program’s learning outcomes for supervised clinical practice experiences.

• Modified preceptor confirmation and documentation processes for clinical sites

Compliance assessed during May 2026 ARC-PA focused site visit:

• Compliance for clinical sites was assessed; all students have rotations and there are no gaps

Lacked evidence supervised clinical practice experiences enable all students to meet the program’s learning outcomes for preventive, emergent, acute, and chronic patient encounters.

• Revised all the syllabi for the clinical curriculum to bring it into compliance

Lacked evidence supervised clinical practice experiences enable all students to meet the program’s learning outcomes for women’s health [to include prenatal and gynecologic care].

• Revised all the syllabi for the clinical curriculum to bring it into compliance

Lacked evidence the program conduct frequent, objective and documented evaluations of student performance in meeting the program’s learning outcomes and instructional objectives for both didactic and supervised clinical practice experience components and that align with what is expected and taught.

• Revised the preceptor evaluations of students for their clinical experiences, including the addition of a mid-rotation evaluation, and ensuring alignment between learning outcomes and assessments

Lacked evidence the program conduct frequent, objective and documented evaluations of student performance in meeting the program’s learning outcomes and instructional objectives for both didactic and supervised clinical practice experience components and that allow the program to identify and address any student deficiencies in a timely manner.

• Revised the preceptor evaluations of students for their clinical experiences, including the addition of a mid-rotation evaluation, and ensuring alignment between learning outcomes and assessments

Compliance assessed during May 2026 ARC-PA focused site visit:

• Developed and initiated a mid-SCPE evaluation process for timely review and intervention of self-identified areas of improvement

Lacked evidence the program conducts and documents a summative evaluation of each student within the final four months of the program to verify that each student meets the program competencies required to enter clinical practice, including clinical and technical skills.

• Revised summative evaluation to include a way to assess technical skills competencies

Lacked evidence program defines its ongoing self-assessment process that is designed to document program effectiveness and foster program improvement and addresses administrative aspects of the program and institutional resources.

• Response pending

Lacked evidence program defines its ongoing self-assessment process that is designed to document program effectiveness and foster program improvement and addresses effectiveness of the didactic curriculum.

• Response pending

Lacked evidence program defines its ongoing self-assessment process that is designed to document program effectiveness and foster program improvement and addresses effectiveness of the clinical curriculum.

• Response pending

Lacked evidence program defines its ongoing self-assessment process that is designed to document program effectiveness and foster program improvement and addresses preparation of graduates to achieve program defined competencies.

• Response pending

Lacked evidence program defines its ongoing self-assessment process that is designed to document program effectiveness and foster program improvement and addresses PANCE performance.

• Response pending

Lacked evidence program defines its ongoing self-assessment process that is designed to document program effectiveness and foster program improvement and addresses sufficiency and effectiveness of principal and instructional faculty and staff.

• Response pending

Lacked evidence program defines its ongoing self-assessment process that is designed to document program effectiveness and foster program improvement and addresses success in meeting the program’s goals.

Lacked evidence the program implements its ongoing self-assessment process by conducting data collection.

• Response pending

Lacked evidence the program implements its ongoing self-assessment process by performing critical analysis of data.

• Response pending

Lacked evidence the program implements its ongoing self-assessment process by applying the results leading to conclusions that identify program strengths.

• Response pending

Lacked evidence the program implements its ongoing self-assessment process by applying the results leading to conclusions that identify program areas in need of improvement.

• Response pending

Lacked evidence the program implements its ongoing self-assessment process by applying the results leading to conclusions that identify action plans.

• Response pending