DJW Associates provides step-by-step assistance in preparation for site visits by LCME-designated teams for schools seeking: 

• Provisional accreditation
• Continuing accreditation
• Removal from probation

DJW Associates offers consultation for administration and faculty about how to undertake a well-executed institutional self-study.  In addition, we offer careful review of your institutional documents, including the self-study summary, institutional database, previous LCME survey team reports, and intermittent progress reports. We can conclude with a “mock” site visit to prepare your administrative team, faculty and students for the actual visit.

Used effectively, the accreditation process can serve as a catalyst for self examination and increased efforts at quality assurance and improvement.  Therefore, DJW Associates also provides mid-accreditation review to facilitate change between accreditation cycles.

Our service has been helpful to many schools undergoing the accreditation process, as we help focus and de-mystify the process.  Because of the leadership turnover experienced at many medical schools, this review process can help prepare dean’s staff, chairs and faculty leaders who may not have participated previously in an LCME survey visit. 

We also work with governing and advisory boards to explain the accreditation process and their role in its successful conclusion.

DJW Associates is not affiliated with and does not represent the LCME, nor does it interact with the LCME on behalf of clients.