Mizzou med school at risk of losing accreditation

The University of Missouri School of Medicine is at risk of losing its accreditation.

According to a report done by a national group that accredits medical degree programs, the University needs to address issues within two years to maintain it’s accreditation.

Of the 95 Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation elements of the School of Medicine was judged upon, 91 were found to be in compliance and four were out of compliance.

The committee found the school noncompliant regarding diversity programs, student mistreatment, curricular management, and affiliation agreements in a 497 page report.

The University said in a statement to ABC 17 News, “The school is actively working on a comprehensive action plan to make improvements in the identified areas that will be submitted to the LCME.”

The committee met with administrators, faculty and students during a visit to the medical school in January.

The Dean of MU School of Medicine, Patrick Delafontaine, told ABC 17 News in a statement, “We were aware of many of these issues before the LCME team arrived and had already taken steps to put new programs and policies in place to address them, we take the LCME’s recommendations very seriously.”

The School has assembled a task force comprised of medical students, faculty and staff to help make specific quality improvements cited in the survey.

Delafontaine must submit an action plan by December 1st, 2016 to the committee.