SASKATOON - Saskatchewan's medical school is being warned to shape up or be put on probation. <\/p>\n
The committee that accredits Canada's medical schools has sent a warning letter to the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine. <\/p>\n
\"This action indicates that there are areas of non-compliance that will, if not corrected promptly, seriously compromise the ability of the faculty to deliver a quality medical education program,\" wrote the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools. <\/p>\n
The letter was dated July 2011, but was only now made public on the CBC Saskatchewan news website. <\/p>\n
It notes that the warning of probation is confidential and said the school is not required to notify students. <\/p>\n
Dr. William Albritton, dean of the college, said in an interview Thursday that faculty and students were told about the letter. <\/p>\n
There are 130 standards applied to medical schools. Albritton said a fact-finding visit last year found the college is \"weak or deficient\" on 10 standards. <\/p>\n
\"The weaknesses were that our faculty didn't provide timely feedback to the students. You're expected to do this within a couple of weeks of the ending of the rotation,\" said Albritton. <\/p>\n
\"And busy people in a busy practice tend to delay those kinds of things. They don't see them as being quite as important as they actually are.\" <\/p>\n
Albritton said instructors getting written standardized teaching and grading objectives is a problem. There's also concern around adequate student space for study, lounge and lockers at the Regina campus. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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