someone recently posted on the UMDNJ-RWJ forum that RWJ has been placed on probation by the LCME, considering that RWJ was in a better financial situation than NJMS, I find it hard to believe NJMS won't be placed on probation soon...has anyone heard any news?
RWJMS was NOT placed on probation. This was a rumor propagated by one poster (ScutBuster--whom many of us think is a premed trying to get off of the waitlist). We JUST finished our LCME visit last week, and here is the e-mail we received from the Dean (we have not even received our final report, so, there is no way we could be placed on probation). Please see the UMDNJ-RWJMS thread to see the full discussion of the rumors perpetuated by this one individual.
From the Dean;
If anyone needed any further prove what a liar ScutBuster was (This is from the Dean of RWJMS sent to the students):
[FONT=PrimaSans BT,Verdana,sans-serif]TO: Faculty, Staff, and Students
FROM: Peter S. Amenta, MD, PhD, Dean
RE: Conclusion of the LCME Site Visit
DATE: March 11, 2010
I am very pleased to inform you of the very positive preliminary results from our recent LCME accreditation survey visit. The site visit team praised our faculty and students and found that we are essentially meeting all of the LCME standards. While two standards were identified by the survey team as requiring additional attention, this number is well below the average number of standards generally cited at surveys as needing improvement.
This excellent outcome could not have been achieved without the hard work and full participation of our faculty, staff and students in this very intense and rigorous process. Your commitment to our school is invaluable and your contributions are greatly appreciated.
We now await the final recommendations from the LCME which we expect to receive in July. Given the very positive information from the site visit team, we believe that the final set of recommendations will be reasonably consistent with this preliminary report and help us improve our educational offerings even further.
While we could not have achieved these results without the support of each and every member of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School community, I would like to especially thank Stephen Lowry, MD, Senior Associate Dean for Education for his leadership throughout this process; Carol Terregino, MD, Interim Senior Associate Dean on the Camden Campus, for her excellent work; David Seiden, PhD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Siobhan Corbett, MD, Chair of the Curriculum Committee for their work. Lastly, I want to thank David Swee, Associate Dean for Education, for his coordination of this entire process.
Thank you and congratulations to all.
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when did you interview?? I had my interview in the beginning of November and I'm still waiting to hear back
