In the future the school will be challenged to provide enough free time to foster independent learning and opportunities for high order scholarship. A greater emphasis on evaluation will be evident with the advent of a recommendation to provide better evaluation of the clinical years. Also, a commitment by the institution as indicated in the self study to emphasize the importance of regular measurements of institutional effectiveness should improve the quality of the operations of the medical school. Currently the medical school stands alone in regard to a lack of data on the effectiveness of its meeting its clinical goals. The faculty with assistance from the office of educational development are in the process of creating a comprehensive evaluation system.
All students evaluate their course work at the end of the second and forth years.
This information is used to enhance the curriculum. The library is adequate for a research intensive medical school. There will soon be reductions in staff as a part of the early retirement program. Financial support for medical school programs has been limited in the clinical years because of decreases in clinical revenues. This may have an impact on the quality of clinical instruction during the last two years of medical school.