For at least four years, students have consistently stated on evaluations that we would like our exams returned, in order to review and learn from our mistakes. But few if any departments have actually changed their policies and returned exams. What is worse, however, is that there has been little effort to even accommodate students by holding effective exam reviews. Examples like these demonstrate that student feedback is systematically trivialized and even ignored. Improved action on student evaluations.
Students complete evaluations for all preclinical courses.
However, most departments do little to correct the problems addressed by students. We urge the school to make individual departments accountable to students for course quality. Evaluation results to be made public. Some departments display a complete disrespect for the medical school by keeping the results of their faculty evaluations secret. Not only does this defeat the entire purpose of student evaluations, it is also a clear admission of repeated failure.