WrightCurriculum Class Quartile

WrightCurriculum Class Quartile (for students graduating in 2024)

  • Class quartile will be released to students:
    • End of Foundations Component 2
    • End of Foundations Phase
    • End of Doctoring Year

Class quartile will be determined by the following:

Foundations (35%)

Comprehensive Basic Science Examination (CBSE) #1

7%

CBSE #2

10%

Module final exams

  • Origins (5%)
  • Human Architecture 1 (3.33%)
  • Host & Defense (3.34%)
  • Staying Alive (5%)
  • Human Architecture 2 (3.33%)
  • Beginning to End (5%)
  • Balance, Control & Repair (5%)

30%

 

 

 

 

 

Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) #1 Interviewing Final (Y1)

12%

OSCE #2 Physical Exam Final (Y1)*

12%

OSCE #3 Simulated Patient Encounter Final (Y2)*

12%

Passing USMLE Step 1 on first attempt

17%

* 90-100 = 100%, 80-89.99 = 90%, 70-79.99 = 80%, pass on second attempt = minimum passing score

 

Doctoring (65%)

OSCE #4: Doctoring Bootcamp*

8%

OSCE #6: Mid-Doctoring, Round 2*

8%

OSCE #7: Advanced Doctoring Bootcamp

9%

* 90-100 = 100%, 80-89.99 = 90%, 70-79.99 = 80%, pass on second attempt = minimum passing score

 

Final Clerkship Grades (H = 100%, P = 75%, F = 0)

  • Clinical Medicine: Doctoring (4%)
  • Family Medicine (4%)
  • Geriatrics (4%)
  • Internal Medicine (4%)
  • Neurology (4%)
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology (4%)
  • Pediatrics (4%)
  • Psychiatry (4%)
  • Surgery (4%)

 

 

36%

 

 

 

 

Excellence Across Clerkships designation

14%

Comprehensive Clinical Science Examination (CCSE) #1

10%

CCSE #2

15%

Note: In the event that an item cannot be administered due to extenuating circumstances, the item will be excluded from calculation
Revised by A&E on 6/22/2020
Approved by FCC on 6/24/2020
Revised by A&E on 7/15/21
Approved by FCC on 7/28/2021
Reviewed and approved by FCC on 10/27/2021
Approved by FCC on 3/25/2022
Revised and approved by FCC on 11/30/22

WrightCurriculum Class Accolades (for students graduating in 2025 and beyond)

Students can earn accolades of academic distinction in three ways:

  1. Excellence Across Foundations
    • An ‘Excellence Across Foundations’ designation for the Foundations years will be awarded to students who demonstrate sustained superior performance in the Foundations courses.
    • ‘Excellence Across Foundations’ shall be awarded to no more than 25% of the class
    • Criteria for ‘Excellence Across Foundations’ can include final exam scores (including NBME final exams), OSCEs, and CBSEs
  2. Honors in Clerkship courses
    • To be eligible to receive Honors for a clerkship and Clinical Medicine Doctoring, students must consistently exceed expectations for professional behavior and clinical performance during the clerkship.
  3. Excellence Across Clerkships in the Doctoring Year
  • Students who receive Honors in a clerkship/module will be submitted to the Director of Assessment by Doctoring clerkship/module directors at the end of each clerkship block/module
  • The Director of Assessment will compile a list of students who have been nominated for honors grades by one or more clerkships/modules, sorted by students who have been nominated for honors grades by the most clerkships/modules
  • Doctoring year clerkship/module directors will meet at the end of Doctoring to review the students who have been nominated by multiple clerkships/modules
  • An ‘Excellence Across Clerkships’ designation for the Doctoring year will be awarded to students who demonstrate sustained superior performance in the Doctoring year
    • ‘Excellence Across Clerkships’ in the Doctoring year shall be awarded to no more than 25% of the class

Approved by FCC on 6/28/2023