The review process undertaken by the Accreditation Unit (AU) of the SLMC and the estimated time for each stage are illustrated below.
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Appointment of Reviewer Panel.
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within one week …
Informing the Medical School names of reviewers
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Informing the AU about concerns to certain reviewers if any.
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Submission of SER by the Medical School to AU.
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within one week …
Handing over the SER to the Reviewer Panel by the AU.
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within four weeks …
Desk Review meeting of Review Panel at AU to discuss and tentatively agree the scores for each standard.
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within four weeks …
Pre-site Review meeting at AU to plan Review Visit.
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Site Visit.
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within two to four weeks …
Submission of Review Report to AU.
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Discussion on the Review Report by AU with reviewers.
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Conveying Pre-Final decision to the Dean/Medical School
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within FOUR weeks …
Observations, comments and appeals by the Dean on the Pre-Final Decision
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within two weeks …
AU meeting to discuss the appeals, observations and comments by the Medical School
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Appointment of Appeal Board 1 or 2 if required
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Within two (2) weeks
Appeal Board to submit the report to AU
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Within two (2) to four (4) weeks
Consider the report of the Appeal Board by AU and prepare the Final Decision