Information regarding a student’s marginal or failing academic performance and any documented issues related to professionalism may be forwarded from Student Affairs to a course or clerkship director at the discretion of the Senior Associate Dean of UME and Student Affairs and/or the Promotions Committee. Students in Serious Academic Status will be forward fed as long as they remain in that status. Forward-fed information will be of a general nature to alert the course or clerkship director to be aware of any issues that may arise with the student. Personal information will not be forwarded except when requested by the student. The student will be notified that this transfer of information is taking place. Information will flow from Student Affairs to course or clerkship directors, not between course directors or clerkship directors.
Forward feeding allows for monitoring of a student’s performance and to provide support and remediation as necessary. The student should receive regular feedback throughout the new course or clerkship.
The forwarding of any material to a subsequent course or clerkship directors will continue as long as monitoring is necessary for educational purposes. There will be no mention of any of the forwarded information in the student’s evaluation from that clerkship.
It will be documented in the student’s internal school file that information has been forwarded and to whom and specifically what information. This will not be reflected on the transcript nor will this be mentioned in the Medical Student Performance Evaluation (MSPE).