Becker's Healthcare October 7, 2024
In an Oct. 3 opinion article published in The Wall Street Journal, two executives at New York City-based NYU Langone Health said the Liaison Committee on Medical Education’s method of accrediting medical schools is “outdated, expensive and misguided.”
The healthcare leaders said the LCME has “ever-changing standards,” leading to months of onerous preparation and significant costs for a three-day site visit by five committee members.
Robert Grossman, MD, CEO of NYU Langone Health and dean of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and Steven Abramson, MD, executive vice president of the health system and vice dean of the medical school, wrote the opinion piece.
In anticipation of the LCME visiting NYU Langone in 2023, the system spent $30,000...