the accrediting body for allopathic medical schools, in 2022. Our letter urged the LCME to amend the language of Standard 7 to explicitly include disability and the need for disability focused training in its standards. To read our full letter, please see here. The LCME has provided an additional response to MSDCI’s letter requesting that they modify Standard 7: Curricular Content to be more inclusive of disability. The LCME has decided that, instead of making a specific language change, they will conduct a review of the entirely to Standard 7 to ensure that the “expectations” of the Standard are being met. The

LCME additionally “explicitly determined that the review should consider how the area of disability should be reflected in its accreditation elements within Standard 7 and perhaps within other standards.” To our knowledge, this is the first time that the LCME has agreed to specifically consider disability in accreditation standards. Since this update, the LCME has not yet released its final recommendations. MSDCI continues to follow this process and prepare for public discussion once recommendations are
released.