In the Gateway Curriculum, students attain competency based on the totality and sufficiency of evidence regarding their performance in each of the Washington University School of Medicine Medical Education Program Objectives in each of the six Competency Domains. The School of Medicine also has a requirement to provide transcript evidence of the successful completion of each course. This document describes the procedures for the determination and documentation of course credit that is independent of the Competency Attainment Committee (CAC) and Clerkship Competency Committee (CCC) decisions of competency attainment. 

For each Gateway course, a determination of "credit/no credit" will be made based on the full completion of required course elements as outlined in the syllabus via the learning management platform for each course. Determinations of "credit/no credit" will be submitted to the Registrar within 6 weeks of the completion of the final course requirement in line with LCME element 9.8, Fair and Timely Summative Assessments. In Phase 2, clerkships are required to provide competency decisions in patient care, rather than "credit/no credit," to the Registrar within 6 weeks of clerkship completion in line with LCME element 9.8, Fair and Timely Summative Assessments.

Students who have not completed a required element of any Phase 1 and 3 course will receive a “no credit” (NC) and in the clerkships will receive an "incomplete" (I) on the transcript until all required elements are completed. "No credit" or “incomplete” will be recorded on the transcript until such time as a student has completed all required elements; at that time, the Registrar will replace that original determination with "credit."

End-of-course "no credit" or “incomplete” determinations and the circumstances, when known, will be monitored and brought forward during CAC deliberations. 

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