Present: Rooks, Allen, Berns, Bottom, Burchfield, Butson, Cheong, Davidson,
Duerson, Genuardi, Goldfeder, Karle, Koroly, Moore, Rarey, Romrell, Small, Watson,
Wright, Israel, Lawson, Chase, Jones
Absent: Dwyer, Harman, Lind, Lowenthal, McElroy, Normann, Pauly, Rathe,
Rowe, Schmidt, Desai, Hurt
Dr. Genuardi announced that the Psychiatry rotation in Jacksonville will resume in October under the new clerkship director, Richard Christensen.
Dean Berns commented on preparing the students for a future focus on genetics
in medical science and the continuing advancement of information technology.
He states that he sits on the AAMC committee which looks into the curriculum
and genetics. Dr. Marilyn Dumont-Driscoll will assist in teaching through cases
involving genetic principles in existing basic science courses and there will
be no radical changes in the curriculum. This should enhance the education of
the students and prepare them to be able to deal with a dynamic situation. We
are presently implementing a plan to enhance information technology throughout
the curriculum. Dr. Small asked if we are increasing the cases, how are we going
to get them into the curriculum. Dr. Berns said that we are trying to work with
department chairs and course directors to make this possible. It was noted that
Charlie Wood has started implementing this into his course. Dr. Davidson remarked
that he would like to see an expansion of the clinical epidemiology program.
Dr. Romrell indicated that Dr. Rarey has made an effort to have the embryology
course case-based. This ended Dr. Berns opening remarks about genetics.
Dr. Romrell talked about the policies from the Vice Provost on the syllabus.
He also indicated that we may have to restate our policy on attendance through
the syllabi and control the use of cell phones and pagers so as not to have
them abused. He also commented that we are compliant with the rules and are
leading the way in this regard. A copy of the rules of what should be in a syllabus
was handed out at the meeting. Dr. Rarey remarked that all course directors
have been diligent in creating their syllabi. These are minor additions that
course directors can add to their existing syllabi to meet the new requirements.
Dr. Rooks spoke of four items he would like to focus on this year:
1. clinical presentation model – exploring models again
2. nutrition – baseline curriculum issue – met 2 times and made progress and hopefully he will have a report for this committee at the October meeting
3. genetics – modification of existing courses and content in existing structure
4. professionalism – strategy of how we want to deal with it (handout)
Dr. Burchfield asked if we could teach everything we need to teach in four years
as more items are added to the curriculum. There were several large issues we
should discuss:
Long term: length of medical school
Pre-med issues
Multicultural issues in medicine
Dr. Rarey stated that the LCME report is due in March 2002. There are at this
point no deficiencies, according to Dr. Berns, only a few technicalities were
mentioned. We have made progress teaching residents how to teach. Dr. Rarey
plans to review the LCME interim report at future curriculum meeting.
Matt Lawson stated that genetics is a short class, and the Class of 2004 rushed
through it. Those who never had it before struggled. The course was compressed
and those students who never had it before couldn't keep up, and that's where
the comments came from on the medical student questionnaire.
At this point, Dr. Rooks handed out a packet from the Professionalism Task Force.
He asked the committee to look it over and think about it to see if it is something
this committee wants to promote. We have to ensure our students have the ability
to enter into successful interactions with patients. At the chair level is where
we deal with professionalism. Dr. Rooks stated that he has been meeting with
chairs to discuss some of these issues. The last page deals with an assessment
tool. He reminded members that these issues will be presented again at the October
meeting.
Meeting adjourned at 8:35 a.m.
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Recording secretary: margie mcgarva
Dated: September 18, 2001