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Educational Policy Council Meeting
May 14, 2001
Carbondale: Lindegren 310/Springfield: Lincoln Conference Room
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Minutes |
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Educational Policy Council Meeting
May 14, 2001
Carbondale: Lindegren 310/Springfield: Lincoln Conference Room
Present:
Amber
Barnhart, MD
Peter
T. Borgia, PhD
Terri Cameron, Staff
Donald A. Caspary, PhD
Erik J.
Constance, MD
Clint
Farris, Class of 2002
Paul J.
Feltovich, PhD
Susan
Thompson Hingle, MD
Sharon
K. Hull, MD
Regina
A. Kovach, MD
Jerry
A. Kruse, MD
Matthew
Lavery, Class of 2003
Theodore
R. LeBlang, JD
Tracy
K. Lower, MD
Dean
K. Naritoku, MD.
David
S. Resch, MD
Michael
F. Shanahan, PhD
David R
Wade, PhD
Absent:
Linda
H. Distlehorst, PhD
Joelle
Lipcamon, Class of 2004
Rick
Markiewicz, Class of 2001
Sandra
L. Shea, PhD
John
Tomkowiak, MD
Discussion
Items
The April 9 minutes were
unanimously approved.
Dr. Constance announced that Dr. Donna Shalala would
deliver the commencement address on Saturday, May 19.
Dr. Kovach announced that Dr. Bill McGahee would
give a presentation on Tuesday, May 15. from 9 to 10:30 am in the Lindsay
Conference Room on the US News and World Report Medical School Rankings and
Teams and Medical Error. It was
requested that this session be videotaped.
Dr. Kruse distributed a draft of the proposed memo
to Dr. Getto regarding the Year 3 Schedule.
After review, it was suggested that items be revised as follows:
Paragraph 1:
change May to March 26 and responsible to responsibility.
Item 2 should be revised to state: “Your discussion with the Year Three
Curriculum Committee should have occurred much earlier in the process. and your message was not only surprising,
the manner of confrontation of the Committee was demeaning to its
members and chair, but also inconsiderate of their efforts.”
There was much discussion regarding Item 4 and the
extent to which changes had occurred in Year 3 and how best to reference those
changes in the memo. It was noted that
the Dean did not ask the Y3CC to revert to a pre-C2000 calendar for Year Three,
although the Y3CC felt that such action was necessary due to practical
implications such as clerkship deferrals.
It was determined that the item should be revised to read: “As a result
of these actions, the third year curriculum calendar…”
Item 5 should be deleted in its entirety.
Dr. Caspary made a motion, seconded by Dr.
Feltovich, to send the memo to the Dean as corrected. The motion passed unanimously.
Dr. Caspary made a motion, seconded by Dr. Shanahan,
that a copy of the memo be sent to the Faculty Council. The motion passed unanimously.
Dr. Distlehorst provided an overview of SIUSOM
student performance on USMLE, Step 1.
Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology performance was below the national
mean. Genetics has been a problem area
for SIUSOM students historically. There
was discussion as to what genetics content areas are covered in the exam. It was noted that the content outline
includes both Mendelian and molecular biology issues, but SIUSOM faculty have
not had the opportunity to review the exam for several years so cannot
determine if one or the other areas is predominant.
Faculty suggested several other formats for
presenting the data. Dr. Distlehorst
will develop additional reports for presentation at future EPC meetings.
Dr. Kruse explained that, in a continuing effort to
bring all EPC members up-to-date on the Curriculum 2000 process, abbreviated
versions of the faculty development workshops offered to faculty last summer
are being presented at the next few EPC meetings.
Dr. David Resch provided the following information
regarding the process of case format and design:
Dr. Tracy Lower presented the following information
about the Small Group Facilitation training all tutors receive before tutoring:
The issue of tutor consistency across the curriculum
was discussed. It was suggested that
tutor guides be used during the training process. It was also suggested that the three half-days is insufficient
for training. In Year One, Master
Tutors sat in on training sessions.
Tutor evaluation was suggested for an upcoming EPC agenda.
Dr. Sharon Hull reported that Doctoring had
conducted preceptor training, with four sessions in Harrisburg, Carbondale and
Marion. Content included overview of
curriculum, discussion as to how students could work in the office, and a
question and answer session. Each
training session lasted 1.5 hours to 2 hours with dinner. Twenty preceptors participated, and 19
participants rated the sessions as excellent or good (one did not
respond).
EPC Subcommittee reports were not given due to time
constraints.
Dr. Wade reported that students had completed the
Year 1 Curriculum and were in the process of taking NBME subject tests. Students participating in Mentored
Professional Enrichment Experiences ill begin those activities following the
subject tests.
Dr. Borgia reported that the Year 2 Committee had
held a retreat on April 19. Four
subcommittees reported on specific topics:
1) Basic Science Streamer/Rotation/Segment-Related Clinical Activities;
2) Quality and Effectiveness of Segments; 3) End-of-Block Assessments; 4) Small
Groups/Tutors. Each group participated
in the development of a composite survey that was distributed to all students
and faculty. Reports on survey data
were presented at the retreat, as were student reports, and a report from the
Surgical Education Fellow regarding data she had collected from student focus
groups. A meeting is scheduled for May
14 to discuss the motions passed at the retreat and how those recommendations
will affect the curriculum. Dr. Kruse
reported that the Dean had met with the Clinical Chairs to discuss the clinical
resources available for the Year 2 Curriculum.
Dr. Kovach reported that Clerkship Orientation is
scheduled for July 9.
There was no report due to time constraints.
There was no report due to time constraints.