A committee responsible for curriculum oversight has been in place at SIU School of Medicine since 1971. This committee was formalized in 1975 as the Educational Policy Committee (EPC). In November 2000, as part of the curriculum renewal process, the Educational Policy Committee was replaced with the Educational Policy Council.

The EPC is responsible for establishing educational policy for the School of Medicine and for assuring the quality of the educational program by:

• overseeing the conduct of the curriculum;
• carefully and continuously evaluating the structure, content, purpose and length of the educational experience;
• proposing, considering and implementing curricular changes;
• carefully and continuously evaluating the student assessment process to assure accurate assessment of knowledge, skills and attitudes.