University of Virginia School of
Medicine
Curriculum Committee
Minutes 05.23.02
Pediatric Pathology Conference Room, 4:00 PM
Present (underlined) were: Reid Adams, Robert Bloodgood,
Victoria Camerini, Anita Clayton, Al Connors, Lisa Coray,
Gene Corbett, Donald Innes (Chair), Howard
Kutchai, Nelle Linz, Nikhil Rao, Jerry Short, Bill
Wilson, Debra Reed (secretary)
- Meeting with first year students - Lisa Coray, Chair of the
Student Medical Education Committee, organized a meeting of first year
students (approximately 40 students attending) with Don Innes and Jerry
Short to discuss first year curriculum issues. Jerry Short summarized
comments from the meeting, both positive and negative. These comments
will help the committee in the ongoing course reviews. Additional
meetings with the first and second year students will be planned for
the 2002-03 academic year.
- Who Should Pay for Handouts for Students? Drs. Short, Innes,
and Pearson discussed this issue at the Deans meeting on Thursday
morning, 5/23/02. Handout expenses for the first two years of medical
school are estimated to be between $80,000-$100,000 (approximately 1.6%
of tuition income). Due to recent budget shortfalls, it was suggested
that students purchase the handouts directly from the copy centers as
in the undergraduate schools. The Committee did not endorse this
proposal.
- Adult Learning/Education - Jann Balmer will attend the June
20th Curriculum Committee meeting to talk about Adult
Learning/Education. The Principles and Clincal Medicine committees will
be invited to attend.
- Issues of "standard setting" for our students in individual
courses. (Bill Wilson) There is a body of literature that addresses
issues of "standard setting" (some are quite complex). There are
various methods of standard setting - norm based standards, which uses
descriptive statistical measures (mean, median, standard deviation) and
content based standards which looks at the content of the exam and
determines the amount of the material that should have been learned by
the examinee in order to achieve a passing grade. Steps in developing
content based standards - 1) choose judges to set minimum standards; 2)
define the minimum passing performance on the specific exam.
- Achieving a better understanding of the 4th year: (Eugene
Corbett)
1.patterns of elective selection by individual students
2.knowledge and skill competency achieved
3.quality of the advising system
4.the relationship between performance in years 1, 2 and 3 with #1 and
#2 above
5.data on how our graduates perform in the 1st post grad year
6.standards for 4th year education in the future
This ties closely to the need for better patient skills in the third
year (and the emphasis on the Passports; "master" teacher concept) and
the need for a mechanism of remediation or tune-up when appropriate in
the fourth year.
-Don Innes
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