University of Virginia School of
Medicine
Curriculum Committee
Minutes 09.28.00
Pediatric Pathology Conference Room, 4:00 pm
Present (underlined) were: Reid Adams, Robert Bloodgood,
Anita Clayton, Al Connors, Gene Corbett, Joseph Dubose,
Joanna Goldberg, Donald Innes (Chair), Jerry
Short, Bill Wilson, Alexandra Yamshchikov (guest),
Debra Reed (Secretary)
- Clinical Medicine Committee. The CMC, under the leadership
of met last week to discuss next years calendar, the documentation of
clinical skills and the possibility of electives in the third year. See
CMC minutes: CMC Minutes
09/22/00:
- a) 2000-01 Calendar. The CMC approved the proposed calendar
which interfaces well with the proposed electives block schedule,
allowing for 3rd year students to take electives during that
year.
b) Documentation of clinical skills. The CMC agreed to adopt
a passport system of assessing medical students. Each clerkship
director will draft a passport to include both general medical skills
and specialty skills distinct to their clerkship. Faculty will sign off
when the student has successfully completed each item. Drafts will be
submitted to the CMC by the end of October and will then be reviewed by
the CMC and the Curriculum Committee for input. A pilot program might
be instituted in some of the Spring, 2001 clerkships with the program
to begin Fall, 2001. This passport system and the CPX exams should
satisfy the LCME requirements.
c) Electives in third year. The CMC agreed to allow some
electives (including the Neurology clerkship) in the third year next
year.
- 9/25/00 Clinical Connection. All but seven students attended
the Clinical Connection. Student comments reported to Don Innes, Joey
Dubose and Alexandra Yamshchikov have been for the most part positive.
The program was likely too long and should be self-container without
prior assignments.
- Course Evaluations. The proposed Course Evaluation form has
been sent to the Principles of Medicine Committee. When the agenda is
sent to the POM Committee for their 10/11/00 meeting, it will include a
request to the course directors to get in touch with Bob Bloodgood with
comments or suggestions. Bob Bloodgood will meet with the Computers in
Medical Education group to work on a web based format for the
evaluations.
Fall courses should have the evaluations completed by January 31st.
February and the Curriculum Committee will be able to prepare
recommendations to the courses by March/April. This year, the
Curriculum Committee will focus on courses with lower than normal
scores.
- Microbiology. Members were asked to review copies of the
Microbiology Controversies in Medicine and Clinical Immunology Case
Analysis booklets. Ms. Yamshchikov, commented that most students found
the case analysis format a good use of time, but they should be more
evenly spread throughout the course with less emphasis on grading and
more on learning, and that the lab review sessions should be
eliminated.
-Don Innes
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