University of Virginia School of
Medicine
Curriculum Committee
Minutes
11.21.02
Pediatric Pathology Conference Room, 4:00 pm
Present (underlined) were: Reid Adams, Robert Bloodgood, Anita
Clayton, Lisa Coray, Gene Corbett, Donald Innes (Chair),
Vern Juel, Howard Kutchai, Jerry Short, Nikhil
Rao, Bill Wilson, Brian Wispelwey, Debra Reed
- Most Interim Clerkship Reports have been received. As soon
as all arrive, they will be sent to the Committee and discussed at a
subsequent meeting.
- Clinical Conversation Update. The discussion continued
regarding the report presented by Marcia Childress on the Clinical
Conversations. The Committee agreed that it had been a worthwhile
experience for students and faculty alike and should continue.
- Jerry Short has been contacted by an outside professor who has
developed a lecture on medical malpractice geared to medical
students and residents. This might be something that could be
included in the Law and Medicine Clinical Connection session. Jerry
Short will put this professor in contact with Rebecca West.
- Student Research Symposium. While the Fall symposium was a
success, students ask that next years symposium be scheduled to
minimize conflicts with other scheduled events such as PoM small
groups. Alternate dates were discussed but early October seems to be
the optimal time for this event. Students involved in educational
research should be encouraged to participate in the symposium next
year. The Committee supports a one afternoon Student Research Symposium
tied to the Medical Center Hour for the curriculum.
- First and second year handouts. All courses except one have
agreed to cover the cost of the next quarters handouts for the
students.
- Steve Turner is a UVA medical student taking a year off and working
with the American Medical Student Association Foundation. He contacted
the Curriculum Committee seeking grant proposals to support the
development of a curriculum that integrates alternative and
complementary medicine. Six schools will be awarded a $15,000 grant
to develop innovative ways of teaching alternative and complementary
medicine throughout the four years of medical school. Faculty and
or students who might be interested will be contacted: Jennifer
OFlaherty, Julia Connelly, Leslie Blackhall, Johnny Lee, Matt Goodman
were suggested.
- A request for additional financial support for a student
laboratory in the Internal Medicine Clerkship was discussed.
Hospital regulations and physician practice patterns have limited the
value of such labs and obtaining additional medical school funding for
such endeavors is unlikely.
- The majority of the hour discussion focused on remodeling and
rearranging courses throughout the 4 years of medical school. Moving
the Basic Immunology section of the Microbiology course to the first
year; condensing Genetics, integrating Basic Immunology and the
introductory lectures of Pathology into the first year and introducing
disease specific first year course material such as physiology into the
second year was discussed. Further integration of topics covered in
Human Behavior and those in Introduction to Psychiatric Medicine are to
be considered. The discussion was valuable and further work will be
done to create curriculum models for consideration.
-Don Innes
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