University of Virginia School of
Medicine
Principles of Medicine Committee
Minutes
02.12.03
February 12, 2003, Jordan 1-17.
Present: Eve Bargmann, Robert Bloodgood, Bruce Cohen, Carl
Creutz, Claudette Dalton, John Gazewood, Wendy
Golden, Steven Heim, Barry Hinton, William Hobbs, Joel
Hockensmith (Clive Bradbeer), Donald Innes (Chair), Robert
Kadner, Howard Kutchai, Kevin Lee, Darci Lieb,
Heidi Scrable, Virginia Taylor, Julie Turner, Brian
Wispelwey, Allison Innes, Jennifer McClune, Richard Pearson,
Jerry Short, Karen Grandage, Susan Squillace, Gary Owens,
William Petri, William Wilson, Marcia Childress, Elizabeth
Bradley, David Dougherty, Paul McIntosh, Chistopher
Gisler, Lauren Brodsky, Debra Reed (Secretary)
- Medical Student Teaching Award. (Virginia Taylor) The
Medical Student Teaching Award has been established. Recipients will be
selected by a panel made up of two preclinical faculty members, two
clinical faculty members and two representatives from the Mulholland
society. Virginia Taylor will oversee the selection of the panel
representatives. The first recipient will be chosen in the academic
year 2003-04. If funding is available, an actual award, such as a
Jefferson Cup/Plaque will be purchased. A ceremony to present the award
will be planned and the winner of the award will be listed in the
graduation program.
- Pass/Fail/Honors starting with class of 2007.
Pass/Fail/Honors grading system will begin this 2003-04 academic year
for first year students. Second year courses will begin using the
system in 2004-05. Honors will be determined at the end of the first
two years and will not be associated with any particular course but
with all course grades taken into consideration. Students should still
receive timely exam/quiz grades and histograms of grade distribution
for comparison so they know their general standing in the class. Course
directors will also send final numerical grades and histogram to
Student Affairs for determining the Honors designation and if necessary
remediation. Transcripts will show only the Pass/Fail/Honors grade. Dr.
Short will look into the possibility of the WEB based grade
distribution software including a feature to expedite transmission of
the histogram to students.
- Student proposal for exam schedule. (Lauren Brodsky) Lauren
Brodgsky presented a proposal to allow each student to take their exam
at the time of day they believed would optimize their performance. They
suggest that complex cognitive functions peak in the morning, making it
an optimal time to be taking an intense exam. The proposal is that
students should be able to choose either a morning or afternoon time
slot to take an exam, depending on their personal Circadian rhythms.
Course directors will determine if this is feasible in their courses
and report back to the Committee at the next meeting. Each course will
endeavor to provide as flexible a schedule as possible. Problems with
faculty/administrative time, space, practical exams, and optimization
of time between exams were discussed.
- Schedule for 2003-2004 academic year. The second year course
directors met this week and will keep the 2003-04 schedule similar to
the 02-03 schedule. Exam rotation/scheduling will be modified.
Bob Bloodgood will be contacting Fall first year course directors to
begin the process of creating the 03-04 schedule. Howard Kutchai will
lead the Spring course directors in creating that schedule.
- Overview of Decade Plan as applied to Medical Education with
focus on:
Improved integration of the basic sciences and clerkships including
course revision/creation in "years 1-3"
Teaching some basic sciences in Years 3/ 4 as a part of the BSC (Basic
Science for Careers) concept
CURRICULUM ENHANCEMENT - Integrate within/between UME, GME and
CME
Course revision/creation:
Information Mastery
Foundations of Medicine
Integrative Core Principles of Medicine
Basic Science for Careers
Career Practice
Exploratories
Clerkship competencies - knowledge, professionalism, skills, duty
Redefine GME process: duty hours and competencies
Simulation Curriculum and Center
Joint degree access
ACADEMY OF MEDICAL EDUCATORS
Research in Medical Education
Recognize excellence - Harrison Scholars Program *
Teach the Teachers program
COMPENSATE FACULTY - Rewards & Incentive System
DATABASE FOR EDUCATION - combined UME/GME/CME (student/resident
/faculty)
FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS *
* funding not part of operational budget
- Course directors should remind faculty to begin and end lectures on
time, and provide breaks. Students are also reminded to arrive on time
for lectures/laboratories.
- -Don Innes
- -dmr
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