University of Virginia School of
Medicine
Principles of Medicine Committee
Minutes
04.09.03
April 9, 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, Debra Reed (Secretary)
- International Association of Medical Science Educators. The
next meeting of IAMSE is July 19-22, 2003 in Washington, D.C. Anyone
interested in attending may contact Don Innes or the IAMSE website
<www.iamse.org> for
registration information.
- First and second year 03-04 schedules. The second year
course directors met to work on the 03-04 schedule. Subsequent changes
will be worked out between course directors. The examination schedule
and sequence is still being considered. The first year course directors
were asked to submit their 03-04 schedule to Debra Reed no later than
5/15/03.
- Flexible exam time proposal. Second year course directors discussed
the proposal for flexible exam times and decided that the exam times
should remain fixed. The schedule has been optimized for maximum
time between exams for study. There are also concerns about exam
security and time commitments of faculty and staff. The first year
course directors in attendance noted that their morning exams have
already been moved to 9:00 a.m. from the earlier 8:00 a.m. start time.
They also note that some of the first year courses have laboratory
portions of their exams which would prohibit extended testing periods.
It was concluded that exam times should remain fixed for both 1st
and 2nd years.
Some students have requested a change in the sequence of the second
year final exams - May 2003. While a change for this year is not
feasible, the sequence for 03-04 will be discussed by the second
year course directors and possibly revised.
- Tuition increase & handouts. Handout costs are to be
covered by student tuition. The logistics of departmental reimbursement
have not been revealed but information should be forthcoming from the
Dean's office.
- Decade Plan. The School of Medicine Decade Plan will be made
public over the next few weeks. Members of the Principles of Medicine
Committee will be involved in the planning and implementation phase of
the proposals.
- -Don Innes
- -dmr
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