University of Virginia School of
Medicine
Principles of Medicine Committee
Minutes 09.12.01
September 12, 1:30 p.m., Jordan 1-17.
Present were: Eve Bargmann, Robert Bloodgood, Bruce Cohen, Al
Conners, Carl Creutz, Claudette Dalton, John Gazewood,
Barry Hinton, William Hobbs, Donald Innes (Chair),
Robert Kadner, Howard, Kevin Lee, Heidi Scrable, Darci Lieb,
Julie Turner, Virginia Taylor, Brian Wispelwey, Wendy Golden, Allison
Innes, Jennifer McClune, Richard Pearson, Jerry Short, Karen
Grandage, Margaret Mohrmann, Susan Squillace, Gary Owens, William
Petri, Joel Hockensmith, William Wilson, Marcia D. Childress,
Elizabeth Bradley, Vinay Chandrasekhara, Atul Gupta, Nelle Linz,
Debra Reed (Secretary), Guest: John Jackson
- Clocks in Jordan Hall Classrooms and Lobby. Some course
directors have experienced problems with the clocks in the Jordan Hall
auditoriums and lobby. Times on the various clocks were inconsistent.
The clocks are now being synchronized manually and new clocks that will
automatically synchronize with the Colorado Atomic Clock have been
ordered.
- 10 Minute Past the Hour Start Time. Course directors in
attendance noted that the 10 minute past the hour start time for course
activities is working well.
- 2002-2003 First and Second Year Calendar. A calendar with
proposed 2003-2004 start dates, exam dates, holiday schedule was
distributed. See <
http://www.med.virginia.edu/medicine/student-affairs/cal-02.html>
While some of the courses felt that a week earlier start date would
help to spread out their material, the Committee deemed it impractical
for both students and faculty to begin earlier. It is recommended that
negotiations take place between course directors if more time for any
one course is necessary.
- Future Principles of Medicine Meeting Dates (01-02). All
meetings begin at 1:30 p.m. in Jordan 1-17. Meetings denoted with
(hold) may be cancelled at a later date due to lack of agenda
items.
October 10 (CANCELLED)
November 14
December 12 (hold)
January 9
February 13
March 13th (hold)
April 10
May 8 (hold)
June 12 (hold)
- On-line Testing System. John Jackson of ITC demonstrated and
discussed the first test of the new on-line testing system. This is a
WEB based method for course directors to prepare an exam (with or
without pictures) for their students. Students take the exam via
computer and scores are returned to the course director. Microbiology
tested the procedure and gave their quiz last weekend with the new
program. Problems with login scripts and cached material have been
worked out. Feedback may or may not be available to the student
regarding their correct or incorrect answers. This feedback can be
available immediately after the exam or after everyone has taken the
exam. Security issues remain a concern. It is possible to print what is
on a computer screen even though the print function in the web browser
has been enabled. The time limit on exams will deter printing of the
exams by this method, however if feedback is available to the students,
there will be no time limit on reviewing the feedback and copying would
be feasible. Biochemistry will be the next course testing the system.
Time in the curriculum available for such testing was discussed. It was
not felt that the 15-30 minutes periodically required for such quizzes
does not significantly reduce student study time. Traffic in the
library for these quizzes may become a problem. After both the
Microbiology and the Biochemistry tests are complete, more information
will be available from the library.
NEXT MEETING NOVEMBER 14TH 1:30 p.m. in Jordan
1-17
Minutes submitted by: Donald J. Innes, Jr., M.D.
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