Curriculum Committee

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Curriculum Committee

• Policies and Procedures

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Role

• The Curriculum Committee will serve as the
  faculty decision-making body regarding content,
  methods, timing, and structure of the medical
  curriculum, and through the Evaluation
  Subcommittee, will make qualitative decisions
  regarding the efficacy of existing coursework.
  The Evaluation Subcommittee will be organized by
  the Associate Dean for Program Evaluation and
  Development. The Curriculum Committee will work
  with the Associate Dean for Medical Education,
  who will implement through the faculty the
  curricular decisions after approval by the Dean.

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Composition and Responsibilities of the Committee

• A minimum of 11 committed educators without
  parochial, political, or departmental influence
  from basic science and clinical faculty, as well
  as representatives of the Gainesville community
  or other colleges of the Health Science Center
  when appropriate.
• The academic chairs from third and fourth year
  classes will be voting members of the committee.
• Committee members are expected to prepare for and
  attend the committee meetings, as well as
  participate in task forces or subcommittees at
  the discretion of the chair. Failure to
  participate will require replacement on the
  committee.

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Ex Officio Members

• Ex officio members of the committee include the
  Dean of the College of Medicine, the Senior
  Associate Dean for Education, the Associate Deans
  for Education in Gainesville and Jacksonville,
  and the Associate Dean of Program Evaluation and
  Development. Additional ex officio members will
  include the chairs of the clerkship and course
  directors committees an Assistant Dean for
  Minority Affairs the medical director and
  director of the Harrell Assessment Center the
  Associate Dean for Information Technology
  representatives of the Physicians Assistant
  Program and the Health Science Center library
  the Associate Director of Faculty Development
  and medical student representatives (Academic
  Chairs) from the first and second year classes.
  Ex officio members of the committee may vote on
  specific topics at the discretion of the chair.

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Current Members, Curriculum Committee

• Maureen Novak Pediatrics
• Heather Harrell Medicine
• Mike Chen Surgery
• Rob Hatch CHFM
• Sig Normann Pathology
• Colin Sumners Physiology
• Mark Gold Psychiatry
• John Meuleman Geriatrics

• Louis Ritz Neuroscience
• Peggy Wallace Molecular Genetics
• David Caro Emergency Medicine (Jax)
• Andrew Kaunitz OB-GYN (Jax)
• Suki SubbiahMS4
• Doug Arnold MS3
• Bhavin Adhyaru MS2
• Omayra Marrero MS1

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The Curriculum

• The curriculum is based on twelve learning
  principles which were approved by the Committee
  in 1997.
• Learning objectives were developed for each
  principle.
• Evaluation of competencies are the way we
  evaluate our students and our curriculum these
  competencies serve as a blueprint for the
  development of new curricular content.

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Areas of Emphasis 2005-6

• Review the goals and objectives by which we
  propose to meet our Educational Principles
• Assisting the Office of Program Evaluation and
  Faculty Development to successfully prepare for
  LCME accreditation
• Discuss consistency of grading, including a
  revision of the Harris Report

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Areas of Emphasis 2005-6

• Increasing class size and increased need for
  clinical sites as well as more faculty
  participation in the educational effort.
• Revised approach to the fourth year, with the
  concept of an active learning role for addressing
  deficiencies in knowledge base.
• Initiate a dialogue concerning residency
  selection that addresses the emerging needs of
  society (Principle 9)