I.    Standing Committees

 

Five standing subcommittees under the Committee on Undergraduate Medical Curricula [CUMC] as depicted in the organizational chart [Figure 1]. The five subcommittees are named as follows:

 

1.       Evaluation Subcommittee

 

2.       Curriculum Subcommittee

 

3.       Year 1 Working Group

 

4.       Year 2 Working Group

 

5.       Year 3-4 Working Group

 

 

II.   Rules Governing Organization of the Subcommittees

 

A.   Subcommittee Chairs

 

·         Evaluation Subcommittee: Appointed by the CUMC. The Chair does not have to be a member of the CUMC.

 

·         Curriculum Subcommittee: Appointed by the CUMC. The Chair does not have to be a member of the CUMC.

 

·         Year 1 Working Group: Elected from among its members with a one-year renewable term.

 

·         Year 2 Working Group: Elected from among its members with a one-year renewable term.

 

·         Year 3-4 Working Group: Elected from among its members with a one-year renewable term.

 

B.   Subcommittee Membership

 

            1.   Membership as described under subcommittee specifics (see Membership and Charges).

 

2.   Membership policies and terms: All subcommittees are appointed annually by the CUMC Chair in consultation with the Dean, and with the approval of the CUMC. The CUMC is mandated to guarantee periodic change in the membership of subcommittees and working groups.

 

3.   Subcommittees shall nominate a minimum of one at-large member with voting rights.

 

4.   Departmental representatives to Working Groups are not limited to the course/clerkship directors.

 

5.   Student membership as described under subcommittee specifics (see Membership and Charges). Student representatives to all subcommittees must apply for membership to the subcommittees with the final selection of student representatives made by the subcommittee members.

 

C.   Subcommittee Meetings

 

Each subcommittee meets on a regular basis as follows:

 

·         Evaluation Subcommittee:  As needed.

 

·         Curriculum Subcommittee:  Every other month or more frequently as needed.

 

·         Year 1 Working Group: A minimum of once a month during the academic calendar.

 

·         Year 2 Working Group: A minimum of once a month during the academic calendar.

 

·         Year 3-4 Working Group: A minimum of once a month during the academic calendar.

 

 

III.  Membership and Charges

 

A.   Evaluation Subcommittee

 

1.   Membership

 

The subcommittee Chair

 

An Assistant/Associate Dean (Drs. Schroth and Haywood were added 1/23/01)

 

Three members selected by the CUMC

 

A minimum of one at-large member

 

      2.   Charges

 

a.   Program Evaluation Charges

 

(1)     Evaluation and development of all core course evaluation instruments.

 

(2)     Review of evaluation data and formulation of interpretations and actions (note: as stated in the April 1997 report from the Curriculum Evaluation Task Force).

 

(3)     Advise the Curriculum Subcommittee on matters of deficiency or matters requiring remedial actions within specific courses and clerkships.

 

(4)     Planning and implementation of periodic feedback to each course/clerkship.

 

(5)     Evaluate the processes and criteria [1] by which curricula are developed and implemented.

 

b.   Student Assessment Charges

 

(1)  In communication with the Curriculum Subcommittee and its Year Working Groups, review and recommendation of changes in methods of student evaluation by year.

 

(2)  Review system of student assessment to assure that students meet the institutional curricular goals. [2]

 

(3)  In conjunction with the Committee on Medical Student Evaluation, consider and recommend to Senate changes in student progress policies as dictated by evaluation changes.

 

B.   Curriculum Subcommittee

 

1.   Membership

 

The Subcommittee Chair

 

The Chairs of the three Working Groups (Year 1, 2, and 3-4)

 

The Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Education (Year I and II dean)

 

The Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs (Year III and IV dean)

 

At least one at-large member

 

2.   The Curriculum Subcommittee receives educational policy and directives from the CUMC and reports directly to the CUMC.

 

3.   Charges

 

a.       Oversee and arbitrate the work of the Year 1, 2, and 3-4 Working Groups and ensure achievement of the overall four year objectives.

 

b.       Promote and implement efforts to achieve vertical integration by commissioning and receiving reports from vertical integration groups.

 

c.   Promote and implement efforts to achieve horizontal integration by the appropriate Year Working Group.

 

d.   Receive input from the Evaluation Subcommittee.

 

e.   Review proposals for changes in the Year 1, 2, and 3-4 curricula.

 

f.    Provide support to the administrative deans to ensure quality execution of curriculum components and implementation of "fixes."

 

C.   Year 1 Working Group

 

1.   Membership

 

One departmental representative for each major course offered in Year 1: i.e., Biochemistry, Gross Anatomy, Microscopic Anatomy, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Immunology, plus two members representing POM

 

The Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Education (Year 1 and II dean)

 

One first-year and one second-year medical student

 

At least one at-large member

 

 

 

2.   Charges

 

a.       Day-to-day administration of the curriculum, such as scheduling.

 

b.       Promote efforts to achieve horizontal integration.

 

c.       Collaborate with efforts to achieve vertical integration.

 

d.       Review, propose, and affect changes or modifications to the Year 1 curriculum.

 

e.   Regular contact and feedback to course directors.

 

D.   Year 2 Working Group

 

1.   Membership

 

One departmental representative for each major course offered in Year 2: i.e., Pharmacology 201/202, Microbiology, Pathology, Psychiatry, plus two members representing POM, two members representing ICM, a member(s) representing the Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Programs

 

The Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Education (Year I and II dean)

 

One second-year and one third-year medical student

 

At least one at-large member

 

2.   Charges

 

a.   Day-to-day administration of the curriculum, such as scheduling.

 

b.   Promote efforts to achieve horizontal integration.

 

c.   Collaborate with efforts to achieve vertical integration.

 

d.   Review, propose, and affect changes or modifications to the Year 2 curriculum.

 

e.   Regular contact and feedback to course directors.

 

E.   Year 3-4 Working Group

 

1.   Membership

 

One departmental representative from each course or clerkship as follows; Pediatrics, OB-GYN, Medicine, Primary Care, Psychiatry, Surgery, Anesthesiology, Emergency Medicine, Neuroscience (representative from either Neurosurgery or Neurology), a surgical subspecialty representative (Orthopedics, Urology, ENT, Ophthalmology), POM 3, and POM 4, plus a POM 1-2 representative

 

The Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs (Year III and IV dean)

 

One third-year and one fourth-year medical student

 

At least one at-large member

 

 

2.   Charges

 

a.   Day-to-day administration of the curriculum, such as scheduling.

 

b.   Promote efforts to achieve horizontal integration.

 

c.   Collaborate with efforts to achieve vertical integration.

 

d.   Review, propose, and affect changes or modifications to the Year 3-4 curriculum.

 

e.   Regular contact and feedback to course directors.

 

 

 

Approved by the Education Council of the Medical Center Faculty Senate,

November 25, 1997

 

As amended by the Committee on Undergraduate Medical Curricula

(formerly the Education Council), November 26, 2002