1. Peter Williams announced that the workshop for "New Technology for our Classes" will be held on January 24, 2004. It will include power point training, simulation dummies, and the newly purchased virtual microscope.
2. Peter Williams announced that there is an open spot on the Curriculum Committee since Dr. Barraco has left Stony Brook. The candidate must be from a Clinical Department.
3. Peter Williams announced that the grant recently received from the NY Academy of Medicine and AAMC would be discussed during new business.
4. LCME will be returning Stony Brook December 2004. There were six issues to be taken care of before their return. Four of the issues have been corrected as of this time. Centralized control of the curriculum and the development and use of institutional and course objectives still need to be corrected before LCME returns.
   
   

1. Directors of Didactic Courses                       R. Steigbigel  
   

   The minutes from the November meeting have been distributed by email. There was no additional report. The committee did not meet in December.

2. Directors of Clinical Courses                         J. Sorrento
   

   The minutes from the December meeting have been distributed by email. Dr. Sorrento stated that the Bell Commission was voted down. Request for special accommodations should be addressed through the OME, either by Al Jordan's office of the Course Director. The Clinical Course Directors discussed where to integrate the third year Pail Management curriculum that is usually handled during the third year orientation. It will be reviewed during the third year, but not during the clerkship.

3. Innovation Group                                         P. Williams
   

   No report.

4. Evaluation Subcommittee                             A. Jaffe
   

   No report. Committee did not meet in December 2003.

5. Teaching & Learning Strategies                    A. Wackett
   

   Peter Williams will ask for help with the workshop on January 24, 2004.

6. Information Technology                                P. Viccellio
   

   No report.

7. Objectives Project                                        J. Chaves
   

   The committee meets weekly. The survey has only been opened to the faculty at this time. The surveys must be integrated and milled together. The committee needs to receive all of the surveys and gather all of the comments. The students will also be receiving the survey for their comments.

   
   

Committee Accepted Minutes

Committee Accepted Report

1. Clinical Days Evaluation was initiated this year. The Clinical Days were offered to the first and second year medical students. The students think of the first two years of college as "Super College", a continuation of regular college. The idea of the Clinical Days was for the students to think of the courses as pre-clinical. There were several issues that need to be corrected if the school repeats this next year. There wasn't as much support from the departments as Dr. Williams had hoped there would be. There were scheduling problems; time was taken away from other courses. The faculty from the departments felt they didn't receive proper information and only a few participated. The committee suggested offering it next year only to first year students. It was suggested that the co-directors could be helpful in setting up the Clinical Days for next year.
2. Examinations –
   

   a.	Change in first year schedule. There will be no changes this year. The committee is still waiting for the ICM changes. Arnold Jaffe and Andrew Wackett will prepare a proposal for ICM to be presented at the February 2 meeting. The students are divided on the idea of changing the testing schedule. They don't want to take five exams in one day. Peter Williams will organize a meeting with the students after which. Jack Fuhrer will survey the students regarding their attitudes about the proposed change. Decisions regarding evaluation should be based on an agreed upon philosophy of evaluation.
   b.	Determination of weight of exams in course grading was not discussed at the meeting.
   c.	SOM evaluation philosophy was not discussed at the meeting. Peter Viccellio wants to discuss this at the workshop on January 24th.

3. Update on curriculum calendar by Moises Eisenberg. Moises reported that the calendar should be finished by the end of January. He will be presenting it to the committee at the February 2 meeting.
   
   

Peter Williams will meet with John Chaves and Arnold Jaffe to organize a subcommittee to discuss our evaluation philosophy.

1. Class attendance report has been postponed until the February 2 meeting.
2. Second year student's report on the System Course was presented by Sidonie Morrison. The document was emailed prior to the meeting to the committee. 35-45 students responded to a student organized survey. The students liked the teaching pattern of the GI system - a high proportion of small group work and an excellent text book/ syllabus obtained from the University of Washington. Dr. Ells cancelled many lectures to allow the students to prepare for small groups. Endocrinology will probably use the same kind of schedule later this year.
3. Revised Curriculum Committee Course Evaluation form was emailed to the committee before the meeting. Williams asked for feedback.
4. Clinical Transaction Grant was presented by Fred Schiavone. It involves the NY Academy, & AAMC. The grant is a $50,000 per year stipend for two years. The grant is aimed at stimulating the development of innovative clinical education programs designed to enhance the medical students' ability to conduct essential elements required for a successful clinical transition.