1. Five Curriculum Committee members' term will expire at the end of June 2004. The faculty members are: Richard Bronson, Roger Cameron, Moises Eisenberg, Peter Tompkins and Peter Viccellio. If any of the five faculty members would like to continue being part of the Curriculum Committee Peter Williams has asked them to let him know.
2. Joseph Sorrento volunteered as Robert Baraccos' replacement. The Curriculum Committee will need to vote at the March 1 meeting.

PCW will confirm with the Executive Committee the appointment of Dr. Sorrento as an interim member of the committee.

1. Directors of Didactic Courses                       R. Steigbigel  
   

   The minutes from the January meeting were distributed by email. There were no additional comments on the report.

2. Directors of Clinical Courses                         J. Sorrento
   

   The minutes from the January meeting were distributed by email. There were no additional comments on the report.

3. Innovation Group                                         P. Williams
   

   A meeting of first year faculty was held to address curricular reorganization. The original suggestion was to spread the Body, MCG and Physiology over longer periods. The matter was left in the hands of the first year course directors for a proposal.

4. Evaluation Subcommittee                             A. Jaffe
   

   Arnold Jaffe announced a meeting of the evaluation philosophy group to be held after the Clinical Course Director's meeting.

5. Teaching & Learning Strategies                    A. Wackett
   

   Peter Williams presented the evaluation results from the workshop held on January 24. A total of 40 faculties attended. Peter Williams thanked everyone that attended the retreat and particularly the presenters. Peter offered to demonstrate PowerPoll to those who missed the training.

6. Information Technology                                P. Viccellio
   

   No report.

7. Objectives Project                                        J. Chaves
   

   No report. John Chaves should have his report completed by the end of the week. It was delayed because of the snow last week.

Committee Accepted Minutes.

Committee Accepted Minutes

1. Exam proposal results submitted by J. Ripton & T. Ahmad
   78 students answered the first year survey. Most of the students (71%) don't want fewer exams. 59% agree that the proposed exam schedule would make Stony Brook less attractive to most applicants than the present schedule. Initially the students complained that there were too many exams and when the survey came out they decided that they didn't want to lessen the number of exams. J. Ripton suggested that quizzes would help in the long run. Peter Viccellio suggested bringing in an outside service to review the situation since the group can't decide how to fix the problem.
2. Attendance in class submitted by J. Ripton & T. Ahmad
   Low attendance was attributed to learning style and the kind and quality of the classes. The attendance in first year courses has increased this semester.

PCW will look for an expert on evaluation to speak to the group.

1. The first year ICM proposal is a change from eight sessions to sixteen, requiring eight more full days. The second year ICM will remain 12 sessions that are all half days. Physical exams and a final have been added to the proposed schedule. Some clinical faculty would have to switch teaching ICM 2 to ICM 1. It was suggested that our fourth year medical students could help teach the second year ICM.
2. Course Proposal Form was emailed to the committee.
3. Andrew Wackett was proposed as course director for ED Clerkship
4. Dr. Patricia Coyle was nominated as course director for the Neurology System Course.
5. Nisson Schechter proposed a five year schedule for students having difficulty with the curriculum. The proposals received mixed reviews. Most agreed that it would lighten the load on the student, but worried it would be stigmatizing.
6. Elza Mylona, the new Director of Curriculum Support, will arrive on February 15th.

The proposal will be submitted to the appropriate subcommittees for review.

MOTION: Dr. Patricia Coyle was approved as the new course director of the Neuro System course; Andrew Wackett, the ED clerkship; and Mark Sedler, the Psychiatry System course..

MOTION: The Curriculum Committee nominated Andrew Wackett as the new ED course director.
ACTION: Andrew Wackett was nominated unanimously.