Minutes
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Minutes were approved as read. |
Announcements
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No new announcements. |
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SubCommittee
Reports |
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Directors of Didactic Courses
R. Steigbigel
No meeting
last month.
• Directors
of Clinical Courses
D. Tompkins
No meeting
last month.
• Teaching
& Learning Strategies
A. Wackett
Dr. Williams reported
that this committee will move to Dr. Mylona's office and
Dr. Wackett will still be involved
• Information
Technology
P. Viccellio
Dr. Williams reported
that this committed has moved to Dr. Eisenberg's purview,
but Dr. Viccellio will continue to be involved.
• Objectives
& Assessment
J. Chaves
Dr. Chaves reported
that the committee continues to go through the competencies
and subcompetencies. They are also working on the
structural principles abd assessment. Dr. Williams
reported that the subcompetencies are now on the web.
• Examination
policy & practice
F. Miller
Dr. Miller reported
that this is a new committee whose purpose is to evaluate
exams and standardize them. Multiple choice exams
are evaluated for quality of the questions and for grammatical
and typing errors. He suggested a standard scoring
system of minimum 70% to pass, 85% is the median, with 100
questions maximum. . Dr. Eisenberg cautioned that standardization
of exams can trap one into predetermined grades.
Dr. Sussman said this is true only if exams are the only
mode of evaluation.
The subcommittee is reviewing exams recently given, hoping at
some time in the future to review exams prior to their administration.
Students and faculty must know the parameters for evaluation.
Dr. Miller said that as we move more to EZexam, item
analysis will aid the process. Arbitrary questions need
to be eliminated and questions must reflect the objectives of
the course. Currently, questions frequently do not reflect
the objectives of the course because not all faculty who deliver
the material contribute questions. It is difficult to enforce
submission questions in a timely manner.
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No meeting in October;
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No meeting in October;
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No meeting in October;
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No meeting in October;
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Report accepted
Report accepted
Report accepted
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Course
Evaluations |
Course
evaluation of the OB/Gyn Clerkship
(Dr. Todd Griffin – former Course Director, Dr. Michael Lydic,
new Course Director) by Dr. Douglas Brand and Dr. Leslie Evinger
Dr. Schiavone asked
if OB/Gyn was planning to make sure that clerkship experiences
will be more homogenous across sites. Dr. Griffin reported
that there are new clerkship directors at NUMC and WUH.
The new clerkship directors are more communicative.
They are trying to coordinate the curriculum. Lectures
will be at SUSB and they are working on more hands-on experiences,
specifically at Winthrop . As a result, more students
are going to Winthrop .
Dr. Mylona had a question
regarding objectives. She noted that the course is
using a book and asked how much of the text they are covering.
Dr. Griffin said they are just starting to incorporate
the new objectives. They are tailoring their curriculum to
the APGO.
There followed a discussion
of how residents are trained and evaluated as teachers.
Dr. Griffin said Winthrop has a somewhat formal resident and
student training. Students evaluate residents at both
WUH and NUMC. Dr. Schiavone reported that Maureen Regan,
NP, at WUH wants to train residents to reach medical students.
There is a new opportunity at NUMC now since they are
rededicated to the teaching mission under Joan McInurney.
Pediatrics and the Emergency Department here at Stony
Brook both have formal residency training programs.
Dr. Brand and Dr. Evinger
were asked if they had comments. Dr. Brand asked if
the simulator program has started yet. Dr. Griffin
said they plan to begin next month. The program has
been used successfully in the military.
Dr. Mylona asked if
the clerkship has developed a core curriculum for absolutely
necessary cases that students must see. Dr. Lydic said
they are looking at developing this themselves and also looking
at what they might borrow from other institutions.
Dr. Williams thanked
the evaluators and Drs.Griffin and Lydic.
The surgery clerkship evaluation
was not competed in time for the meeting today. It
will be rescheuled for next month. This led to a discussion
of management of the curriculum. How do we meet deadlines?
Is there a system to insure that evaluations are done
in a timely manner? Dr. Mylona suggested putting Dr.
Williams, Dr. Chaves or herself on each evaluation committee.
Dr. Sorrento said that a small percentage of the faculty
do the majority of the work, so there is a problem juggling
schedules. He also said more lead time than three months would
be helpful. Dr. Morrison said that twice her course had come
up for evaluation while she was teaching it. Dr. Williams
said effort will be made to check schedules. Dr. Eisenberg suggested
dividing the evaluation into subsections, allowing a lighter
workload over a longer period. Dr. Sorrento said we need
more faculty observing courses so that students are not the
only evaluators. |
Acceptance of the
report on the evaluation of Ob/Gyn was tabled until 10/4.
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| Faculty Development
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Dr. Viccellio moved that one hour of residency
training orientation be dedicated to the role of residents as
teachers. Dr. Mylona suggested that residencies also need to
follow up with additional training. Dr. Sorrento suggested
that the training also include material on how to evaluate students.
Dr. Williams and Dr. Mylona will conduct the training.
Dr. Viccellio suggested setting up a weekly or biweekly
email to students and faculty regarding teaching tips. |
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Old
Business |
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New
Business |
Dr.
Williams informed the committee of a policy change for third
year medical students. Former policy mandated that
third year students had to complete all third year requirements
prior to being allowed to take any fourth year courses.
The addition of a third year elective rendered that requirement
otiose. Students are expected to satisfy all of their
required clerkships by October of their fourth, but may take
any course for which they satisfy the prerequisites.
Dr. Eisenberg suggested we review the evaluation forms in CBase.
He reported that some course directors are not happy
with the current form and are adding additional questions.
Dr. Williams reported that this review already taking place
in the Objectives and Assessment committee and invited participation.
Anyone who would like to contribute should talk to Dr.
Chaves. |
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Next
Meeting |
Monday, October 4, 2004 |
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Attendance:
(*ABSENT) Richard Bronson, Roger Cameron, John Chaves,
Moises Eisenberg, Howard Fleit, Peter Halperin, Arnold Jaffe, *Allen
Kucine, Marilyn London, Sidonie Morrison, Rahman Pourmand, Warren
Rosenfeld, Frederick Schiavone, Sandy Simon, *Roy Steigbigel, Jack
Stern, David Tompkins, Peter Viccellio, Peter Williams, Elza Mylona,
Karen Geyer
Guests: Douglas Brand, Craig
Evinger, Howard Sussman, Michael Lydic, Joseph Sorrento, Fred Miller,
Heidi Campani
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