Review the minutes of the October 20, 2003 Meeting.

MOTION:Accept minutes as previously distributed by email.

   PASSED

1.  Faculty Development Workshop                     R. Barraco

The Faculty Retreat is scheduled for November 15^th at Stony Brook University Hospital in the OVP Conference Room of the HSC building, level 4.  There will be breakouts in the area following the initial meeting with guest speaker Sharon Krackoff from NYU.  Approximately 30 faculty members have responded that they will attend the Saturday retreat.  Breakfast and lunch will be served.

2.  Objectives Project

John Chaves is in charge of this project designed to produce an education mission statement for the school and measurable objectives which can be used to form and evaluate individual course objectives.  The link on the web is: https://cbase.som.sunysb.edu/obj_project. An explanation on the web that details how to write course objectives, cf. http://www.uhmc.sunysb.edu/som/academics/Objectives.pdf

1.       Directors of Didactic Courses                       R. Steigbigel

No report.

2.    Directors of Clinical Courses                       J. Sorrento

No report. 

3.    Innovation Group                                           P. Williams

              No report.

4.    Evaluation Subcommittee                              A. Jaffe

             The proposal of the evaluation of content and objectives of courses was emailed to the committee before the meeting.  The contents of the proposal are attached.  The AAMC wants medical schools to gather curricular information through the CurrMIT System.  Much information is available in Cbase but must cut and pasted into CurrMIT.  CurrMIT allows comparisons between institutions.  It was suggested that perhaps a demonstration of Cbase and CurrMIT would be helpful.

5.    Teaching & Learning Strategies                    R. Barraco

Dr. Barraco announced that he will be stepping down from his position at Stony Brook

as of December 2003.  He has accepted a position at Lehigh in Pennsylvania.

6.     Information Technology                                P. Viccellio

              No report.

7.     Examinations                                                M. McNurlan

              No report.

MOTION: Adopt the attached suggestions from the Evaluation subcommittee. Passed 10/2/1

CC accepted subcommittee report.

CC accepted subcommittee report.

1.     Review of the Graduation Questionnaire

             The document was emailed as a PDF file to the committee for the meeting for review.  The group discussed some of the reported numbers.

1.       Dr. Andrew Wackett will replace Dr. Barraco as Chair of Teaching & Learning Strategies  Subcommittee

The Curriculum Committee nominated him to the position. 

2.         ICM Proposal                                                  A. Jaffe, A. Wackett, W. McKean

             Dr. Wackett presented Powerpoint slides (see attached) describing the rationale for and crux of the proposed changes, namely to increase the ICM I sessions from 8 to 17, covering H&P training and increase ICM 2 to 12 sessions with clinical sessions paralleling the system’s course. 

             The goals of the proposed changes are:                 

o        -To improve and restructure the current course to better prepare first and second year medical students for the clerkship years and lifelong clinical learning. 

o        -To coordinate the course with the Basic Science courses to emphasize the links between the clinical and Basic Sciences.

            The proposals to change ICM have not been reviewed by all the sites.  All of the sites share the concern that the increased time for ICM will take time away from their clinical activities.  An incentive may be needed to influence the preceptors to participate. 

3.    CAM Proposal                                                 R. Jaber

             A copy of the proposal was emailed to the committee for review ahead of the November 3 meeting. Dr. Jaber proposed that the Curriculum Committee approve the inclusion of appropriate CAM materials in coursework through the four years.  She suggested a group be created to suggest material that might be included to course directors who would then decide whether or not to include it.

            Dr. Williams reminded the committee that the LCME wants us to centralize control of what is being taught and we need not defer the decisions to the course directors.  Moshe Eisenberg suggested that quality control should reside first with course directors with review by the Curriculum Committee. 

3.       Dr. Jaber has resigned as course director of the Family Medicine Clerkship and Dr. Howard Sussman was suggested as a replacement.

 4.   Frederick Schiavone informed the committee that Margaret McNurlan, in redesigning the nutrition course, has gone through the first year curriculum in detail.  He nominated her to lead a group to generate a proposal for integration of the first year curriculum.  He suggested Sidonie Morrison as leader of a group to review the second year. 

 5.  Calendar and scheduling

            Lectures will be updated from one year to another, if the lecture is changed. 

Dean Williams thanked Andrew Wackett for proposing the changes to ICM.

MOTION:That the Curriculum Committee favored the proposed changes and wants Jaffe, Wackett and McKean to continue efforts to create the new course.  Passed unanimously by voice vote.

MOTION: That we should integrate CAM as appropriate in all of our courses with course directors decided whether the inclusion in their particular courses is appropriate.  Passed.

MOTION: That Dr. Jaber will be in charge of the CAM Committee. Passed

MOTION: That Howard Sussman is recommended as director of the Clerkship in Family Medicine.  Passed

MOTION: Dr. McNurlan should lead a group to review proposals for integration of the first year curriculum.  Passed

MOTION: Dr. Morrison should lead a group to review proposals for integration of the second year curriculum.  Passed

The next Curriculum Committee meeting will be held on Monday, December 1, 2003 in the

OVP Conference Room.

Meeting adjourned at 9:25 A.M.