The Curriculum Committee serves as the faculty decision-making body regarding content, methods, timing, and structure of the medical education program. The Curriculum Committee will work with the Associate Deans of Medical Education, and Student Affairs and with course/clerkship directors who will implement changes in curriculum, learning environment and/or student support services. The Senior Associate Dean of Educational Affairs (or designee) informs the Faculty Council, Executive Committee, and the Dean of major Curriculum Committee agenda items for feedback and recommendations with discussion of resource needs. As charged by the Dean, the Curriculum Committee has final authority of the curriculum.
Specific responsibilities of the CC include:
- Defining the learning outcomes of the educational program associated with the six core competencies: medical knowledge, patient care, communication, practice-based learning and improvement, systems-based practice, and professionalism
- Overall design, management, evaluation, and central oversight of a coherent, efficient, and coordinated curriculum
- Determining the types of patients, clinical conditions, and appropriate clinical settings for education experiences, including the expected level of student responsibility
- Monitoring, and when necessary, modifying the curriculum, medical student experiences, and methods used to assess student performance to ensure that curriculum learning outcomes are achieved
- Monitoring the overall learning environment and ensuring high quality student support services
- Maintaining compliance with all relevant LCME standards
Membership of the committee consists of:
- Associate Dean of Medical Education, or appointee (Chair)
- Chair of the Course Directors Committee
- Chair of the Clerkship Directors Committee
- Six members from the faculty with 3-year staggered terms are recommended by Course Directors, Clerkship Directors, Faculty Council, Curriculum Committee members, Chairs, and self-nomination, with consultation from the Senior Associate Dean of Educational Affairs, and may be renewable for another 3-year term
- Student Academic Chair from fourth-year class
- Faculty Council representative
- Two appointed members from Jacksonville faculty for a 3-year term renewable term
Fifty percent or more of voting members (including the chair) must be present for a quorum. The chair will vote only in cases of meeting quorum tied decisions.
Ex officio (non-voting) members include:
- Senior Associate Dean of Educational Affairs
- Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs, Jacksonville
- Associate Dean of Student Affairs
- Assistant Dean of Student Affairs
- Associate Dean for Student Affairs Jacksonville
- Assistant Dean for Medical Education Jacksonville
- Associate Dean of Physician Assistant Studies
- Academic Chairs of year 1, 2, 3 medical student classes (In the event that the Student Academic Chair from the fourth-year class is not present, the highest ranked class becomes a voting member.)
- AAMC student representative
- Associate Dean of Admissions
- HSC library representative
- Directors of the Learning Environment
- Director of Office of Student Counseling and Development
- Assistant Dean for Assessment, Evaluation, and Scholarship
- Associate Dean of the Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation
- Medical Director of Anaclerio Learning and Assessment Center
- Phase 3 Director
- Director of the Collaborative Learning Groups, or designee
- College of Medicine Learning Specialist
- GME DIO
- GME Medical Educator
- Assistant Dean of Medical Education Quality Improvement and Accreditation
- Director of Education Quality Improvement and Accreditation
- Director of Health Systems Science, or designee
- Ad hoc faculty members demonstrating interest in medical education, after review of request
Emails are disseminated yearly to faculty listservs to elicit self-nominations from faculty interested on serving on the Curriculum Committee.