Attendance
Voting Members: Heather Harrell (Chair), Andrew Miller, Bradley Bruggeman, Christopher Robinson, Daniel Lewis, Jason Fromm, Jennifer Fieber, Melanie Hagen, Norman Beatty, Reetu Grewal, Robert Seifert.
Ex-Officio: Ashleigh Wright, Beverly Dede, Carrie Adams, Christian Spence, Colleen Kalynych, Diane Howell, Elisa Sottile, Frank Genuardi, Jennifer Hamilton, Jim Gorske, Marquia Walker, Meredith Thompson, Phuong Huynh. Guests: Mark Segal
Recording: Sandi Reveille
Dr. Harrell called the meeting to order at 7:33am.
A motion was made to approve the consent agenda, seconded, and approved.
Vote required
- Clinical elective requirement for dual degree students guidelines
Dr. Segal proposed clinical experiences in PhD years that if met could count up to 2 clinical elective credits/year for max of 8 clinical elective credits in addition to the nonclinical credits (2/year degree program, max 8) for PhD work. A clarification of 11 EACN volunteer nights/year was added to the proposal. He also proposed a timeline to phase in the new clinical elective requirement for the current MD/PhD students. These will be guidelines for ASC to use when students ask for approval.
Non-MDPhD dual degree students will be phased in with the Class of 2027 and may request up to 2 credits/year of degree program count toward the clinical elective credit if they can document experiences that meet the clinical elective requirements (early or extended continuity clinic could be option).- Motion to approve these guidelines. Motion was seconded and approved.
- Motion to approve incorporating clinical elective definition approved at last meeting into the Elective Credit Towards the M.D. Degree policy.
- Motion was seconded and approved.
- FMI syllabus
Combined several redundant learning objectives detailing the foundational content, reducing the total number objectives to 9 from 16. Reorganized into two sub-competencies – first emphasizing comprehension of foundational content and second its application in clinical practice.- Motion to approve updated learning objectives. Motion was seconded and approved.
- Disability Insurance policy
LCME requires that the students be provided with the opportunity to purchase disability insurance, but we are not to specify what plan they are supposed to choose. Added language explaining rationale for the requirement and clarified that students do not have to select a policy recommended by UFCOM.- Motion to approve the change. Motion was seconded and approved.
- Attendance policy for required educational activities
Discussed proposal to limit students to presenting at no more than one conference per semester. Committee members were generally in favor of this though there was concern to not disadvantage students in the Match. Members requested data on how many students historically would have been affected by a limitation and data about average conference presentation numbers and successful matches in the various specialties. Members also requested a proposal for students in good standing to appeal for an exception.- Discussion was tabled and proposal will be presented at next meeting along with additional data and a proposal for an appeals process.
- USMLE
The proposal is to change the consequence of not being academically ready to sit for Step 1 by the day before clerkship orientation, from deferral of the first clerkship to an academic leave of absence for the remainder of the academic year. (This was not intended to apply to nonacademic reasons (e.g. illness) for being unprepared and those will continue to be handled individually.)- Motion to approve this change. Motion was seconded and approved.
Miscellaneous
Students continue to exceed national pass rates for Step 1 and 2 but too many are needing extra preparation time, for a variety of reasons. Introduced discussion for future meeting about ways to ensure all students are prepared to take Step 1 on time. Discussion topics:
- Increase rigor of 1st semester (streamline Foundations)
- Aim for more challenging in-house exams
- Add more NBME subject exams into the first year
- Create more step-style practice questions
Good News
Provide good news events for College of Medicine faculty, residents, students (will share at next meeting, ran out of time).