Attendance
Voting Members: Heather Harrell (Chair), Andrew Miller, Bradley Bruggeman, Daniel Lewis, Jason Fromm, Jennifer Fieber, Kirsten Freeman, Marquia Walker, Melanie Hagen, Reetu Grewal, Robert Seifert.
Ex-Officio: Beverly Dede, Carrie Adams, Colleen Kalynych, Diane Howell, Elisa Sottile, Elizabeth DeVos, Frank Genuardi, Jennifer Hamilton, Jim Gorske, Kathy Green, Meredith Thompson, Phuong Huynh, Shelley Collins. Guests: Grant Harrell, MD
Recording: Sandi Reveille
Dr. Harrell called the meeting to order at 7:33am.
1. A motion was made to approve the consent agenda, seconded, and approved.
2. Welcome new members
- Introduced new voting members for the 25-26 AY for a 3-year term:
- Kirsten Freeman
- Andrew Miller
- Vote required
- HSS – Update Learning Objectives
- HSS 1A remove the following LOs as they are covered in ICM 1A/B (LO1- demonstrate knowledge and skills required for basic empathic communication with patients):
- Define health literacy,
- Describe health literacy characteristics of the US population
- Apply best practices of verbal and nonverbal communication to patient care.
- HSS 1A remove the following LOs as they are covered in ICM 1A/B (LO1- demonstrate knowledge and skills required for basic empathic communication with patients):
- HSS – Update Learning Objectives
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- HSS 2A:
- LO 1- remove as cultural humility and health literacy covered in ICM 1& 2 LO1.
- LO 2 -move to HSS 2B
- LO 4 remove – as reflection covered in other sections of the course and HSS thread
- ICM 2: add “effective” modifier to the word “communication” in ICM 2A/B.
- HSS 2A:
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Motion to approve the removal of HSS 1A LO 1-3, HSS 2A LO 1,4 and move HSS 2A LO2 to HSS 2B as well as adding “effective” to the communication we want to teach in ICM
Motion was seconded and approved.
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- Electives Policy Robust discussion related to 4th year electives, and particularly the MD/PhD program. There was broad consensus in favor requiring a certain amount of elective time be clinical. There was consensus that at least 2 or the 4 maximal 3rd year elective credits could count towards a clinical elective requirement.
- The committee would like to define what constitutes a clinical elective and clarify what elective experiences can move forward to 4th year.
- The committee had concerns about the current policy that allows up to 16 credits of graduate work outside the MD degree to count toward the medical degree, particularly when the experiences may be non-clinical. They also recognized that a change to this policy could have unintended consequences.
- Electives Policy Robust discussion related to 4th year electives, and particularly the MD/PhD program. There was broad consensus in favor requiring a certain amount of elective time be clinical. There was consensus that at least 2 or the 4 maximal 3rd year elective credits could count towards a clinical elective requirement.
Discussion will continue at a future meeting when director of MD/PhD program can participate. Will ask a group to draft a proposal for what defines a clinical elective.
- CPESA Report
Provided End of Year Survey summarizing notable results for AY 2024-2025.
- SADEA/LCME Update
No updates.
- Good News / Celebrations
Celebrated all of the accomplishments of the Curriculum Committee for AY 2024-2025 as well as welcoming new members and saying goodbye to others.