CURRICULUM COMMITTEE MEETING – August 12, 2025

Attendance
Voting Members: Heather Harrell (Chair), Andrew Miller, Austin Edwards, Bradley Bruggeman, Christopher Robinson, Daniel Lewis, Jennifer Fieber, Kirsten Freeman, Melanie Hagen, Reetu Grewal.
Ex-Officio: Ashleigh Wright, Beverly Dede, Denise Chichester, Diane Howell, Elisa Sottile, Elizabeth DeVos, Frank Genuardi, James Lynch, Jennifer Hamilton, Jim Gorske, Kathy Green, Lynne Meyer, Marquia Walker, Maureen Novak, Meredith Thompson, Phuong Huynh, Shelley Collins. Guests:

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. Vote required
   • Electives Policy
     Goal is for every student to be well prepared clinically for residency. A task force addressed the three questions below:
     • Of the 16 electives required in 4^th year, how many should be clinical? Discussed a range from 10-14 at prior meeting and task force recommended 14.
     • Should there be a maximum number of clinical electives taken prior to 4^th year that can count towards the requirement.? The task force recommended up to 2 credits from 3^rd year could apply to 4^th year
     • What defines a clinical elective experience? Task force recommended that 40 hours of clinical experience equate to 1 elective credit hour and there must be structured clinical evaluation by a faculty or resident and after a discussion, a minimum of one clinical evaluation per credit was recommended.
     • Class of 2028 is grandfathered

Motion to approve the task force recommends that 14 of the minimum 16 elective credits required in 4^th year be clinical; up to 2 of the clinical credits could be earned prior to 4^th year; and definition of what constitutes a clinical elective experience – 40-hour clinical experience equates to 1 credit hour.

             Motion was seconded and approved.

1. • Student Health Policy Update
     Removing the sentence “It is not sufficient for the student to seek are through the Student Health Care Center, for the SHCC can offer only primary outpatient car” to correct the misconception amongst the students related to the ability of student health to take care of their needs.

Motion to approve the removal of It is not sufficient for the student to seek are through the Student Health Care Center, for the SHCC can offer only primary outpatient care.

             Motion was seconded and approved.

• • Title IX
    Revision to align with policy changes (effective 7/1/25)
    UF changed their Title IX compliance – once reported, the complainant will receive information about the resolution options available. Also, prior to this change, only supervisors were mandatory reporters, now all employees are required to report if there is an allegation of Title IX. Other minor updates to align with UF were updated as well.
    Motion to approve update of the Title IX policy.
    Motion was seconded and approved.
    
    
  • Element 1.1
    Referring to the DCI which is the basic document that is submitted to the LCME and which needs to state which elements are being tracked. Following are the updates:
    • Elements 1.3, 2.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.3, 4.6, 10.9, 11.5, 12.2, 12.5-12.8 – removed from annual tracking as provided by university oversight
    • Element 2.4 – Added the Curriculum Committee as receiving results and made the individuals responsible for action more inclusive (ADME to OME)
    • Element 3.6 – Added the Curriculum Committee as receiving results and added the SADEA to individuals responsible for action
    • Elements 5.6, 5.11, 8.6 – Added the Curriculum Committee as receiving results 

Motion to approve updates of the DCI.
 Motion was seconded and approved. 

3. LCME Element 10.1 Annual Items – Jay Lynch
   • Admissions yearly data report
   • FYI: MSAC approved Admissions Policies & Procedures
   • Prerequisites: there was discussion related to whether recommended but not required courses should include courses that teach critical reasoning and communication skills, which MSAC can consider

4. CPESA Report

Provided update of Step 1.

5. SADEA/LCME Update

Will provide GQ responses at next meeting.

6. Good News

Provide good news events for College of Medicine faculty, residents, students