12-9-99

1. Year Three – Presentation of Proposed 12-Month Structure for Revised Year Three Curriculum Revision – Dr. Marjorie Greenfield

·         Background for change and process involved:  faculty-driven consensus-based curriculum revision

·         Clinical Rotation Development Council (CRDC) and CRDC Steering Committee representation

·         Guidelines and priorities

·         Maximum flexibility occurred when rotation lengths were equal and when rotations were interchangeable.  Three sixteen-week blocks can be done in any order.

·         Abundant opportunities for collaboration between clerkships if the clerkship directors are so inclined

·         CRDC’s projects

·         The following motion passed unanimously:  The CME endorsed the proposed twelve-month Year Three schedule presented by Dr. Marjorie Greenfield for the 2000-2001 academic year.  Dr. LaManna wished to indicate for the record that the CME approved the process by which the twelve-month schedule evolved and enthusiastically endorsed passing it along to the Faculty Council for the next step in the implementation process at its December 20 meeting.

2. Year One – Update on the Integrated Clinical Experience (ICE) – Dr. Elizabeth Patterson and Ms. Kathy Cole-Kelly, co-directors present; Dr. Ted Parran Jr. unable to attend

·         August 1999 implementation of the newly merged Core Physician Development Program (CPDP) and Clinical Science into the Year One required course, the Integrated Clinical Experience (ICE)

·         Deliberate effort to coordinate with concurrent basic science subject committees

·         36 volunteer faculty preceptors for the 18 groups that meet every Tuesday morning through May

·         Student attendance at Monday morning 8:00 a.m. lectures needs attention.

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