2003-04 Report: Curricula Committees/Task Force Report
Committee/Task Force Name CD1 Course Director’s Committee
C/TF Purpose To plan the first year curriculum and improve integration within the first year and
between the first year and subsequent years.
Chair Drs. Marco Aleman and Stephen G. Chaney
Projects
1.
• Title: Systematic Review of the Curriculum
• Progress
The CD1 Committee worked with the CMPC to design a course review form that will be used by
Course Directors to evaluate their courses and to approve a systematic plan for review of the
curriculum. To date almost all of the CD1 Course Directors have turned their course evaluation
forms and, in most cases, have met with Drs. Aleman or Chaney and a representative of OED to
discuss their plans for the coming year.
• Plans
This process will be continued for the coming year, and course integration will be reviewed by the
whole CD1 committee.
2.
• Title: Core Competencies
• Progress
The CD1 Committee developed a list of the Core Competencies of the Medical School that were
covered by each of the first year courses.
• Plans
This information will be used as part of the course reviews and in the overall design of the
curriculum.
3.
• Title: MS1 Curriculum Task Force
• Progress
The CD1 Committee created a task force to review the first year curriculum and to make
recommendations for revising the curriculum. To date the task force has obtained a list of the
core concepts that are covered in each of the first year courses from the Course Directors and
has prepared a list of the educational goals that will form the basis for the design of the MS1
curriculum. The goals are currently being reviewed by the first year Course Directors.
• Plans
The task force plans to review first year curricula at comparable institutions, the core concepts
currently covered, the educational goals for the curriculum and integration with the clinical years
and make recommendations for revision of the fi