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Update on Curriculum Reform. USU Town Hall – 10 Jan 11. Outline. Interim Developments Approved Master Plan Approved Grading Plan Provisional Governance Plan (Modules) Next Steps Your Questions. Interim Developments. Interim Developments. Pre-Clerkship Outline, Version 2.1….on Web
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Update on Curriculum Reform USU Town Hall – 10 Jan 11
Outline • Interim Developments • Approved Master Plan • Approved Grading Plan • Provisional Governance Plan (Modules) • Next Steps • Your Questions
Interim Developments • Pre-Clerkship Outline, Version 2.1….on Web • Listing, Module Directors….on Web • Includes Student & MEM Advisors • Timeline Chart….on Web • FAQs….expanded & on Web • New Task Force: Genetics • CR Meeting w/ GSN…Collaborative Opportunities • Systems Integration, Informatics, Team Tng, Patient Safety • Sample Schedules Developed
Sample Schedule: Revised Curriculum(Macro View) Note: This template provides an average of 27 hours of formal instruction per week, slightly less than the recommended maximum of 28 hours. Sessions can easily be adjusted to include a blend of lecture & small group activities; the above pattern is presented for illustrative purposes only. Lectures typically 30 or 50” in duration; Small groups typically 90” per session.
Sample Schedule: Revised Curriculum(Detailed View) Note: This template provides an average of 27 hours of formal instruction per week, slightly less than the recommended maximum of 28 hours. Sessions can easily be adjusted to include a blend of lecture & small group activities; the above pattern is presented for illustrative purposes only. Lectures typically 45-50” in duration (max; range 15-50”); small groups typically 90” per session.
Interim Developments (cont) • Informational Leaflet….Student-to-Student Use • Orientation Conference….Module Directors • POM….Still on Target • Impact of Federal Pay Freeze….TBD • Approved CR Plan • Approved Grading Plan • Provisional Governance Plan—Modular Oversight
Overview of USU Molecules to Military Medicine Curriculum (For Implementation, August 2011) August 2011 Pre Clerkship Instruction (MS-I) MS-I Pre Clerkship Instruction (MS-1) January 2013 Pre Clerkship Instruction (MS-II) Basic Core Clerkship Block Location 1 Tentative Core Clerkship Block Location 2 MS-II January 2014 Core Clerkship Block Location 2 (cont) Tentative Core Clerkship Block Location 3 Advanced Clinical Rotations Tentative MS-III Step I Prep & Exam (4 wks) Advanced Didactics (6-8 wks)+ October 2014 1 May 2015 Advanced Clinical Rotations Adv. Clinical Rotation Admin/ Step II** Adv. Clinical Rotation MCM* Capstone Project Clinical Electives and/or Continuation of Capstone MS-IV Vacation * MCM: Military Contingency Medicine/Bushmaster Field Exercise ** Step II Taken Between 1 April and 15 Sept – Prior to MCM/Capstone + a.k.a. “Bench to Bedside & Back” Pre-Clerkship Lead-Up Training Post-Clerkship Assessments
Approved Grading Plan • 3 Tiered System: • Honors/Pass/Fail • Challenge: No “D” (Low Pass) Grade • AAMC Perspective: • 51% U.S. Medical Schools Use P/F* in Basic Sciences • 31% U.S. Medical Schools Use P/F* in Clerkships * With or Without Honors
OFFICE OF THE DEAN School of Medicine ECC PROVISIONAL PRE-CLERKSHIPGOVERNANCE PLAN Advisory Council of Department Chairs (Comprised of 3 Basic Science & 3 Clinical Chairs. Chairmanship to alternate on a rotating basis) Executive Sub-Committee of CR Steering Committee Council of Module Directors Individual Module Directors Departmental Course Directors Instructors (Individual)
Next Steps • Continued Refinement, Pre-Clerkship Outline • 1 Feb 11: Overall Module Objectives Established Remediation Plan Developed -- 22 Feb 11: Educational Goals (Pre-Clerkship Modules) Aligned by Week • 1 Mar 11: LCME Notification Due • 15 Mar 11: Detailed Pre-Clerkship Outline Completed • 1 May 11: Goals/Objectives Specified by Session/Hour • 15 Jun 11: Individual Teaching Assignments Determined • Resourcing Requirements, Pre-Clerkship Period • Baseline Req’ments Identified….Delta, TBD • Schedule Coordinator….GS-11 Planned (New Hire)
Next Steps (cont) • Reactivate, CR Task Forces & Support Groups…. • New Task Force: Genetics • In Progress: • Support for Module Directors • Means of Recognizing/Rewarding Contributions • CR Related Faculty Development • Faculty “Boot Camp” • Registration Begins: 25 Jan 11 • Education Day, 16 Jun 11 • Certificate Program
The Bottom Line…..We will “IMPROVE*” our University: • Integrate various disciplines from within the basic sciences and clinical medicine; • Across the units--- and across all 4 years • Military relevance remains a critical, unifying theme; • Problem, disease, system driven (not course centered); • Reinforce key topics and themes…during the pre-clinical period, clerkships, & via advanced teaching/Capstone Project; • Outcomes based goals and assessment; • Variety of teaching methods; large & small group activities, independent, lab, clinical, & simulation; • Evidence based self-directed learning = a lifetime skill *Ref: Dr. Marty Ottolini January, 2010
Your Questions?Curriculum Reform Website:http://www.usuhs.mil/curriculumreform/index.html YOUR QUESTIONS?