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The Office of Educational Affairs supports faculty in their roles as teachers, mentors, and academic leaders. Our work includes providing faculty with resources to strengthen their teaching and assessment practices, as well as coordinating faculty-led governance processes that guide curriculum, policy, and accreditation.

Governance Structures

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EDAF offers Administrative and technical assistance for committee chairs and members to streamline workflows and communication and helps ensure faculty-led decisions are consistent with LCME standards and institutional priorities.

Please follow this link to see committee membership and this one detailing the selection process.

Charges

Please read below for the charges of the CCIA and its reporting subcommittees. Committee charges provide a framework, mission, and responsibilities to ensure appropriate topics and procedures are addressed by the committees. These charges create accountability and reporting structure and authority.

CCIA Charges

The College Committee on Instruction and Appraisal shall be the designated executive body responsible for the design, implementation, and evaluation of the MD curriculum of the College of Medicine.

The Committee on Instruction and Appraisal shall:

  1. Regularly review and revise the instructional, student assessment, and program evaluation policies of the College for undergraduate medical education. The CCIA will report its actions regularly to the Executive Committee. Major policy decisions, including those that affect graduation requirements or otherwise are required by university statute to receive further approval at the university level will be submitted to the Executive Committee for approval.
  2. Establish the minimum competencies expected for all graduates of the College of Medicine and monitor the effectiveness of the curricular and assessment experiences and instruments used to provide and to certify those competencies.
  3. Evaluate the effectiveness of the College of Medicine curriculum and the assessment instruments used to monitor student progress through that curriculum.
  4. Ensure that the curriculum offered and assessment instruments used are consistent with requirements for Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation.
  5. Encourage, when appropriate, the development of unique curricular endeavors appropriate to the learning environment at each campus

Phase 1 Management Committee

 

This committee is charged with the design, delivery, and review of all components of the Phase
1 curriculum, which comprises year 1 and the majority of year 2 of the four-year medical
degree. The committee makes recommendations to the CCIA about educational program
objectives and course objectives, recommends instructional and assessment methods in Phase
1, and reviews and recommends methods for continuous improvement of faculty teaching. The
committee reviews coverage of all Phase 1 educational goals and objectives, examines
integration, leverages tri-campus educational resources, attends to cross-campus equivalency,
coordinates delivery, and examines opportunities for improved curricular integration. This
committee provides feedback to the Policy Committee on all Phase 1 policies, including student
attendance, assessment standards, student continuation standards, and promotion to the M3
year. The committee also reviews and recommends improvements to individual courses based
upon feedback from the Student Curricular Boards, student survey data, assessment
performance data (including USMLE Step 1), and triennial course and phase reports from the
Program Review Subcommittee.

Phase 2/3 Management Committee

 

This Committee is charged with the design, delivery and review of the Phase 2/3 curriculum
which comprises years 3 and 4 of the four-year medical degree. This encompasses the core
clerkships of Phase 2, clinical and non-clinical electives, and all required Phase 3 coursework. The committee will recommend to the CCIA the educational program and course learning
objectives. The committee will review instructional and assessment methods in Phase 2 and 3
and will recommend methods for continuous improvement. The committee reviews and
recommends the work that should be completed by the individual Educational Coordinating
Committees (ECCs). The group also reviews and makes recommendations regarding Phase 2/3
educational goals and examines vertical and horizontal integration within phase 2 and 3 and
cross-campus equivalency. The committee also sets educational and clinical skill standards for
core rotations and sub internships and reviews and recommends new clinical electives for
approval by the CCIA.
The committee provides feedback to the Policy Committee on all Phase 2/3 policies including
student attendance, assessment standards, student continuation, promotion to the M4 year
and program graduation requirements. The committee reviews and recommends
improvements to individual courses and clinical experiences based upon feedback from the
Program Review Committee and ECCs which incorporate information from the Student
Curricular Board (SCB), student survey data, assessment data, and triennial course and phase
reports.

Program Review Committee

 

This Committee is charged with examining the effectiveness of the four-year medical degree
curriculum in meeting program goals and objectives. Committee members have the
responsibilities:
  1. Design and recommend the process for triennial phase and course reviews.
  2. Serve as reviewers of triennial in-depth course reports, offering an independent perspective of the effectiveness of the course. This feedback is then included in a final course report generated by the Office of Educational Affairs and the Course Directors.
  3. Present their review of the triennial in-depth course reports, their recommendations, and the conclusions to the Phase 1 Management Committee or Phase 2/3 Management Committee and then CCIA.
  4. Review and make recommendations for triennial phase and whole program reviews and subsequently present these reviews to the Phase 1 Management Committee or Phase 2/3 Management Committee and then CCIA.

Supplemental Academic Programs Committee

 

This Committee is charged with reviewing Supplemental Academic Programs and
recommending new programs or changes to existing programs offered across the College of
Medicine. The Committee reviews the programs with a specific lens on how these programs
interface with and complement the MD degree. The SAPs include dual degree programs
(MSTP, MD/MPH, MD/MBA, etc.), Scholarly Concentration Programs, the GPPA Medical
Scholars Program, and the postbaccalaureate, conditional admission programs offered through
the Urban Health Program. The SAP committee oversees program logistics, ensuring that
educational goals and objectives for these programs are met and are appropriately integrated
with the MD degree program. The committee also provides input and guidance to the CCIA
and its subcommittees where either curricular or policy changes may affect SAPs.

Policy Committee

 

This committee is charged with designing and recommending the policies that govern the four-
year medical degree. The committee reviews aggregate student data and works collaboratively
with other curricular and student promotion committees, where appropriate, in the generation
and editing of student policies. When appropriate, the committee also seeks advice from
university legal counsel. The committee also recommends policies pertaining to student
appeals and academic grievances while ensuring University-wide compliance.

Please click here for committee membership rosters