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Minutes of the Council Meetings >>SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Dr. Lewis stated that there was no sabbatical leave policy specifically for medical school faculty. He felt that in order to achieve the goal of becoming a top ranked institution, a comprehensive sabbatical leave policy for faculty at the medical school was critical. Dr. Lewis reported that Dr. Mian volunteered to head a committee to examine the sabbatical leave policies from other institutions in order to formulate an appropriate policy for the medical school. The following Council members volunteered to serve on the Sabbatical Leave Policy Committee: Drs. Timothy Cleary, Eduardo Bancalari, and Kermit Carraway. Dr. Thurer reminded the Council that Dr. Stephen Cohn had done an extensive review of sabbatical leave policies from other medical institutions. Dr. Lewis stated that the Sabbatical Leave Policy Committee would review the information and report to the Council at the next Speaker’s meeting. II. FACULTY CLUB UPDATE Dr. Lewis reported that he met with Drs. Gerald Kaiser and Barry Materson regarding the space, which had been allocated for the Faculty Club. Dr. Kaiser informed Dr. Lewis that that space had been assigned to another unit. Mr. Bogue informed Dr. Lewis that he had a letter stating that the space had been reserved for the Faculty Club. To clarify this matter, Dr. Lewis contacted Dr. Clarkson and Ron Bogue and a final resolution is pending. Dr. Lewis reiterated that arrangement with Au Bon Pain for catering services was being negotiated. He said that coupons would be provided to faculty at a discounted price. Dr. Lewis reported that he met with Michael Foden, Director of Development, and asked him to arrange a meeting with Phil Frost and the Council. The purpose of the meeting would be to express the Council’s gratitude for Mr. Frost’s contribution toward the establishment of the Faculty Club and to further discuss additional ideas for the operation of the Faculty Club. Dr. Thurer suggested that a survey on the operation of faculty clubs from other medical institutions would be useful. The Council briefly discussed the function of the faculty club at the Coral Gables campus. III. REVIEW OF DEANS Dr. Lewis stated that the last review of deans/associate deans was conducted in 2001. He noted that the following deans/associate deans were eligible for review this year: Drs. Mark O’Connell, Richard Bookman and Michael Gordon. The Council discussed the process involved in the review of deans including the constituencies of each dean. IV. OTHER BUSINESS Dr. Awad discussed issues relating to the Student Teaching Evaluation forms. He mentioned that Dr. Robert Warren proposed to develop a form, which would include a student-derived numerical ranking. Dr. Awad added the peer review was also essential in the review process. He suggested that a reexamination of the Educator’s Portfolio, which contained information on the teaching evaluation process would be valuable. Dr. Markoe added that the current teaching evaluation form was not representative of the teaching activities taking place on the medical campus. He felt the evaluation forms related more to didactic lecturing. Dr. Markoe noted that significant amounts of teaching also took place at the bedside, formal groups, clinics and seminars. He believed that a more accurate way of scoring this kind of teaching was essential and he suggested that an appropriate person from education at the medical campus collaborate with the medical campus to develop a valid teaching evaluation document. Dr. Awad noted that Richard Tiberius, Director of Faculty Development in Medical Education, should be involved and requested that he be invited by the Council to present his prospective on the student teaching evaluation process. Dr. Thurer stated that numerical teaching evaluation forms had been developed and should be revisited before additional efforts were made on developing new ones. Dr. Awad stressed that the clinical educator faculty being reviewed by the Promotions and Tenure Committee suffered from the lack of documentation. Dr. Markoe commented that clinical educators’ students were not necessarily medical students rather students from the various residency programs. He believed that the teaching evaluation forms required multiple sections, which included the different types of teaching performed. Dr. Lewis recommended a review of the existing teaching evaluation forms. Dr. Awad reported on the academic progress of students that are admitted through the Admissions Office but placed in the combined degree program directed by Dr. Richard Bookman. Some of these students have not had entirely satisfactory academic records while in the medical curriculum. Dr. Awad also explained that students in the combined degree program received stipends during their research years but not during their medical years. He addressed the question on how to make the M.D./Ph.D. program more competitive in order to attract the most qualified students. Dr. Ahmad stated that all course directors interviewed these students. Dr. Markoe questioned whether this was a school issue or a nationwide problem. He recognized that Ph.D students were expected to learn large amounts of knowledge in a concentrated area and medical students were expected to learn information on a wide range of areas. Dr. Carraway remarked that most students entering the M.D./ Ph.D. programs were already medical students since the school could not recruit students into the combined degree program otherwise. |
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