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Minutes of the Council Meetings >>SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
I. FACULTY CLUB UPDATE Dr. Lewis reiterated that the School Faculty Council had worked on establishing a Faculty Club for several years. He stated that Dr. Clarkson endorsed the Council’s plan and a site for the Faculty Club had been determined. Dr. Lewis reported that Dr. Barry Materson was disturbed upon learning of the location approved for the Faculty Club. Dr. Materson believed that the space had been allocated for medical billing operations instead. Dr. Lewis emphasized that the Council followed the proper process for creating the Faculty Club and in acquiring the location. He stressed that Dr. Clarkson, President Shalala and Ron Bogue approved the site for the Faculty Club. Dr. Lewis stated that Dr. Clarkson would clarify this issue with Dr. Materson. Dr. Thurer added that President Shalala planned to announce the $1M gift from Mr. Frost in support of the Faculty Club soon. Drs. Lewis, Thurer and Mian will meet with Au Bon Pain management to discuss catering arrangement for the Faculty Club.
The minutes from the Dean’s Meeting on January 27, 2004 were unanimously approved. II. FACULTY CLUB UPDATE Mr. Marvin O’Quinn, President of the Public Health Trust, was invited to the Speaker’s Meeting to discuss plans for a physician’s dining area at JMH. He believed that a dining area for attending physicians would provide physicians a place to gather and eat in private. Mr. O’Quinn planned to have available pre-wrapped sandwiches and cold beverages for physicians to take without having to stand in lines. He noted that the method of payment was still being worked out, but an honor system or coupons, which would be used to later bill the physician, might be possibilities. Mr. O’Quinn added that the goal was to provide physicians with a private dining area where they would not have to wait in lines. He also stated that the plan was not an alternative to the Faculty Club but an interim solution. Mr. O’Quinn invited the Council to view the area designated for the physicians dining facility and to provide him with feedback. He added that the dining area would be ready in two weeks. Dr. Baumbach agreed that a physician’s dining area at JMH was an excellent idea. Dr. Baumbach will request from Ron Bogue an update on the timeframe for the Faculty Club at the Sewell. She believed that the Sewell Building would be an ideal location for the Faculty Club. Dr. Baumbach envisioned that the three-level building could provide a multi-use facility for the Faculty including a dining area on the first floor, conference rooms on the second floor, and additional rooms for visiting professors on the third floor. Dr. Bancalari commented that the future Faculty Club and physician dining area at JMH were not mutually exclusive but should be used by all faculty. Dr. Mian reiterated that the space previously occupied by the Miami Project had been designated for the Faculty Club. He stated that meetings with Ron Bogue and Au Bon Pain personnel had taken placed and construction plans as well as operating procedures had been discussed. Subsequently, Dr. Kaiser notified the Faculty Club Committee that the space had been committed to JMH and as a result plans for the physician dining room were formed. III. PROPOSAL FOR A NEW DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL THERAPY Dr. Sherrill Hayes discussed the proposal for converting the Division of Physical Therapy of the Department of Orthopaedics to the Department of Physical Therapy. She stated that the Division of Physical Therapy was first established in the Department of Orthopaedics School of Medicine in 1986 and functioned, as a stand-alone division comprised of physical therapists instead of orthopaedic surgeons. Dr. Hayes stressed that the Division of Physical Therapy operated essentially as a department and from 1995 to 2004 were ranked #2 or #3 in the U.S., according the U.S. News & World Report. She noted that despite being a program of excellence, many people at UMSM were unaware of the program’s existence due to the lack of exposure and perceived self-limiting focus associated with the Department of Orthopaedics. Dr. Hayes strongly believed that a greater exposure would lead to enhanced opportunities for collaborative research. Dr. Hayes reported that the Division of Physical Therapy operated on a separate budget, which was derived from tuition revenues and grant monies with no clinical revenues at present. She noted that the Division of Physical Therapy functioned like a cost center that assumed full responsible for the finances and were not clinically driven. Dr. Hayes stated that the program’s pass rates on national licensure examination during the last 3 years were 96 to 98% (national mean being 75% in 2003) and have been the highest in the state of Florida for the last 2 years. She said that the faculty was very well known in their profession and 5 faculty had left to become chairs to departments elsewhere. Dr. Hayes explained that the Physical Therapy program offered a DPT (Doctorate in Physical Therapy) and a Ph.D. and was the largest graduate program (non-MD) in the School of Medicine. Dr. Fishman asked, if given a departmental status, whether the new department would be classified as a clinical or basic science department. Dr. Hayes could not respond with certainty but stated that the closest analogy was the Department of Epidemiology. When asked how the proposed Department of Physical Therapy would relate to the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Dr. Hayes responded that she met on several occasions with Dr. Marca Sipski and both units had been collaborating well. She reiterated that like the Department of Orthopaedics, the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine involved clinical activities and the Division of Physical Therapy was truly an academic department. Dr. Markoe questioned how departmental status could be given if the department was not located at the medical school. Dr. Hayes responded that she had space at the Miami Project and other faculty were involved in activities at the medical school. She reported that the program currently had 12 full time faculty including 2 full professors and one professor emeritus, and four tenured faculty and the average length of service was 12.5 years. In private, the Council further discussed the proposal for converting the Division of Physical Therapy to the Department of Physical Therapy as presented by Dr. Sherrill Hayes. The Council raised several issues and focused on the issue related to the School’s financial responsibility to the proposed department. The Council also expressed their concern about the classification of the proposed Department of Physical Therapy (clinical or basic science) and briefly discussed the addition of a new department at this time. The Council approved the proposal for converting the Division of Physical Therapy to the Department of Physical Therapy in a vote, which resulted in 9 votes in favor, 1 vote against, and 2 members abstained from voting. IV. ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE UPDATE On behalf of Dr. Robert Hinkley, Dr. Baumbach reported that three members of the Admissions Committee had not participated in Committee activities and should be removed from the Committee. The members are Drs. Eugene Ramsay, Peter Lopez and Younis Ramzi. The Council unanimously agreed that the members should be removed and Dr. Clarkson will be notified so that termination letters are sent to the members. Replacement of the three members will be deferred until the membership rosters for the upcoming year are determined. V. NEW BUSINESS Dr. Awad reported on the reorganization the basic science departments and explained that the plan would combine the Departments of Pharmacology, Physiology and Biophysics, Biochemistry and Cell Biology but the Department of Microbiology and Immunology would remain a separate department. The reason for the reorganization was unclear, but Dr. Awad stated that a major issue was occurring on the main campus regarding the neuroscience program. He summarized that the neuroscience program had been well publicized and the first group of students was recruited about 2 years ago and the second group was recruited 6 months ago. Dr. Awad continued that the students in the first group completed the basic courses and were now ready to start the advanced courses. He added that the program was depended upon teaching faculty from the Departments of Neurology, Physiology and Cell Biology and only the Department of Psychology had made a contribution. Dr. Awad described that when individual faculty were approached they agreed to teach 2-3 hours but instead were asked to run a course. The dilemma at hand now, as Dr. Awad explained, was that courses, which should have been planned and ready to start this coming fall, had not been identified. He believed that the thrust to resolve the dilemma was placed on the medical school. Dr. Carraway noted that a model, which incorporated undergraduate programs with medical school programs, was developed at Brown University. He also noted that Dr. James H. Wyche, Vice Provost and Dean for the School of Arts and Sciences came from Brown University and perhaps the impetus for the reorganization. Dr. Awad believed that the purpose for the reorganization was to create a division of science, which would include biology, chemistry, and physics from the undergraduate campus, and all the basic sciences at medical school. He stated that four member from the basic science departments would be selected to form an advisory group to Dr. Clarkson. Dr. Carraway remarked that it was not clear as to how these four members would be chosen. Dr. Awad discussed the issue regarding the combined degree program and the new curriculum. He explained that students in the combined degree program were required to pass the National Board Part One before continuing on to the clinical program. Dr. Awad reported that two out of four students failed on their third attempt at passing the exam. Dr. Awad expressed his concern that these students, believed to be the over achievers, were failing the exam. He noted that Dr. Mark O’Connell said that the situation was not unusual and there were similar cases in the past. Dr. Awad raised this issue to the basic science chairs. He explained that combined degree students who wished to drop from the program were not allowed since the school was committed to cover their tuition for the first three clinical years. Dr. Awad was also concerned that the admissions committee which, overlook the combined degree program was not a standing committee of the School Faculty Council. Dr. Baumbach reported that the presentation on the Capital Campaign was scheduled next week in the Department of Pediatrics and she will report on this to the Council at the next Dean’s Meeting. |
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