JMC Student Council: Meeting Minutes
October 13, 2004
107 Bluemle
Excused Absences: Joya Sahu, Joshua Sleeper, Michael Alunni,
Paul Didomenico, Elizabeth Barral, Soorena Khojasteh , Bahar Fazeli,
Gregg Goldstein
Unexcused Absences: Margaret Johnson, Katheryn Burleigh,
Nichole Christman, Judith Kaplan
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORT:
Vice President:
- Elections are next month!
Treasurer:
- New policies for conference funding; Monthly budgets will
be made known to the student council every meeting to help them
decide on conference requests
DEAN'S REPORT (Dr. DeSimone):
- Friday November 12th there will be a JMC Party from 5-9 in JAH
-
All students are in the midst of their mandatory meetings for
career counseling
-
In the process of making a career choice guide to help 4th
years; it will be a compilation of the residency application
process, and advice from residency directors
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
ADMISSIONS COMMITTEE (Ahmara Gibbons) :
- Total Applications 6707; Reapps: 776; Offered: 7, Holding:
7
AFFILIATIONS COMMITTEE (Bahar Fazeli, Gregg
Goldstein):
ALUMNI COMMITTEE (Ellen Syndlowski, Anton Jorgensen):
- Reunion weekend is October 22nd-23rd; Women’s Forum will
be Saturday morning with a panel discussion
RESEARCH COMMITTEE (Ben Creelan, Julie Newcomer,
Michelle Pramick, Lauren Moomjian, Sonia Chaudhry):
- Had their first meeting for first years on research by Dr.
Lopez. Well attended
CURRICULUM COMMITTEE (Judith Kaplan, Josh Sleeper):
- At last month's curriculum committee meeting, we heard a presentation
from administrators who are reviewing the guidelines currently
used for writing exam questions. It seems that there was some
concern about exam questions being too easy or too ambiguous,
and in particular, faculty wanted to review the reasons behind
not using "All of the above" as an answer. In the
end, it's not clear that anything will change, but at least
teachers will be more conscientious when writing exams.
- We also heard presentations on the Physical Diagnosis class
and the Foundations of Clinical Medicine class. It sounds like
the Physical Diagnosis class is extremely well-run and is taking
seriously the feedback the instructors received from students.
The major positive feedback received by Dr. Mangione, the course
director, was that the teachers were excellent, the material
was interesting, and the course was cited as many students'
favorite. Students were critical of course logistics, particularly
scheduling, said that the learning goals were not made clear,
and that the syllabus was too unwieldy. The item of greatest
concern was the discrepancy in quality of the preceptors. Dr.
Mangione is working to address these issues, some of which will
be easy to correct (scheduling), and some of which will be much
more difficult.
- The Foundations of Clinical Medicine course seemed well-received
by students. There were concerns raised by students when lecturers
repeated information taught by other teachers, particularly
when the lecturers didn't agree with each other. There were
logistical problems that were corrected early on in the course,
and ultimately the students' greatest concerns were that the
faculty attempt to standardize the syllabus and increase communication
between teachers. Students also requested more case studies
and review sessions. Dr. Herrine, the course director, added
that the course is undergoing changes. Most notable will be
the addition of a nutrition course and the integration of oncology
into the appropriate organ system module. Logistically, the
syllabus will be an improved product (revised, printed on both
sides and bound!), there will be fewer Monday exams, the exams
will be reviewed and improved, and professors may be removed
from next year's lecture circuit
STUDENT AFFAIRS (Sejal Shah, Corey Tabit):
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE (Levi Chazen, Allan Simpao):
- Audio MP3 lectures are now free for all; liaisons work the
MP3 player;
- Noteservice will be free starting in the next semester;
- Notes will be available online and back notes will still be
sold;
- Back exams will be available in the library
CLASS REPORTS:
Class of 2005:
Doing Residency Applications
Class of 2006:
3rd week of 3rd Block; waiting for 1st block grades
Class of 2007:
IID block; planning post exam
Class of 2008:
Noteservice started to make it free for first years
NOMINATIONS: open until the end of October, voting
in November, switch in December
President: Roman Politi, Mimi Raleigh
Vice-President: David Anderson, Dawn Hirokawa, Gary Scheibaum,
Jill Krapf
Treasurer: Deepan Patel, Augustine Nyugen, Constantino Ketonis
Secretary: Neha Ohri, Melissa Klein, Neerav Goyal
NEW BUSINESS:
- Peter Flesichut was awarded $100 of conference funding.
NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 31st FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
POSITIONS!!!
