Committee Documents

Medical Education Committee Documents

• Summary of Activities to Date (9-05) For the Working Groups and Subcommittees of the MEC
• “Overview:Competency-Based Education”; PowerPoint presentation given by Dr. D. Fournier, GSDM, at MEC 4.14.08 meeting
• Compact between Teachers and Learners of Medicine
• Changes to BUSM I-IV Curricula in the 2008-09 Academic Year
• PowerPoint from BUSM I Town Meeting on 3.24.08 regarding BUSM II curriculum changes
• MEC Retreat Report – Defining our Direction, October 2005

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Clinical Curriculum Subcommittee Documents

• Clinical Student Time Off Policy Approved by the MEC 5/12/11
• Summary of Clinical Curriculum Subcommittee Activities,September 2005

Preclinical Curriculum Subcommittee Documents

• Exam Return Policy Survey, June 2006
• Summary of Preclinical Curriculum Subcommittee Activities, September 2005
• Report on the Changes in Contact Time, Lecture Time and Instructional Methodologies from 2002-03 through Plans for 2005-06, presented to the MEC July 2005

Electives and Research Curriculum Subcommittee Documents

• BUSM Elective Template
• BUSM Research Elective Template
• Proposal for Research Elective
• Pathway for Elective Approval
• BUCARES
• Classification of a Research Elective
• Electives and Research Minimum Effort Standards
• Example: Pediatric Hematology Elective
• Action Verbs

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M.D./Ph.D Working Group

• M.D./Ph.D. Working Group Summary, March 2010
• Report at May 10, 2007 MEC meeting
• M.D./Ph.D Working Group report to MEC at June, 2006 MEC meeting
• M.D./Ph.D Working Group Summary, September 2005

Course Objective Working Group Documents

• Joint Report with MGWG to MEC at March, 2007 MEC meeting
• Report to MEC at February, 2006 MEC meeting
• Course Objectives Working Group Summary, September 2005

Mission and Goals Working Group

• Joint Report with COWG to MEC at March, 2007 MEC meeting
• Mission and Goals Working Group Summary, September 2005

Admissions Requirements Working Group

• Admissions Requirements Working Group report to MEC at June, 2006 MEC meeting

Vertical Integration Group Documents

Reports

• Professionalism VIG Interim Report – 1/11
• Nutrition VIG Final Report – 8/10
• Nutrition VIG Interim Report – 2/09
• Genetics VIG Final Report – 10/09
• Genetics VIG Interim report – 11/07
• The Body VIG Final report – 11/10/06 Click here for MEC response
• The Mind VIG Final report – 9/20/06 Click here for the MEC response
• Neoplasia VIG Final report – 11/06 Click here for the MEC response

Readings

• General Medical Council
• AAMC
• NBME/AAMC ProfessReport 2002
• Physician Charter 2002
• Plack and Greenberg Refection Pediatrics Dec 2005
• Rita Charon Narratives NEJM Feb 04
• Stern and Papadakis NEJM 2005
• Branch Critical Incident reports NEJM Volume 329
• Critical Incident report protocol LMcL
• CurrMIT database Professionalism6-9-10
• Resident Compact AAMC
• Professionalism as Described in Curriculum Syllabi
• Developing Medical Professionalism In Future Doctors
• MS31A
• TomorrowsDoctors_2009
• Tyler Ratings of Med Student Professionalism SGEA April 16 2010 (FINAL)
• Overview Article JIAMSE Jan 2008
• Cross Cultural Integrative Medicine at BUSM
• Humanistic Medicine curriculum outline 6-07
• Parent narratives of students Liu Harris Frankel Amb peds 2007
• Ethics Proposal 10-5-04
• Parents As Teachers Amb peds 2007
• BUSM Professionalism
• Behavioral Measures
• Clinical Measures
• Pofessionalism Measures and Constructs
• Knowledge and Attitude Assessments of Professionalism
• PreClinical Measures

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Curriculum Survey Results, September 2005

Results from the BUSM Student/Faculty Opinion Survey on Educational Objectives for the MD Degree. To view a specific report document, please click on its link below:

1. Full Results report listing faculty and student responses side by side for comparison
   The items that are bold and red in the full report identify the areas of greatest discrepancy between faculty and students.
2. Listing of narrative feedback from faculty and students
3. Results report listing faculty’s top ten points fulfilled and top ten points to develop
4. Results report listing student’s top ten points fulfilled and top ten points to develop
5. Results report listing both faculty and student top ten points fulfilled and top ten points to develop
6. Results report listing top areas of discrepancy between faculty and students