Curriculum Management Committee Subcommittees

Six standing committees function as operational workgroups in support of the CMC (Figure 1). Three subcommittees are phase based and correspond to the Pre-clerkship, clerkship and Post-clerkship phases of the curriculum, respectively. Three subcommittees are non-phase based. The Longitudinal and Integration Subcommittee addresses curricular elements that are not specific to a phase as well as the integration of elements across phases (e.g., student research, quality and safety). The Student Education Subcommittee facilitates robust input and substantive engagement of students in curriculum development and implementation. The Instruction and Assessment Subcommittee ensures availability of expertise in curricular design and methods of instruction, student assessment, and program evaluation and the consistent application of this expertise to the curriculum as is appropriate. In addition to the standing subcommittees, ad hoc subcommittees may be created as necessary at the behest of the CMC.

cmc oversight structure

The Post-Clerkship Education Subcommittee (PCES) is responsible for monitoring the elective process for students that have finished the required clerkship rotations, including assessing the quality of the current electives, determining gaps in the electives offered and opportunities for new electives, as well as annually reviewing the post-clerkship schedule to ensure students are prepared for residency training. The PCES will oversee students' readiness for residency training, assuring that all graduating physicians have been provided the knowledge and skills and attitudes to prepare them for residency training. This includes providing the necessary opportunities to meet the core professional activities for entering residency, as well as equip students with the necessary clinical and research and other opportunities through career advising to successfully obtain the residency of their choice. The responsibilities of the PCES are delegated by the Curriculum Management Committee and include resolving curricular areas of concern through process improvement methodology, as well as developing the working groups and action plans to address any issue or problem, as well as any gap or opportunity identified. The PCES also monitors the activities associated with delivery of the curriculum.

Pre-clerkship Education

The Pre-Clerkship Education Subcommittee (PES) oversees the management of the curriculum that provides the foundation of knowledge, skills and behaviors requisite to the practice of medicine. The responsibilities of the PES are delegated by the Curriculum Management Committee and include following the directives to resolve curricular areas of concern through process improvement methodology, as well as develop the working groups and action plans to address issues or problems. The PES also monitors the activities associated with the day-to-day delivery of the curriculum.

Clerkship Education

The Clerkship Education Subcommittee (CES) oversees the management of the curriculum for required clinical clerkships. The responsibilities of the CES are delegated by the Curriculum Management Committee and include resolving curricular areas of concern through process improvement methodology as well as developing the working groups and action plans to address any issue gap and opportunity identified. The CES also monitors the activities associated with the delivery of the curriculum.

Post-clerkship Education

The Post-Clerkship Education Subcommittee (PCES) is responsible for monitoring the elective process for students that have finished the required clerkship rotations, including assessing the quality of the current electives, determining gaps in the electives offered and opportunities for new electives, as well as annually reviewing the post-clerkship schedule to ensure students are prepared for residency training. The PCES will oversee students' readiness for residency training, assuring that all graduating physicians have been provided the knowledge and skills and attitudes to prepare them for residency training. This includes providing the necessary opportunities to meet the core professional activities for entering residency, as well as equip students with the necessary clinical and research and other opportunities through career advising to successfully obtain the residency of their choice. The responsibilities of the PCES are delegated by the Curriculum Management Committee and include resolving curricular areas of concern through process improvement methodology, as well as developing the working groups and action plans to address any issue or problem, as well as any gap or opportunity identified. The PCES also monitors the activities associated with delivery of the curriculum.

Longitudinal and Integration

The Longitudinal and Integration Subcommittee (LIS) addresses curricular elements that are not specific to a phase as well as the integration of elements across phases (e.g. student research, quality and safety). The LIS evaluates and coordinates longitudinal curricular themes, interprofessional education, and the horizontal and vertical integration of curriculum throughout the entire timeframe of medical school. The responsibilities of the LIS are delegated by the Curriculum Management Committee and include resolving curricular areas of concern, applying CQI methodologies including root-cause analysis in developing action plans to address any issue or problem. The LIS also monitors the activities associated with the day-to-day delivery of the curriculum.

Student Education

The charge of the Student Education Subcommittee (SES) is to ensure the meaningful engagement of medical students in the design, development, monitoring of effectiveness and the continuous improvement of the undergraduate medical curriculum by providing direct access and open, bidirectional communication between the CMC and an ongoing, independent student subcommittee. The primary role of the Student Education Subcommittee is to provide feedback, practical suggestions and formal proposals to the Curriculum Management Committee about the curriculum in the form of reports and participation in regular meetings. Operationally, the SES provides a platform for student-led collation, discussion, and dissemination of information relevant to the curriculum. In addition, the SES is a vehicle for regularly scheduled formal and informal interactions with course directors, teaching faculty, and medical education administration for the purpose of optimizing bidirectional communication and supporting curricular continuous improvement.

Instruction and Assessment

The responsibilities of the Instruction and Assessment Subcommittee are delegated by the Curriculum Management Committee. The primary role of the Instruction and Assessment Subcommittee is to ensure that expertise in curricular design, methods of instruction, student assessment and program evaluation are readily available to the CMC and that this expertise is consistently applied to curriculum development, curriculum modification and implementation of existing elements of the curriculum to ensure their linkage to and congruence with programmatic educational objectives. The Instruction and Assessment Subcommittee also advises the CMC on instructional technology as it relates to the curriculum.