Faculty Assembly of CMSRU
Date
Location
Committee Meeting Minutes
July 11, 2013
CMSRU Auditorium
See Attached Sign-In Sheet for Attendees
Topic
Discussion
Action
Welcome
Perry J. Weinstock, MD, President of the CMSRU Faculty Assembly,
welcomed the Faculty to the 2013 Annual Meeting.
CMSRU
Paul Katz, MD, Founding Dean of Cooper Medical School of Rowan
University, also welcomed the faculty and gave a general overview and
update of the school since the last assembly meeting.
Faculty Affairs
Annette C. Reboli, MD, Vice Dean of Cooper Medical School of Rowan
Please see slide presentation for
University, gave a slide presentation of updates in Faculty Affairs. She went further details of Dr. Reboli’s
over the mission, organizational charts, responsibilities of the faculty,
presentation.
Executive Council, various committees of the medical school and their
functions, and introduced new members of the Biomedical Sciences faculty
at CMSRU. She then spoke about the importance of faculty engagement and
development, new initiatives and projects, and went over upcoming steps we
will be going through with the LCME.
Review of Learning Objectives
Lawrence Weisberg, Assistant Dean for Curriculum Phase I, gave a slide
presentation on learning objectives. He spoke about LCME accreditation
standards and went over each of the learning objectives in detail.
Overview of the Curriculum
(Emphasis on Year 3)
Michael Goldberg, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, gave a slide
Please see slide presentation for
presentation on an overview of the CMSRU Curriculum. He demonstrated further details of Dr. Goldberg’s
sample student weekly schedules and went over various courses and methods presentation.
within the curriculum. He spoke about the integrated clerkship and showed
Please see slide presentation for
further details of Dr. Weisberg’s
presentation.
Follow-Up
Topic
Discussion
charts and samples of how the integration works. He gave examples of fall
and spring semesters and various didactics.
Action
Committee Reports:
Reports from several committees were presented:
Admissions Committee
A slide presentation was submitted by Robert Somer, MD, Chair of the
Please see slide presentation for
Admissions Committee, and John McGeehan, MD, Associate Dean for
further details of this
Student Affairs and Admissions. Dr. Somer spoke about the number of
presentation.
applications received and the stats of the class of 2017, such as MCAT
scores and whether they were NJ residents. Dr. Somer then introduced each
of the members of the class of 2017, including where they were from and
giving a little synopsis of each of them.
Appointments and Promotions
Committee
John Baxter, MD, Chair of the Appointments and Promotions Committee,
and Annette C. Reboli, MD, Vice Dean, gave a slide presentation on this
committee’s accomplishments for the year and went over revised timelines
for submitting applications for appointments and promotions. Dr. Baxter
presented the names and new ranks of all those faculty who were newly
promoted for the year.
Please see slide presentation for
further details of this
committee’s accomplishments.
Curriculum Committee
James Alexander, MD, Chair of the Curriculum Committee, and Michael
Goldberg, MD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, gave a slide
presentation on the functions of the Curriculum Committee and introduced
the members. Dr. Alexander went over curricular objectives and did an
overview of assessment.
Please see slide presentation for
further details.
Nominations and Elections
Committee
Thomas Rocereto, MD, Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee, Please see slide presentation for
went over the various functions of this committee. He also spoke about four further details of the elections
upcoming committee elections (the Admissions Committee, the
and the names of the candidates.
Appointments and Promotions Committee, Committee on Diversity and the
Learning Environment, and the Committee for a Positive Learning
Environment) that would be taking place and gave the candidates’ names and
spoke about what their duties would be on each of the committees.
Membership Q & A
The floor was then opened to any questions the faculty may have.
Follow-Up
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Topic
Action
Follow-Up
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm.
Adjournment
The next meeting will take place in
Approved by:
Discussion
July 2014
Annette C. Reboli, MD, Vice Dean
Chairman
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Submitted by:
CMSRU Auditorium
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Deanne Conners
Recorder
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