Committees and Working Groups
Committees
- Pre-Clerkship Committee
- Clerkship Committee
- Post Clerkship Committee
- Assessment Committee
- Steering Committee
- Council of Departmental Chairs
Task Forces
- Task Force on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
- Task Force on the use of Electronic Health Records
- Task Force on Patient & Family Communications
- Task Force on Nutrition
- Task Force on Translational Research
- Task Force on Human Context & Medical Humanities
- Task Force on Cultural Competence & Health Disparities
- Task Force on Medical Genetics
- Task Force on Geriatrics
Support Groups
- The Technology & Informatics Support Group
- The Simulation Support Group
- The Learning Styles Support Group
- The Medical Imaging Support Group
Pre-Clerkship Module Directors & Liaisons
Committees, task forces and support groups were established to guide the "Molecules to Military Medicine" reform process. These advisory groups are comprised of USU faculty members whose expertise spans the disciplines. They were formed to address all the stages of the medical education continuum.
The responsibilities of the committees vary according to group. However, all committees are responsible for achieving the following functions:
- Addressing the key questions and making recommendations for the overall structure of the "Molecules to Military Medicine" curriculum by September 2010
- Conferring with key stakeholders in the School of Medicine curriculum including students, faculty and departments, leaders in graduate medical education and patients
- Identifying resources needed for their recommendations including faculty development, simulation, information technology and distance learning
The individual responsibilities of each committee are defined below.
- Ensures the tightest possible linkage of basic science teaching with authentic clinical contexts and recommends experiences and teaching methods to foster deep and lasting mastery of the foundational sciences for medical practice in the military
- Works with other committees to define the optimal scientific content for the pre-clerkship period and determine when the clerkship period will begin
- Works with other committees to define the optimal sequence for the introduction of essential and clinical skills into the curriculum to participate in pre-clerkship experience and be ready for the clerkships
Chair
Martin Ottolini, M.D.
Col, USAF, MC (Ret)
Director of Education for the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Program and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Co-Chair
Louise Teel, Ph.D.
Course Director for Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Members
Stephen Rothwell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics
David Grahame, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Andrew Waters, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology
Trueman Sharp, M.D.
CAPT, MC, USN
Chair of the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine
Barbara Knollmann-Ritschel, M.D.
CDR, MC, USN
Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology
Thomas Côté, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology
Simon Auster, M.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine
Jeffrey LaRochelle, M.D.
Maj, USAF, MC
Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine
James Contestable
ENS, MC, USN
Medical Student
Mary Alice Pass
2LT, MS, USA
Medical Student
Matthew Landon
ENS, MC, USN
Medical Student
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- Determines the core clerkships to be included in the clerkship period of the curriculum and defines the length of the clerkships
- Determines whether continuity of place for the students can be achieved across several clerkships so that students may spend six months in a single clinical setting, and discern how students can achieve continuity of faculty mentoring and patient contacts over this period
- Establishes with other committees how students will achieve mastery of the basic and clinical science knowledge and skills that have been deferred from the pre-clerkship period
Chair
Lisa Moores, M.D.
COL, MC, USA
Assistant Dean for Clinical Sciences
Co-Chair
E. Matt Ritter, M.D.
LtCol, USAF, MC
Director of Academic Surgery
Members
Al Seyfer, M.D.
Distinguished Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics
Christopher Broder, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Emerging Infectious Diseases Graduate Program
Jessica Servey, M.D.
Lt Col, USAF, MC
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Gerald Dodd Denton, M.D.
CAPT, MC, USN
Associate Professor of Medicine
Gary Crouch, M.D.
Col, USAF, MC (Ret)
Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics
Matthew Goldenberg, M.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry
Laura Ramsay, M.D.
LCDR, MC, USN
Third Year Clerkship Director, OB/GYN
David Garcia
2Lt, USAF, MS
Medical Student
Jacob Berry
2Lt, USAF, MS
Medical Student
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- Determines the program of required and selective courses for a formal return to the study of science prior to graduation
- Designs a program of required, selective and elective clinical rotations and intersessions to ensure the ability to accept responsibility for supervised practice
- Designs programs to assure that students achieve a higher level of self-directed learning prior to starting post-graduate training including a capstone, scholarly project in one of a variety of areas such as clinical research, basic science research, quality management and patient safety, mental health, etc.
Chair
Mark B. Stephens, M.D.
CAPT, MC, USN
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Co-Chair
D. Scott Merrell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Members
Harvey Pollard, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair of the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics
Stephen Craig, M.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine
Robert Friedman, M.D.
Chair of the Department of Pathology
Suzanne Bausch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology
William Kelly, M.D.
MAJ, MC, USA
Ambulatory Clerkship Medicine Director for Third Year Students
David Brett-Major, M.D.
CDR, MC, USN
Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics
Gregory Gorman, M.D.
LCDR, MC, USN
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Brian Unwin (FAP)
COL, MC, USA
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine
Justin Woodson, M.D.
LTC, MC, USA
Course Director and Assistant Professor in the Department of Military and Emergency Medicine
Timothy Mallon, M.D.
COL, MC, USA
Assistant Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics
Ian Breckenridge
2LT, MS, USA
Medical Student
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- Designs a series of assessments to evaluate student progress in knowledge, skills and competencies
- Monitors the success of the curriculum reform program itself and implements a systematic study of process and outcomes
- Examines whether a pass /not pass versus a grade best serves the student body, USU and the Military Health System
Chair
Paul Hemmer, M.D.
Col, USAF, MC
Professor and Vice Chairman for Educational Programs in the Department of Medicine
Co-Chair
Richard Conran, M.D.
COL, MC, USA
Professor in the Department of Pathology
Members
Charles Beadling, M.D.
Col, USAF, MC (Ret)
Director of the Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine
Meir Chernofsky, M.D.
Director of Faculty Development in the Department of Anesthesiology
Aaron Saguil, M.D.
MAJ, USA, MC
Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine
Janice Hanson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine
Joseph Lopreiato, M.D.
CAPT, MC, USN (Ret)
Associate Dean for Simulation Education
Anthony Artino, Ph.D.
CDR, MSC, USN
Assistant Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine & Biometrics
Gregory Mueller, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics
Stephen Waller, M.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine & Biometrics/Global Health
Tim Gotham
2LT, MS, USA
Medical Student
William Pitts
2LT, MS, USA
Medical Student
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- The chief group responsible for redesigning the existing medical school curriculum
- Comprised of the two Faculty Directors of Curriculum Reform (Dr. Louis Pangaro & Dr Alison O'Brien), the Director of the Office of Curriculum Reform (Col Arnyce Pock), and the chairs of the Pre-Clerkship Committee, the Clerkship Committee, the Post-Clerkship Committee, and the Assessment Committee, the Associate Dean for Medical Education and the Assistant Dean for Curriculum.
- Reviews and coordinates inputs from the curricular reform committees, associated task forces & support groups in order to develop a comprehensive set of plans and recommendations that can be presented to the Dean, USU School of Medicine, for final review and approval
- Interacts with and updates the Advisory Panel on curriculum reform related issues, challenges and/or developments; regularly elicits Advisory Panel guidance, particularly with regard to major policy and strategic deliberations
- Communicates and coordinates curriculum reform related developments to and/or with internal & external stakeholders; conducts Town Hall and related meetings as appropriate
Members
Louis Pangaro, M.D., MACP
Professor and Chairman for the Department of Medicine
Faculty Director, Curriculum Reform
Alison O'Brien, Ph.D.
Professor and Chairman for the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Faculty Director, Curriculum Reform
Arnyce Pock, M.D.
Col, USAF, MC
Director, Office of Curriculum Reform
Paul Hemmer, M.D. (Assessment)
Col, USAF, MC
Professor and Vice Chairman for Educational Programs in the Department of Medicine
Lisa Moores, M.D. (Clerkship)
COL, MC, USA
Assistant Dean for Clinical Sciences
Martin Ottolini, M.D. (Pre-Clerkship)
Col, USAF, MC (Ret)
Director of Education for the Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Program and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology and Emerging Infectious Diseases
Mark B. Stephens, M.D. (Post-Clerkship)
CAPT, MC, USN
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Donna Waechter, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Medical Education
William Gilliland, M.D.
Assistant Dean for Curriculum
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- A group of three basic science and three clinical chairs serve on a rotating basis as advisors to the Steering Committee on content of the new and/or evolving curriculum
- At any given time, at least two of the basic science chairs will be from the departments of anatomy & physiology, microbiology & immunology, biochemistry, pathology or pharmacology
- Chairmanship rotates on an annual basis, between a basic science chair and a clinical science chair
Members
Chairman
Leonard Sperling, M.D.
Chair of the Department of Dermatology
Jeffrey M. Harmon, Ph.D.
Chair of the Department of Pharmacology
CAPT Patricia L. McKay, M.D.
Interim Chair of the Department of Surgery
Harvey Pollard, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair of the Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Genetics
Gerald V. Quinnan, Jr., M.D.
Chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine
CAPT William Watson, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair of the Department of Neurology
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These groups have special expertise that can assist the Curricular Reform Committees in their work of defining the large outline and blocks of the four-year curriculum structure.
It is the responsibility of the Committees themselves to identify the needed input from the essential stakeholders in the curriculum, such as faculty, course and clerkship directors, departmental chairs, students, GME leaders, MHS leaders and patients. The Task Forces and Support Groups are created by the Curricular Reform Directors to provide other kinds of specialized expertise.
Curricular Reform Task Forces are groups of faculty and/or administration staff that will help the Co-directors and the Curricular Reform Committees create coherent streaming of important topics in the syllabus across the four years of the curriculum. They provide "content expertise" for specific issues such as patient safety and quality of care, physicians' use of electronic health records, and military medicine. There may be some overlap in the content areas of the groups, and they will work together.
Task Force on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
Leader: Eric Marks, M.D.
Works with the committees and other working groups to ensure the learning and assessment of the essential competences for providing safe, effective and efficient care of individual patients and populations.
Task Force on the use of Electronic Health Records
Leader: Ronald Gimbel, Ph.D.
Works with the committees and other working groups to ensure the learning and assessment of the essential competences for documenting clinical care, retrieving patient-specific information and accessing current clinical and scientific knowledge.
Task Force on Patient and Family Communications
Leader: Janice Hanson, Ph.D.
Helps the committees foster a consistent, patient-centered approach in students, and facilitates thepresence of the patient's voice in defining curricular elements and outcomes
Task Force on Nutrition
Leader: (pending)
Works with the committees to ensures the competencies and knowledge needed for prevention, education and patient-care of service members, their families and other beneficiaries.
Task Force on Translational Research
Leader: Gerald Quinnan, M.D.
Helps the committees design curriculum and assessment to ensure that MHS physicians enhance and extend the state-of-the-art of medical care.
Task Force on Human Context and Medical Humanities
Leader: Stephen Craig, M.D.
Works with the committees and working groups to ensure that students develop an understanding of how family, society and belief, and one's own viewpoint as a care provider affect the health and care of patients
Task force on Cultural Competence and Health Disparities
Leader: Tracy Sbrocco, Ph.D.
Works with the committees and other working groups to ensure that graduates can effectively work with patients and populations of diverse backgrounds
Task force on Medical Genetics
Leader: Galina Petukhova, Ph.D.
Works with the committees to integrate and reinforce the understanding of genetics and emerging developments in genomic medicine, as it relates to both the basic sciences and to clinical practice.
Task force on Geriatrics
Leaders: Brian Unwin, M.D., Harjinder Kumar, M.D.
Works with the committees and other working groups to ensure the learning and assessment of the essential competences for providing safe, effective and efficient care of elderly patients.
Curricular Reform Support Groups are groups of faculty and/or administration staff that will help the Co-directors and the Committees by providing "process expertise" in methods and approaches that are applicable across the four committees and the task forces, such as in simulation, anatomic and radiological imaging, student learning styles and generational differences, information technology, and distance learning.
The Technology & Informatics Support Group
Leader: Timothy Rapp
Works with the committees to define and secure the IT resources to support new elements, instructional methods and distance learning, and helps the working groups define and evaluate the content of bioinformatics skills expected of students in the new curriculum.
The Simulation Support Group
Leader: Joseph Lopreiato, M.D.
Works with the committees to enhance the use of simulation in the curriculum and to identify and secure resources needed to support new elements and instructional methods
The Learning Styles Support Group
Leader: Neil Grunberg, Ph.D.
Works with the committees and co-directors to understand how learning styles and generational differences impact learning so as to facilitate instructional methods that maximize competence
The Medical Imaging Support Group
Leader: Jim Smirniotopoulos, M.D.
Works closely with the committees and task forces to facilitate flexible, student-directed learning of clinical and basic science through the use of web-based clinical cases and clinical imaging.