School of Medicine Curriculum Oversight Committee

There shall be one Curriculum Committee: The Curriculum Oversight Committee.
The Curriculum Oversight Committee shall consist of module directors from each course and clerkship.
The Curriculum Oversight Committee shall consist of two students from each class.
The Chairman will be the Vice-Dean for Academic Affairs.
Student members shall be selected for these committees through a mechanism determined by the Student Affairs Committee. The term of office is one year.
The Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and the Associate Dean for Curriculum shall be ex-officio, non-voting members of each phase committee.

Function

The committee shall meet bi-monthly to review the curriculum, to evaluate its content and effectiveness, and to review and propose changes in the curriculum. The committee will receive input from the faculty at large on substantive issues prior to submitting its final report to the Faculty Senate for consideration.

Committee Membership June 2007 - June 2008

Ruth-Marie Fincher, MD, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Chair
Andy Albritton, MD, Associate Dean for Curriculum, Vice Chair & Ex- Officio, Phase 1-2 & 3 Curriculum Committees
Carol Nichols, PhD (Gross Anatomy) Mark Hamrick, PhD (Development) Dale Sickles, PhD (Histology)	Cellular and Systems Structures
Rashid Akhtar, PhD (Biochemistry) Michael Brands, PhD (Physiology)	Cellular and Systems Processes
Diane Turnbull, EdD	Disease States; Dir, Phase 2 Curr. Devel.; Phase 1/2 Chair
Scott Barman, PhD	Disease States; Pharmacology component director
John Fisher, MD	Disease States module director
Erick Messias, MD, MPH, PhD	ECM 1 Director
Jo Albritton, MD	ECM 2 & Psychiatry clerkship director
AK Gulati, PhD Donna Londino, MD	Brain and Behavior
Lisa Leggio, MD	Pediatrics clerkship director
Bob Nesbit, PhD	Surgery clerkship director & Phase 3 Committee Chair
George Nixon, MD	Family Medicine clerkship director
Harold Szerlip, MD	Medicine clerkship director
Ned Pruitt, MD	Neurology clerkship director
Michele Manting, MD	OB/GYN clerkship director
Tom Fuhrman, MD	Critical Care selective director, Anesthesiology
Chris Fly, MD Mark Lopez, MD	Emergency Medicine selective co-director
Peggy Wagner, PhD	Director, Clinical Skills Program
Andria Thomas, PhD	Director, Evaluation Services
Carol Nichols, PhD	Evaluation Team representative
Chris White, MD	Career Development & Education Center representative; Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Walter Moore, MD	Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Stewart Shevitz, MD	Vice Chair for Education
Linda Boyd, DO	Associate Dean for Regional Campus Coordination
Leslie Petch, PhD	Campus representative, Athens
Iqbal Khan, MD	Assistant Dean, Southwest GA Clinical Campus
TBD	Assistant Dean, Southeast GA Clinical Campus
Michael Wheeler II, MA	Coordinator of Curriculum Management
Student Representatives
Daniel Ketterer	Class of 2008
Nadeem Fatteh	Class of 2008
Devon Patel	Class of 2009
Carter Owen	Class of 2009
Katie (Laura) Williamson	Class of 2010
Jordan Weitzner	Class of 2010
Paul Haun	Class of 2011
Ankur Manvar	Class of 2011

Phase 1-2 Curriculum Committee

Chair: Diane Turnbull, EdD
Phase 1 Module Directors
Erick Messias, MD, MPH, PhD	Essentials of Clinical Medicine 1
Carol Nichols, PhD Dale Sickles, PhD Mark Hamrick, PhD	Cellular and Systems Structures
Rashid Akhtar, PhD Mike Brands, PhD	Cellular and Systems Processes
A.K. Gulati, PhD Donna Londino, MD	Brain and Behavior
Phase 2 Directors
Jo Albritton, MD	Essentials of Clinical Medicine 2
Diane Turnbull, EdD	Cellular and Systems Disease States Director, Modules 1, 2, 5
John Fisher, MD	Cellular and Systems Disease States Director, Modules 3 and 4
Scott Barman, PhD	Disease States, Pharmacology Component
Members
Peggy Wagner, PhD	Director, Clinical Skills Program
Andria Thomas, PhD	Director of Evaluation Services
Carol Nichols, PhD	Evaluation Team representative
Bob Nesbit, MD	Clinical representative from the Phase 3 Committee
Student Representatives
Katie (Laura) Williamson Jordan Weitzner	Class of 2010
TBD	Class of 2011
Ex-Officio
Ruth-Marie Fincher, MD	Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
Andy Albritton, MD	Associate Dean for Curriculum
Diane Turnbull, EdD	Director of Curriculum Development for Phase 2

Phase 3 Curriculum Committee

Chair: Bob Nesbit, MD
Phase 3 Course Directors
Tom Fuhrman, MD	Critical Care selective director, Anesthesiology
Hartmut Gross, MD	Emergency Medicine selective director
George Nixon, MD	Family Medicine
Harold Szerlip, MD	Medicine
Ned Pruitt, MD	Neurology
Michele Manting, MD	OB-GYN
Lisa Leggio, MD	Pediatrics
Josephine Albritton, MD	Psychiatry
Bob Nesbit, MD	Surgery
Members
Andria Thomas, PhD	Director of Evaluation Services
Carol Nichols, PhD	Evaluation Team representative
Diane Turnbull, EdD	Basic Science representative from the Phase 1-2 Committee
Student Representatives
Nadeem Fatteh Daniel Ketterer	Class of 2008
Devon Patel Carter Owen	Class of 2009
Ex-Officio
Ruth-Marie Fincher, MD	Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
Andy Albritton, MD	Associate Dean for Curriculum


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