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Topic / Discussion / Action / Follow-Up
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 University, gave a slide presentation of updates in Faculty Affairs. She went over the mission, organizational charts, responsibilities of the faculty, 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. / Please see slide presentation for further details of Dr. Reboli’s presentation.
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. / Please see slide presentation for further details of Dr. Weisberg’s presentation.
Overview of the Curriculum
(Emphasis on Year 3) / Michael Goldberg, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, gave a slide presentation on an overview of the CMSRU Curriculum. He demonstrated sample student weekly schedules and went over various courses and methods within the curriculum. He spoke about the integrated clerkship and showed charts and samples of how the integration works. He gave examples of fall and spring semesters and various didactics. / Please see slide presentation for further details of Dr. Goldberg’s presentation.
Committee Reports:
Admissions Committee
Appointments and Promotions Committee
Curriculum Committee
Nominations and Elections Committee / Reports from several committees were presented:
A slide presentation was submitted by Robert Somer, MD, Chair of the Admissions Committee, and John McGeehan, MD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Admissions. Dr. Somer spoke about the number of 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.
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.
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.
Thomas Rocereto, MD, Chair of the Nominations and Elections Committee, went over the various functions of this committee. He also spoke about four upcoming committee elections (the Admissions Committee, the 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. / Please see slide presentation for further details of this presentation.
Please see slide presentation for further details of this committee’s accomplishments.
Please see slide presentation for further details.
Please see slide presentation for further details of the elections and the names of the candidates.
Membership Q & A / The floor was then opened to any questions the faculty may have.
Adjournment / The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm.

The next meeting will take place in July 2014 at TBA in the CMSRU Auditorium .

Approved by: / Annette C. Reboli, MD, Vice Dean / Submitted by: / Deanne Conners
Chairman / Recorder

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