medical education symposia

The June 2009 meeting of the Medical Education Committee highlighted aspects of the curriculum and the curriculum reform activities at several schools. Ten faculty presenters from AMSNY medical schools gave brief presentations. 

Curriculum and the Curriculum Reform Activities at AMSNY Member Schools

1. The Challenges for Medical Education:  A New Curriculum for the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ronald E. Drusin, MD, Vice Dean for Education, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University 

2. Curriculum Renovation at NYU, Mel Rosenfeld, PhD, Associate Dean for Curriculum, New York University School of Medicine 

3. Educational Informatics in the New Curriculum, Marc M. Triola, MD, Director, Division of Educational Informatics, New York University School of Medicine 

4. The NYU School of Medicine P.L.A.C.E. Patient-based Longitudinal Ambulatory Clinical Experience, Fritz Francois, MD, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs and Diversity, New York University School of Medicine 

5. Translating the Clinical Clerkships Back to the Basic Sciences, Avery K. Ellis, MD, PhD, Senior Associate Dean for Medical Curriculum, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo 

6. Curriculum Evaluation, Donald Kollisch, MD, Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education at the City College of New York 

7. Curriculum Renewal as a Stimulus for Culture Change, Pamela Sass, MD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, SUNY Downstate Medical Center 

8. Curricular Reform at Weill Cornell Medical College: Challenges and Opportunities, Peter M. Marzuk, MD, Associate Dean, Curricular Affairs, Weill Cornell Medical College 

9. LINC-Learning in Integrated Communities,  Themes, Principles: Erica Friedman, MD, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine 

10. Open Educational Resources for Health, David Stern, MD, PhD, Vice Chair for Professionalism, Department of Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine