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Faculty Council Meeting & Town Hall Faculty Council Meeting & Town Hall May 23, 2018 Agenda Section I – VP-Dean David Eidelman 1. Welcoming remarks 2. Approval of agenda 3. In memoriam Section II –David Eidelman 4. Report from the Steering Committee 5. Consent agenda (FC minutes, Report from Nominating Committee) 6. Business arising / Dean’s update (Space, FC elections, UGME language requirements, Provisional Dept. of Emergency Medicine ) Section III 7. Ophthalmology Name Change, Dr. Leonard Levin 8. Community Health and Social Medicine Incubator (CHASM), Julie De Meulemeester, Kacper Niburski, David-Dan Nguyen, Gordon Best 9. Stem Cell Research Initiative, Dr. Michel Tremblay Section IV 10. Project Renaissance: Academic Affairs Strategic Plan, Vice-Dean Mara Ludwig 11. State of the Faculty, David Eidelman Section V 12. Kudos, David Eidelman Section VI Open session/Town Hall In Memoriam Fiona Key, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry * Philip H. Gordon, Professor, Surgery and Oncology * Hervé Le Moual, Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology * Herta Guttman, Professor Emerita, Psychiatry * Renu Khullar, Assistant Professor, Family Medicine * Fran Jorgensen, Administrative Officer, Oncology * Report from Steering Committee At its May 23 meeting, the Steering Committee: • Approved the Feb. 28 Faculty Council (FC) minutes (now online) – Note: Delegate to represent Postdocs still pending • Proposed two motions related to FC membership – Staggered membership renewal – New attendance requirement • Committed to ensure the FC agenda represents topics of strategic import requiring FC input – To this end, in light of concerns expressed regarding language requirements for the undergraduate medical program since the Feb. 28 FC meeting, this topic will be again discussed today • Approved today’s agenda Consent Agenda • Faculty Council Feb. 28 minutes – Link was sent to FC members and Faculty at-large following Feb. 28 meeting – http://www.mcgill.ca/medicine/about/governance/faculty- council/meetings-minutes • Report from the Nominating Committee – Link was sent to FC members and Faculty at-large prior to this meeting – http://www.mcgill.ca/medicine/about/governance/faculty- council/meetings-minutes Business Arising • Project Renaissance: Space • Faculty Council membership & elections • Revised Undergraduate Medical Education language requirement • Provisional Department of Emergency Medicine Toward a Health Sciences Faculty • On the topic of space • Powell Building • Strathcona • Duff • 688 Sherbrooke • 5100 de Maisonneuve • McIntyre classrooms • Family Medicine FC Membership & Elections New Membership Requirement • MOTION: − All Faculty Council members are expected to attend as many meetings as possible in any given year. − Attendance is recorded and members who miss three (3) consecutive meetings in a given year will be asked to step down, and their department or unit will elect a replacement. − In the case of absences due to extenuating circumstances, members should name delegates to ensure representation from their unit 9 Revised Undergraduate Medical Education Language Policy . MDCM Program Committee recently revised language policy to require verification of language skills (English and French) as an admission pre-requisite . To apply to both the Montreal campus and future Campus Médical Outaouais (for their respective languages of instruction and clinical practice) Background • Bilingualism was required by start of Clerkship; since 2012 necessary in Year 1 due to early clinical exposure. • McGill clinical sites are formally Bilingual or Francophone • Patient safety concerns, equitable learner access to all clinical sites • MDCM curriculum aligned with CanMEDs roles: Communicator • On Montreal campus, with past lack of admission requirement, not all students self-identify as comfortable in French by Clerkship Recommended Approach • Candidates to prove proficiency as follows: – Demonstrate 1 year of secondary or post-secondary study at an institution in that language; or – Complete Medicine Interview (MMI) in the target language – If no proof for both languages, they will require a verification test in person on the interview day In-person Language Verification • Admissions proposes working with language experts in Continuing Studies to develop this test (French and English versions) focusing on functional oral communication • Ensure this is aligned with national/international language assessment standards such as Canadian Language Benchmarks, Common European Reference Framework Action Plan • Pilot test for 2019 cycle with admitted students (no students refused) • Use data to validate testing tool, provide formative feedback and course recommendations to admitted students • Implement requirement for 2020 cycle (all admitted students will have functional English and French) • Monitor results and adjust thresholds and methods; continuous quality improvement More Business Arising • Provisional Department of Emergency Medicine • Approved by Senate last week 15 Request to Change the Name of the Department of Ophthalmology Leonard A. Levin, MD, PhD Chair, Department of Ophthalmology What? The Department of Ophthalmology requests that its name be changed to: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences Why? • The “Visual Sciences” addition recognizes our large research component which is not tied to clinical ophthalmology, but is tied to vision research • Recognition of this joint mission would: – Help in improving our culture of collaboration between clinicians and scientists – Assist in unifying the department – Aid in recruitment, funding, and attracting students Why? • Many leading departments in Canada use that name – University of Toronto - Department of Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences – University of British Columbia - Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences – Dalhousie University - Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences – University of Alberta - Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences Why? • Many leading departments in the U A use that name University of Wisconsin, Yale University, University of Michigan, University of Iowa, Washington University at St. Louis, Vanderbilt University, University of Chicago, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, and many more Who? • Suggested, discussed, and passed at our Strategic Research Retreat • Discussed and passed by our Executive Committee • Discussed and passed at our General Faculty Meeting • Discussed and passed by the Deanery Executive Committee Questions? Community Health and Social Medicine (CHASM) Incubator Gordon Best, MDCM 2 Koray Demir, MDCM 4 Julie De Meulemeester, MDCM 1 Kacper Niburski, MDCM 1 David-Dan Nguyen, MDCM 1 “I have to choose between eating or my period.” What is the future of medical education? Can community work be innovative? Which skills can equip physicians for social entrepreneurship? “Lack of resources… to create and nurture such partnerships” - Faculty Council Minutes, Dec 2017 “... sharp corrections are needed, particularly in innovative performance” - Naylor Report, 2017 Project Renaissance Goal 1 Goal 2 Goal 3 Learning-centered Interdisciplinary Educational approaches approaches research CHASM Models Traditional Funding Mentorship CHASM Information Informative Community Curriculum User Designed Figure 1. CHASM structure Figure 2. User-designed curriculum Community Health as Innovation ● Future of care is local ● Montreal-based problems with Montreal-based solutions ● Curriculum builds on social accountability, entrepreneurship, and project development ● Iterative design: evaluation and implementation same Figure 3. CHASM design process time; novel method First of its Kind ● Empowering students to enact June 2017 change CHASM Founded ● Interprofessional approach to Sept 2017 community health Staff Chosen ● Multidisciplinary skills acquired Jan 2018 ● New frontier for service learning 3 Projects Chosen ● Unique combination of the best Mar 2018 of startup culture and SOC Fund community health May 2018 Faculty Council Figure 2. CHASM rough timeline CHASM’s Partners ● Promoting global health at ● Advancing the Social the local level Accountability and ● Guidance, funding, and Community Engagement access to opportunities Office’s objectives ● Guidance and mentorship CHASM in Numbers workshops8 projects3 mentors22 3000funding Necessary Elements ● Projects that are diverse, accessible, relevant ● That focus on historically SYBS marginalized populations ● That can create health outcomes both small scale and large CATCH ● That are welcomed by the MD community, and can be continued by them Figure 4. Impact matrix from curriculum doc Current Projects ● HPV clinics for ● Mentorship ● Monthly womanly disadvantaged programs for POC products for women ● Partnered with homeless women ● Transition year two city high ● Much publicity and schools numerous charities Supporting Young Black Students (SYBS) ● Launched by Lashanda Skerritt (Med 2) and Clement Belanger Bishinga (Med 2) ● Working on funnel program with two high schools in Montreal ● Partnered with Explore! Careers in Health, securing spots for POCs ● Expanded mentorship team to ten students in Montreal ● Hosted two events, planning four Figure 5. SYBS featured at the CFMS more Community Ambassadors to Conquer HPV (CATCH) ● Launched by Claudele Brault (Med 4) and Avina de Simone (Med 4) ● Partnered with Montreal clinic providing HPV shots free of charge ● Working on webapp for calendar clinic ● Hosted a spin cycle event to raise further funds Figure 6. CATCH recruitment poster Monthly Dignity
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