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Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Curriculum & Student Affairs Committee
Minutes of February 15, 2002 Meeting
Present: Ball, Boissonnault, Bowers, Gilchrist, Johnson, Krouse, Spear (Chair), Thompson, Zahner
Approved minutes of January 18, 2002 meeting.
Dean Katharyn May met with the committee to discuss her experience with interdisciplinary
health sciences education at the University of British Columbia—where
they have “faculties” instead of schools or colleges—and to
discuss her vision for such activities at UW
--Nursing was in the faculty of applied science for many years at UBC
--Interdisciplinary health sciences building was built there in the early 70’s—constructed
to drive interdisciplinary faculty process; called the IRC—Instructional
Resource Centre
--Obtained funding for interdisciplinary activities coordinator of health sciences—initially
a half-time position; person was housed in the IRC; central contact point; chaired
the interdisciplinary committee; served as a champion for this curriculum with
an administrative title; had a small budget and responsibilities for coordinating
interdisciplinary activities; this individual had the power of influence more
than actual control over curriculum
--Standing committees were responsible for the curriculum and the facility at
UBC
--There was a combined graduate student association for medicine, nursing, pharmacy
and other graduate students at UBC, not separate entities
--Health sciences council—consisted of the heads of programs at UBC; sought
to incentivise faculty; dusted off courses that had been interdisciplinary in
the past and created new ones:
----Health care ethics course—old course
----Course on AIDS research, education and care—new
----Professional/patient/society course—new
----Health policy course—new
--Time intensive, but felt to be valuable; all were elective except for P/P/S
course, which was mandatory for medical students
--Lots of social activities conducted by and for students; professional poster
sessions were held by health sciences students association; distinguished student
lecture given each semester; lecture series also existed that was under control
of students
--Health care team competition each year—included a faculty volunteer
mentor; teams developed interdisciplinary plan of care for practice case studies;
four teams of nursing, pharmacy, medical and allied health students each competed
to develop care plans in 15 minutes; seen as effective in bringing these groups
together
--Eventually developed academic structure—college of health professions
at UBC; a virtual college; other virtual colleges existed on that campus; interdisciplinary
activities of faculty were related to that college—stood for something
of value with tenure committees
Ideas from Dean May for UW-Madison:
--New HSLC building can be seen as a catalyst
--Accreditation in the future will require more evidence of interdisciplinary
activities
--Committee should work to pressure units to protect a 2-hour space each week
for interdisciplinary committee activities as well as interdisciplinary courses
--Medical students wanting AIDS course at UBC drove timetable developers there;
clinical rotations as another option for stimulating such activity at UW
--Coordinator role—instructional specialist (academic staff) vs. faculty
person supported by other schools; could be a rotating position every 2-3 years
if we decide to go the faculty route
--This committee could take a leadership role regarding programmatic activities
in the HSLC; what can we do with the open spaces to encourage an interdisciplinary
perspective?
--Need student representation regarding programmatic use of HSLC
--Get deans and associate deans in a room with members of this committee (with
medical foundation representatives) to present demands: timetable accountability;
interdisciplinary courses; council to run the HSLC; faculty level position with
support who reports to the provost
--This committee should serve as the “midwife” to give birth to
the plan
--Talk of a “fifth division” at UW but apparently not happening
anytime soon
--Invite John Gilbert from UBC to come meet with people on this campus
--Development of MPH degree program will have interdisciplinary connections
IHSC web-site—planned to meet with Andrea Ball, Barbara Bowers and Susan Zahner to discuss before the next committee meeting
The next meeting will be March 15th in Rennebohm Hall Room 1042.
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Agenda for March IHS Committee Meeting
Rennebohm Hall, Room 1042
8-9:30 AM, Friday, March 15, 2002
1. Approval of Minutes from 2/15/02 meeting
2. Nancy Diekelmann: invited to discuss new course focusing on teacher preparation
in nursing education; she’s seeking the committee’s support for
a name change for the course to reflect the “constitutive interdisciplinary”
nature of health professions education
3. Follow-up on February discussion about the HSLC
4. Discuss formulation of blood-borne pathogen disease work-group
5. Develop specific content and approach of initial message to be promulgated
on proposed interdisciplinary listserve
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