Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Curriculum and Student Affairs Committee

	Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Curriculum and Student Affairs Committee

Present: Ball, Boissonnault, Bowers, Johnson, Kanous, Kirchhoff, Noack, Spear (Chair), Thompson, Zahner

Nancy Diekelmann—lecturer in the School of Nursing—met with the committee to discuss her interest in research on nursing education; how do teachers teach and learners learn?—specifically as these questions apply to nursing
--Practice-based curriculum initially; teaching preparation issues—only seven schools on campus have formal courses in teaching
--Need to present the science of education in the health sciences—practice education that is based in the needs of the health sciences

“Narrative pedagogies”—difference in classroom and clinical approaches; outcomes or competency approaches

Outcomes approach—what goes into the course; how do you decide what to leave out or never teach? “Critique the exam instead of taking this exam”

Feminist pedagogies—communities we create in teaching; teaching by sharing stories; ask students to write their stories; students don’t have a clue what teachers do

Course name change in nursing education course; cross-list and co-teach with others
Prospective course attendees—graduate students, teachers, preceptors, fellows, post-docs
Issues—instruction, curriculum development, clinical instruction, practica; clinical teaching is often by examples

Nancy’s looking for a grant for this work
Interest in cross-listing this course—letter of support would be needed from this committee; might suggest that Nancy write a draft of what such a letter would need to state for the committee to review and approve

Barbara Bowers—interest in peer evaluation in nursing; sort of a faculty development issue; UW teaching academy as a resource; needs to be discipline-focused as well
New pedagogies—how is testing related to knowledge? Valid and reliable test created on a subjective experience; reaching the limits of memorization
New focus on teaching the discipline at Stanford

Cindy Haq’s international health committee is moving forward; cluster hire around global/international health was approved; house new faculty members in HSLC

Health Sciences Libraries web site:
Interdisciplinary health sciences education—offers the following potential uses
? IHSC Committee—mission and members
? Examples of Interdisciplinary health sciences programs and courses—UW courses, including Patti Brennan’s; Univ. of British Columbia and others
? Interdisciplinary resources—journal articles, books, other sites, course materials
? Listserve for interdisciplinary health sciences education discussion and support housed on HSL website

IHSC web-site and listserve—planned to meet with Andrea Ball, Barbara Bowers and Susan Zahner to discuss before the next committee meeting

Task force meeting regarding health science student infected with HIV/HBV—how should the Lexington Report play on this campus?

Future agenda—HSLC specifics, course on interdisciplinary models of care; timetable issues; formal leader of interdisciplinary education in the health sciences

Agenda for April IHS Committee Meeting
Rennebohm Hall, Room 1042
8-9:30 AM, Friday, April 19, 2002

1. Approval of Minutes from 3/15/02 meeting
2. Follow-up on February discussion about the HSLC
3. Discuss formulation of blood-borne pathogen disease work-group
4. Develop specific content and approach of initial message to be promulgated on proposed interdisciplinary listserve

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