Faculty Curriculum Committee and Subcommittees
Faculty Curriculum Committee
Meeting Information
When: Fourth Wednesday of the month, 4 p.m.
Where: 260 White Hall, Medical Education Conference Room, unless otherwise notified.
- Committee Purpose
The Faculty Curriculum Committee shall have jurisdiction on all matters directly pertinent to the curriculum of the School of Medicine including, but not limited to, program objectives, process, implementation integration, coordination and evaluation.
- Committee Membership
- The Faculty Curriculum Committee shall be composed of:
a. Four members elected by the faculty, two of which should be from a basic science department.
b. Three department chairs elected by the Executive Committee, one of which should be a chair of a basic science department.
c. The FCC sub-committee chairs
d. One student academic representative, elected from each class with one vote per class (total of four student votes).
e. An additional student who is participating in a dual degree program.
f. The following will serve as ex-officio nonvoting members: the Associate Dean for Medical Education, the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, and the Associate Dean for Accreditation and Quality Improvement. - The dean of medicine shall designate one member of the Faculty Curriculum Committee to become the chair of the committee.
- Elected positions to the Faculty Curriculum Committee shall have a term of three years, except that the student representatives shall have one-year terms. One-third of the elective positions shall be filled annually.
- Appointed positions shall have a term of one year.
- The Faculty Curriculum Committee shall be composed of:
- Quorum
A quorum at any regular or special meeting of the Faculty Curriculum Committee shall be at least nine members. The majority of the quorum must be faculty.
- Subcommittees
Ad hoc correlative or special interest subcommittees shall be created by the Faculty Curriculum Committee as the need arises. The recommendations of these ad hoc subcommittees shall be directed to the Faculty Curriculum Committee for review and action.
- Proposals for Curriculum Changes
Proposals for major changes in curriculum policy and design as defined by the Faculty Curriculum Committee must be ratified by a majority of faculty members present at a regularly scheduled faculty meeting.
Source: Bylaws of the Faculty of Medicine, Article V, Section 6.
Agenda & Minutes
- FCC Agenda and Minutes on BAMS
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Members
Meeting Coordinator
Lynn Compton
Medical Education
(937) 775-2161
FCC Listserv
Please use the FCC Listserv to communicate with ALL FCC members: bsom-fcc@wright.edu
| Member | Category | Term Ends June 30 |
|---|---|---|
| Joanna Anderson, MLIS | Library Representative** | --- |
| Jay Bernstein, M.D. | Vice Chair of Doctoring** | --- |
| Eric Bennett, Ph.D. | Executive Committee – elected, basic science | 2025 |
| Titus Chu, M.D. | Faculty-elected, clinical | 2025 |
| Khalid Elased, RPh, PharmD, Ph.D. | Faculty -elected, basic science | 2024 |
| John Folk, M.D., Ed.D. | Associate Dean of Medical Education** | --- |
| Harminder Grewal, MBBS | Executive Committee – elected | 2026 |
| Stephanie Johnson, M.D. | Foundations Subcommittee | 2025 |
| Lisa Journell, Ed.D. | Assessment & Evaluation Subcommittee | --- |
| Miri Lader, M.D. | Associate Dean of Student Affairs** | --- |
| Jennifer Lee, D.O. | Faculty-elected, clinical | 2025 |
| Cassandra Milling, M.D. | Doctoring Subcommittee | 2024 |
| John Needles, MIS | MedIT — Medical Education** |
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|
| Marietta Orlowski, Ph.D., Chair | Executive Committee-elected, basic science | 2024 |
| Chasity O’Malley, Ph.D. | Vice Chair of Foundations ** | -- |
| Michael Schmidt, Ph.D. | Faculty -elected, basic science | 2025 |
| Amber Todd, Ph.D. | Associate Dean for Accreditation and Quality Improvement** | --- |
| Student Academic Representative 2nd Year |
2027 | |
| Francesca Savona | Student Academic Representative 3rd Year |
2026 |
| Carson Clark | Student Academic Representative 4th Year |
2025 |
| Kristen Waters | Dual Degree Student Representative | 2025 |
(**) Not a voting member
(*) Student Voting Policies:
- At the beginning of each FCC meeting, the voting member from each class will be identified to the chair.
- *Each class receives a maximum of one vote per class. Dual Degree Reps receive one vote.
- If there are no representatives present from a particular class, there is no vote for that class (i.e. if there are three 2nd years and no 1st years, one of the 2nd years cannot vote for the absent 1st years.)
Course Evaluation Process
Subcommittee Membership
Foundations Subcommittee
The Foundations Subcommittee is co-chaired by the Vice Chair of Foundations and a module director. The FCC chair(s) shall designate one of the Foundations module directors as the co-chair of the subcommittee for a two-year term, renewable once.
Membership is composed of:
- Module directors, with one vote per module
- If module directors cannot be in attendance, a representative faculty member from the course’s steering committee should be present
- Student academic representatives for Years 1 and 2 Students, with one vote per class
- Dual Degree Rep votes with their corresponding matriculating class
- Associate and Assistant Deans from Student Affairs, with one vote
- Associate and Assistant Deans from Medical Education, with one vote
- Administrative staff from Medical Education and Student Affairs, without vote
Doctoring Subcommittee
The Doctoring Subcommittee is co-chaired by the Vice Chair of Doctoring and a clerkship director. The FCC chair(s) shall designate one of the Doctoring clerkship directors as the co-chair of the subcommittee for a two-year term, renewable once.
Membership is composed of:
- Clerkships directors with one vote per clerkship
- If clerkship directors cannot be in attendance, a representative faculty member from the clerkship’s steering committee should be present
- Student academic representatives for Years 3 and 4 Students, with one vote per class
- Dual Degree Rep votes with their corresponding graduating class.
- Associate and Assistant Deans from Student Affairs, with one vote
- Associate and Assistant Deans from Medical Education, with one vote
- Student Coordinator Representative, selected by the subcommittee chair, without vote
- Administrative Staff from Medical Education and Student Affairs, without vote
Assessment & Evaluation Subcommittee
The Assessment & Evaluation Subcommittee is chaired by the Director of Assessment & Evaluation.
Membership is composed of:
- Director of Assessment & Evaluation, chair, with one vote
- Assessment & Evaluation Coordinator, with one vote
- Director of Research Statistics, with one vote
- Associate and Assistant Deans from Medical Education, with one vote
- 2-3 Representatives from Foundations phase, with one vote each
- Selected by the subcommittee chair (minimum of one module director)
- 2-3 Representatives from Doctoring phase, with one vote each
- Selected by the subcommittee chair (minimum of one clerkship director)
- Student representative from each class, with one vote per class
- Selected by the subcommittee chair
Approved by FCC 7/27/22
