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Scholarship Consensus Conferenceclass average, and class standard deviation in eachsubject so students know where they stand withrespect to their peers. This subject tracking is especiallyimportant for subjects, such as pathology,pharmacology, and genetics, spread across multipleblocks. The hope is that students will use the informationto gauge their strengths and weakness inthese subjects and appropriately seek help and alsofocus their preparation for USMLE step I. At somepoint, we may require remediation for studentswho fall below 70 percent in a subject. The trackingprocess incidentally yields information about therelative degree of difficulty of the various subjectsand the number of questions asked for each.Standing CommitteesCommittee/RoleEssential Core Course Committee (ECCC)Member, 2002–presentChair, fall 2004–presentEC Steering CommitteeEx-Officio member 2004–presentCommittee for Curriculum and EducationalPolicy (CCEP)Ex-Officio member, 2004–present,1999–2001,School of Medicine Admissions CommitteeMember, 1997–2000, 2004–2005Overview of Committee ActivitiesThis committee meets monthly to discuss issues that affect multiple EC blocksand to share results of curricular and administrative innovations. I work closelywith Dr. Helen Loeser, associate dean for academic affairs, and Dr. RamuNagappan, curriculum coordinator, on the steerage of this committee.This committee meets monthly to set policy for Essential Core courses. Dr.Manny Pardo, the chair of this committee, and Drs. Loeser and Nagappanand I work together to balance the work of this committee and its sister,the ECCC committee.Parent committee for the medical curriculum. It sets policy and reviewscurricular progress. I update CCEP on ECCC progress.This committee selects the incoming medical student class. I rejoined thiscommittee and served on Panel 2, which is run by Dr. Leslie Zimmerman.[Editor’s note: Five additional committee/roles presented in actual portfolio.]Ad Hoc CommitteesCommittee/RoleThe Exam Data Banking Working GroupChair, spring and summer 2004The Faculty–Administrator SupportWorking GroupChair, spring and summer 2004Overview of Committee ActivitiesThis subcommittee of the ECCC worked on a plan to make EC block examssecure (i.e., not release them to students), designed a database to house examquestions and made plans to improve self-assessments. Key members includedDrs. Wade Smith and Manny Pardo.This subcommittee of the ECCC explored means of reducing the stressfulheavy administrative load on EC directors and administrators. Several initiativesdeveloped by this group have been adopted. Key members included Dr.Helen Loeser, Dr. Katherine Hyland, Dr. Tracy Fulton, Lloyda French, andCindy Irvine.[Editor’s note: Four additional ad hoc committees presented in actual portfolio.]21Association of American Medical Colleges, 2007