BSGP - Final APR Action Plan.pdf

3 Centralized data tracking is an issue that
emerged in several discussions. Tracking of
current BSGP students as well as program
graduates would significantly aid in the
development of competitive training grants
4 The BSGP Steering Committee (SC) could be
better utilized. Based on input to the review
committee, two recommendations seem
warranted. This group should continue to work
on developing a sense of program identity (in
addition to departmental identity) for BSGP
students. Second, they might profitably direct
more attention to regular program evaluation,
data tracking of individual students, and
utilizing more formal reviews of teaching
effectiveness and course coverage. Greater use
of subcommittees might be an effective
mechanism towards achieving these goals (e.g.,
Recruitment Subcommittee, Admissions
Subcommittee, and Curriculum Subcommittee).
5 Based on input from several sources, greater
budgetary autonomy and authority for the
Program Director would be helpful.
Current student tracking is done using an Access
Database managed by the BSGP administrative team.
A faculty subcommittee has been established to
review all student progress on an annual basis and
issue letters of progress to both students and mentors.
We will also explore long-term graduate tracking
through existing assessment and outcomes tracking
programs for medical students
We will be examining the possibility of an expanded
role of the BSGP SC in curriculum changes, faculty
directorships and other areas. The Medical School
Steering Committee is a potential model.
The BSGP steering committee unilaterally rejected the
recommendation to have an admissions subcommittee.
However, subcommittees are regularly used to address
specific needs such as the development of a strategic
plan, administration of the qualifying exam,
curriculum revision, etc.
The BSGP program is a unit within the Office of
Research. The Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies
reports to the Senior Associate Dean for Research
who oversees the Office of Research. This has served
many advantages to the BSGP program over the
years, as pointed out by the reviewers. The budget for
the BSGP is established each year with requests being
made to the Dean and a budget established. During the
budget process, the budget is directly allocated to the
BSGP, its staff, expenses, travel and other costs.
Purchases and direct expenditures are made directly
by the program manager with approval from the
Program Director (Asst. Dean for Graduate Studies).
The Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies will review
the budget on a quarterly basis with the Senior
Associate Dean to make sure that over-expenditures
do not occur. There is the opportunity to receive
Faculty
Subcommittee
and BSGP
Staff
Faculty
Steering
Committee
Drs. Roth,
Larson,
Valenzuela
and
Wandinger-
Ness, Cindy
Brindley and
Ignacio Ortiz
Annually, 2007
already
complete
N/A
Quarterly
Letters were sent
out to each
BSGP student
commending
those that were
up-to-date and
on track, and
informing those
that were not of
what they were
lacking.
BSGP Action Plan in Response to APR – Meeting with BSGP and Provost’s Office to be held Tuesday, September 18, 2007 in Scholes Hall 246, 9:30-11:30am 6