College Of Medicine
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urbana UMSLE II scores were 3 pts below the national mean; but we have a small sample size, and there were issues with Sylvan Testing Center

only 6 seniors completed the annual report

OSCE is not supported by the AMA

discussion of placing certification for ACLS some place in the M3/4 curriculum

exchange program to Kenya

professionalism: there are no guidelines or consequences - definitely need improvement

administration provided a time line of events justifying the length of time

students still have concerns about communication or lack thereof

more standardized rescoring policy is being discussed

want the M1's to be able to attend the MSP research symposium, but need to deal with scheduling issues

Pig lab: Dr. Best is interested in alternatives and says there will be a stronger notice in next year's physio curriculum

presented UMSG letter expressing our concerns regarding the impact of instability of the local healthcare market on COM clinical instruction; a copy of this letter can be found at http://www.med.uiuc.edu/studorg/umsg/archive/111102execcommletter.htm

letter was well received and they confirmed the fact that this is a very large issue

Dr. Schwartz to meet wtih UMSG at a later date

newly formed committee looking for student representatives

Rudy Kink (M4), Mary Gorman (M3) and Dipesh Navsaria (M2) will represent their classes

Planned for the Monday evening after the first spring anatomy skills exam

Sal Naidu is organizing and collecting donations

Tentatively the weekend of March 14/15

Anisha Shetty will find a chairperson, lest she fill the position

Profit $407.50 is much less than expected because we needed to purchase a new lot of window decals.

We need to raise more money for the formal by (1) selling all the window decals or (2) making a larger than usual profit from the spring sale

PLEASE BUY A WINDOW DECAL!!