Dr. Galofr mentioned that the Dean has a personal interest in promoting professionalism. He described Dr. Willman's efforts to include the faculty when the code of professional conduct was drafted. The LCME is putting new emphasis on educational objectives and the methods used to show that the stated educational objectives are achieved. Educational objectives are one way to evaluate that curriculum that doesn't require student input. Once put into place, well-written objectives become easy an tool for assessing how well the MD Program is doing.
Objectives also help the students prepare for exactly what the course director expects.
Dr. Mootz strongly recommended a classic book on educational objectives by R. Mager, he has found extremely useful. Ms. Stuetzer has distributed a manual on writing objectives to the Phase Directors, and has met with each Phase committee. The goal is to have most of the objectives for the courses, as required by the LCME, completed by March. She encouraged the members to contact her for assistance with this task. According to the LCME standards, residents must be prepared for their role as teachers.