The other objective defines 13 core competencies expected of all MUSC graduates, and its target dates are all July 1, 1999. Chris Fredericks, Ph.D., chairs the group performing this review. The group is studying the various university activities comprising each of these areas and will report its findings and make recommendations to MUSC provost Ray Greenberg, M.D., Ph.D., by the end of the summer. The committee also believed that all clinical sites should provide educational and research opportunities. The flexibility of the plan has been exercised by charging one committee with all these responsibilities.
Members represent all six colleges and the education, research, and clinical service missions.
Jan Bellack, Ph.D., associate provost for education, chairs the Clinical Sites Coordinating Committee. A database of all academic-community partnerships and activities is in development by the committee, and the clinical sites information will be incorporated therein. Bellack also chairs the new Educational Infrastructure Committee. This committee will implement a mechanism for regular assessment, maintenance, upgrade, and capital improvement of the entire educational infrastructure. A number of old committees have been superseded by this group, thus improving the efficiency of the committee structure.