Essential Core Course Administrators

The Essential Core curriculum would not be where it is today without its course administrators' providing vital behind-the-scenes support to our faculty.

Communication and shared best practices among course administrators have helped make our curriculum particularly successful.

• Current Course Administrators
• Course Administrator Resources
  • Attendance
  • Exams
  • Midpoint Feedback
  • Syllabus
  • Classroom Scheduling
  • Audio/Visual
  • HIPAA/Patient Interviews
  • Calendars
  • Other
  • Useful Websites
• Quarterly Meetings

Current Course Administrators

• Charlie DeVries (FPC Year 1)
• Julie French (CBB - EEBM)
• Lloyda French (Organs, M&N)
• Deborah Hickman (BMB - Neurology)
• Minerva Lee (M&N - Biochemistry/Medicine, CBB - Biochemistry/Genetics)
• Julie Lindow (Life Cycle - Ob/Gyn)
• Michelle Liu (Prologue - Anatomy, BMB - Anatomy)
• Brandy Lopez (I-3 - Microbiology)
• Beverly McGehee (BMB - Psychiatry)
• Gloria Medina (Organs - Physiology)
• Kathy Pfeiffer (FPC Year 2)
• Melissa Salonga (Prologue - Pharmacology, Life Cycle - Pharmacology)
• Diana Sanchez (Life Cycle/Epilogue)
• Torrick Taylor (Life Cycle/Epilogue - Pathology)
• Daniel Valle (I-3 - Immunology)

OCA, OET, Registrar's contact list

Course Administrator Resources
(unless otherwise stated)

Attendance

• How to track absences using the Excel spreadsheet
• Absence-tracking flowchart
• Map of the small-group attendance sheet drop-box
• Absence policy - online (full text; highlights)

Exams

• Subject tracking guidelines
• Exam scanning procedures
• Exam-viewing policy (Powerpoint slide)
  Formatting and Submitting Student Self-Assessments

Midpoint Feedback

• Introduction
• Instructions on the Midpoint Feedback process

Syllabus

• Styles
• Template (compressed file)

Classroom Scheduling

• Classroom reservation request form
• Classroom attributes

Audio/Visual

• iPod recording instructions

HIPAA/Patient Interviews

• HIPAA Powerpoint slide
• Patient information release form
• Sample Powerpoint presentation on patient interview do's/don't's

Calendars

• Academic year planning guide (AKA the "banner" calendar) -
  2006-07; 2007-08
• EC color calendars, 2007-08 - Year I; Year II

Other

• EC faculty/staff grid

Useful Websites

• Classrooms (includes attributes, availability, and links for other reservations)
• Course forms (for adding, deleting, or changing a course)
• Tutorial on completing course forms
• UCSF course catalogue

Quarterly Meetings

Administrators meet every three to four months to touch base on course logistics. This is the time to share best practices and to address any issues pertaining to managing the administrative aspect of the courses.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Friday, May 5, 2006
Thursday, January 5, 2006