Unit Policy
Title
Offices of Medical Student Education: Policy on Individualization Phase Committee Structure and Function
Introduction
Purpose
This Policy establishes the charge, composition and voting privileges of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ("University") School of Medicine ("SOM") Medical Doctorate ("MD") degree program's ("Program") Individualization Phase Committee ("IPC").
Scope
This Policy is applicable to Program faculty, staff and associated Phase Committee and Education Committee members responsible for and participating in review and evaluation initiatives for the Individualization Phase.
Policy
Policy Statement
The charge of the IPC is to monitor, evaluate, and modify operations and policies for the Individualization Phase to achieve Program competencies. The Director of the Individualization Phase is responsible for ensuring the seamless conduct of the IPC's administrative functions.
General Requirements
A Quorum must be present (i.e., in attendance either in-person or virtually) at an IPC meeting in order for the IPC to conduct committee business, (e.g., votes on particular issues, etc.). If an IPC member holds two (2) positions on the committee with voting privileges, the IPC member may only vote once on a given issue.
Membership and Composition
The IPC shall be comprised of the following members:
Voting Members (n = number of members)
- Phase Director (n = 1)
- Asheville Campus Director + an Asheville Campus faculty member (n = 2)
- Charlotte Campus Director + a Charlotte Campus faculty member (n = 2)
- Wilmington Campus Director + a Wilmington Campus faculty member (n = 2)
- Greensboro Site Director + a Greensboro Site faculty member (n = 2)
- Raleigh Site Director + a Raleigh Site faculty member (n = 2)
- Acting Internship Director (n = 1)
- Critical Care Director (n = 1)
- Social and Health Systems 5 Director (n = 1)
- Science of Medicine Director (n = 1)
- Transition to Residency Director (n = 1)
- Electives Director (n = 1)
- Neurology Director (n = 1)
- Student Representatives (n = 2 SOM Student Government Individualization Phase Officers)
Ex-Officio, Non-Voting Members
- Vice Dean for Educational Affairs
- Vice Dean for Strategic Initiatives
- Associate and Assistant Deans for Student Affairs
- Associate and Assistant Dean for Admissions
- Associate Dean for Curriculum
- Assistant Dean of Preclinical Curriculum
- Assistant Dean for Clinical Curriculum
- Senior Associate Dean for Medical Student Education
- Senior Director for Student Affairs
- Senior Director for Curricular Affairs
- Senior Director for Admissions
- Director of the Simulation, Experiential Learning, and Training (SET) Center
- Individualization Phase Campus and Site Coordinators
- Foundation Phase Director
- Application Phase Director
Definitions
Phase Committees: The three (3) standing curricular committees that represent the three phases of the TEC curriculum – Foundation Phase, Application Phase, and Individualization Phase, all of which report directly to the Education Committee.
Quorum: For the purposes of this Policy, a Quorum (i) is defined as fifty percent (50%) of the IPC members plus one (1) additional member and (ii) must include all voting members of the IPC or their designees.
Individualization Phase: The final thirteen (13) months of the Program’s curriculum dedicated to the completion of graduation requirements and electives tailored to a Student’s career interest, beginning in April and ending in April of the following year consisting of:
- Two (2) Acting Internships
- One (1) Critical Care Selective
- One (1) two-week Neurology Selective
- Three (3) Electives
- Two (2) Longitudinal Courses:
- Science of Medicine
- Social and Health Systems 5
- Transition to Residency (to be completed at the end of the phase)
Related Requirements
External Regulations
Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) Functions and Standards of a Medical School
- LCME 2.6: Functional Integration of Faculty
- LCME 4.6: Responsibilities of Education Program Policies
Contact Information
Primary Contact
Name: Heather Tarantino, Associate Dean of Curricular Affairs
Email: Heather_tarantino@med.unc.edu