Corporate Liaison Council Awards Selection Committee Annual Meeting Program Committee Undergraduate Medical Education Committee APGO/Wyeth-Ayerst Leadership Task Force CREOG and APGO Career Counseling Task Force APGO/Solvay Scholars Program Task Force Electronic Resources Committee APGO Interdisciplinary Women's Healthcare Education Committee Development Committee Finance and Audit Committee Nominating Committee Program Committee CUCOG Task Force Testing & Technology Task Force Joint Task Force APGO Surgical Scholars Task Force Undergraduate Medical Education Committee The APGO Undergraduate Medical Education Committee (UMEC) was established in 1965 and is a twelve-member committee that addresses issues of medical student education and faculty development in a changing health care environment.
The committee's many accomplishments are visible throughout the country as medical educators utilize the resources it develops and attend the meetings it plans. The UMEC produces teaching tools, organizes faculty development seminars and promotes innovative teaching methods for continued excellence in undergraduate medical education.
Call for Nominations for Committee Membership
Nomination Deadline June 15, 2011
APGO is currently accepting nominations for the APGO Undergraduate Medical Education Committee. There are currently three openings on the APGO UMEC. All nominations must be accompanied by a current curriculum vitae, teaching portfolio, and a letter (two page maximum) written by the nominee on why s/he wants to become a UMEC member. Two letters of support, one from a non-UMEC member and a second from the applicant’s department chair must be sent in support of the application. Detailed information on the APGO UMEC openings, including responsibilities and expectations of service, is available here and should be reviewed before submission.
All nominations must be submitted electronically to apgoadmin@apgo.org by June 15, 2011.
The committee looks for active participation in APGO meetings, programs and activities, as well as educational scholarship and leadership. The UMEC presents a list of candidates to the APGO president, who will make the membership appointment(s) prior to the Annual Meeting, when the official term of office begins.
The UMEC:
- Organizes educational programs at the annual Faculty Development Seminar and the CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting
- Authors and updates the Medical Student Educational Objectives, the APGO OB-GYN Student Logbook, the Essential Learning Objectives in Women's Health, Basic Science Prerequisites to a Clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Prerequisites to a Clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology: A Guide for Preclinical Educators, The Ob-Gyn Clerkship: Your Guide to Success, and the To the Point series (click here for a bibliography)
- Coordinates and manages project task forces that report to them;
- Participates in the Alliance for Clinical Education (ACE), a multidisciplinary group of undergraduate clinical teaching organizations;
- Develops educational materials for medical school faculty; and
- Develops online teaching and learning materials for medical students and faculty.
APGO Undergraduate Medical Education Committee
Chair
Nadine T. Katz, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
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Jodi F. Abbott, MD
Boston University School of Medicine
Petra M. Casey, MD
Mayo Medical School
Alice W. Chuang, MD
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
John L. Dalrymple, MD
University of California-Davis
Katrina R. Davis, MD
University of Arkansas for Medical Science
Lorraine Dugoff, MD
University of Colorado
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Nancy A. Hueppchen, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Francis S. Nuthalapaty, MD
University of South Carolina-Greenville
Archana Pradhan, MD, MPH
UMDNJ- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
ACOOG Ex-Officio
Joseph M. Kaczmarczyk, DO, MPH
Uniformed Services University
APOG Representative
Amie Cullimore, MD
McMaster University
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