Minutes 11/10/98

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By: Brian Keegan (1st Year Vice-President)


Present:                                                                         

Greg Evangalista		Doug Gauld		Mike Wein		Lee Smith

Evelyn Ha		Dave Hu			Manish Parikh		Ben Hamar

Nicole Hindman		Eric Silver		Deb Klugewicz		Ethan Cowan		

Tom Garvey		Brian Keegan		Juan Rodriguez		Jess Heller

Dave Poppers		Jeremy Poppers		Demetre Daskalakis

                                                          

Not Present: (*Excused)

Sarita Kaza		*Margaret Chou

Class Announcements

Class of 1999
People are stressed out getting ready for interviews. In reference to interviews, the question has been raised about how much of a rotation an individual can miss and still get credit? Demetre will be looking into this.

Class of 2000
Class meeting rescheduled for Nov. 30th without Dean Glickman.
Switch party at cheetah went well.
Surgery at North Shore was cancelled Monday Nov. 9th. This was based on personal anecdotes and rotation reviews. At this time it is not anticipated to effect the summer surgery program.
The clinical sub-committee of the Curriculum Committee met to discuss which standardized cases or patients needed to be seen during a rotation. This is in reference to a mandate by the LCME.

Class of 2001
Diagnostic equipment sale went well.
Holiday dinner is scheduled for Dec. 4th 9pm-1am.
Boards applications are now available.
DVD and new VCR should be bolted down on Wed. Nov. 11th. Pool table is being resurfaced.

Class of 2002
Changes to the "Address Book" were not accepted it was too late.
Pancake dinner… …Nothing official yet.

MD/PhD

Old Business:

Study Space: Study Space in Alumni C set to open next Friday. They are still waiting on the study carrels.
Students should not leave doors in Coles building propped open.

The Directory: The final copy of the student directory is just about ready to be sent to the print shop and should be ready for distribution within a week or two.

New Business:

OSR Conference Update:

Preview of Boards- 4th year representatives say it looks very comparable to old paper-pencil version
ERAS (Electronic Residency Application Service)- They are adding more specialties next year. This appears to be the wave of the future and should include most specialties soon. There is a very positive response from the residency coordinators. NYU support team for this is very strong. Note: This program is only available on PC not Macs.
MEDcareers (a career pathways survey program)- is now officially AMA-AAMC and is being piloted at 7 schools.
Draw the Line- a program about student abuse got excellent reviews at the meeting and may be expanded nationally (congratulations Demetre)
A transitions conference between 2nd-3rd year was presented. This may be something for NYU to try.
Eric and others discussed reinstating CORE with Dr. Bishoff
The Physical Diagnosis course will be reworked soon.

Minutes: By a vote of 12-0-1 (for, against, abstain) it was decided that on Tuesday evenings, following student council meetings, an e-mail will be sent (by the Student Council President) to all four classes. The e-mail will open with a brief "unofficial synopsis" of major issues of that week. Concepts for the "unofficial synopsis" will be composed by the Student Council President at the closure of the meeting and approved by Student Council. Following that will be the previous week's minutes, approved by the Student Council. This document will be addressed "Student Council Minutes" to enable students to screen their e-mail. Finally, a tentative agenda for the next week will be sent to the student body by the Student Council President on the day before each Council Meeting with the disclosure that the agenda may change.

Tabled due to time:

Tom's by-law Amendment proposal (spending authorization)
Mental Status
Eric's by-law Amendment proposal(student representatives)

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