UVA School of Medicine

Pre-Clerkship Leadership Committee

The Pre-clerkship Leadership Committee is responsible to the Curriculum Committee and Dean for effecting the goals, objectives and teaching responsibilities of the curriculum for each course; for maintaining an organized schedule of teaching activities, and for coordinating exams and evaluations. The Chair of the Pre-clerkship Leadership Committee is elected from and by the Leaders of the Foundations of Medicine; Cells, Tissues and Mechanisms of Disease; Social Issues in Medicine; Integrated Organ Systems, and Clinical Performance Development with the approval of the Curriculum Committee. Co-chairs from basic science and clinical disciplines are encouraged. Regular monthly meetings are scheduled and minutes are posted on the public Curriculum web site.  Chair terms rotate and are for three years.

Pre-Clerkship Committee

Cells to Society Leader
Foundations of Medicine Leaders
Cells, Tissues and Mechanisms of Disease Leaders
Assistant System Leader
Social Issues in Medicine Leader
Clinical Performance Development-1Leader(s)
Clinical Performance Development-2 Leader, ex-officio
Clinical Performance Development-3 (electives) Leader, ex-officio
Director MD/Ph.D. program, ex-officio
Students (1 each from pre-clerkship, clerkship, and post-clerkship periods)
Associate Dean for UME, ex-officio
Associate Dean for Medical Education Research and Instruction, ex-officio
College Dean Representative, ex-officio
Student Affairs Representative, ex-officio
Director of Education Technology Support, ex-officio

Current System Leaders

All Pre-Clerkship Committee members are expected to contribute to the Committee’s activities; attend at least 2/3 of regular meetings. Appointments are for three years, renewable terms.