College of Medicine Committees

Medical Student Curriculum Committee (MSCC)

The Medical Student Curriculum Committee ensures that students in the Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree learn the requisite knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors to progress to residency training. The committee functions in accordance with the LCME Standard 8.1 mandate that “an institutional body (e.g., a faculty committee) oversees the medical education program as a whole and has responsibility for the overall design, management, integration, evaluation, and enhancement of a coherent and coordinated curriculum.” 

Biomedical Education Curriculum Committee (BECC)

The Biomedical Education Curriculum Committee ensures that proposed College of Medicine-led courses and programs at the graduate (PhD and Master's) and undergraduate level are appropriate in content for the discipline and level involved; that the courses and programs fit with college and university needs, and that course management and evaluation are appropriately addressed.
 

Student Progress and Promotion Committee (SPPC)

The Student Progress and Promotions Committee (SPPC) is a faculty committee charged with monitoring student progress from matriculation to graduation.  The committee regularly evaluates each student’s development to assure that students graduating from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree program have the necessary knowledge, skills, demeanor, and ethical principles essential to professional competence. After review, the committee makes recommendations to the dean of the College of Medicine on such actions as graduation, promotion, remediation, dismissal, and leaves of absence. The dean of the College of Medicine has final authority on all matters of student progress and promotion.

College of Medicine Admissions Committee (CMAC)

  1. Recommend policies, requirements, and procedures for admission to the College of Medicine for first-year students and those for advanced standing in the educational program for the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
  2. Evaluate the qualifications of applicants and recommend those selected for admission to the Dean of the College of Medicine.
  3. Evaluate the various tools, criteria, and procedures used in the process of appraisal and selection of applicants; study the trends of applications and admissions to medical schools locally, regionally, and nationally; engage in recruitment activities and such other appropriate steps as may be useful in obtaining highly qualified medical students who also may be representative of diverse social and cultural backgrounds.
  4. Participate, as may be appropriate and feasible, in visits to other colleges and universities, in conferences relating to admission, in career day programs, and in other appropriate activities related to recruitment and admissions.
  5. Coordinate and guide the activities of faculty members and students who serve as interviewers of prospective students; receive and evaluate interview reports and recommendations of interviewers as a source of information on the suitability of prospective candidates.

The College of Medicine Admissions Committee has the responsibility and final authority for accepting students to the medical school who possess the intelligence, integrity, and personal and emotional characteristics to become competent physicians. 

College Executive Committee

The College Executive Committee is advisory to the Dean and is charged with determining the governance and policymaking processes within its purview as delineated in the responsibilities below. 

  • Consider and make recommendations to the Dean on:
    • Policies that impact the overall functioning and direction of the college, ensuring alignment with institutional goals, values, and strategic priorities.
    • Responses to significant institutional challenges or crises, including but not limited to, financial concerns, faculty/staff issues, accreditation processes, or external threats to the college’s reputation or stability.
    • Special topics or initiatives as determined by the Dean, offering guidance on emergent or strategic issues that require collective decision-making and leadership.

Trainees in Research Advisory Committee

The Trainees in Research Advisory Committee (TRAC) is charged with the mission of supporting the efforts of all research trainees in the College of Medicine as well as advising the Dean concerning issues related to the trainees. This committee is comprised of current students, postdoctoral fellows and scholars, faculty, and administrative staff. These members will be persons who are involved in the day-to-day interactions with the trainee community within the college.

Practice Plan Committee

The Practice Plan Committee identifies and endorses compensation and clinical productivity expectations for physician faculty members and other faculty clinical providers.

Faculty Form F/Overload Committee

The Faculty Form F/Overload Committee reviews requests submitted by College of Medicine faculty members to perform any work outside their usual assignments such as (a) professional or educational outside activities; (b) services on boards, committees, or commissions; (c) speeches or lectures; or (d) oversight, supervision, or other participation with any entity or person involved with health or medical care outside their usual job description. The outside opportunity must be reviewed to determine whether a conflict of commitment or a conflict of interest exists, how much, if any, of the remuneration, fee, compensation, or honoraria must be included in the College of Medicine Practice Plan, and whether vacation leave or professional leave is appropriate.

Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure (APT) Committee

The Faculty Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committee reviews the curriculum vitae and other required information (collectively referred to as the dossier) for each candidate in accordance with University regulations on proposed appointments, decisions not to reappoint, terminal reappointments, or nominations for promotions and awarding of tenure as submitted by department chairs. The committee makes recommendations on these decisions to the Dean.