The Pre-clerkship Subcommittee assists the CCAC in meeting its responsibility for reviewing and verifying each course/course prior to implementation, ensuring compliance with SOM policies, and assuring the quality of students’ learning experience in the first two years of the curriculum. The charge of the subcommittee are as follows:

• Previewing the components of the syllabus for each course also the course plan which includes course objectives, schedules and resources.
• Monitoring adherence to the academic workload policy, self-directed learning, review of pedagogical methods, and integration of basic and clinical science.
• Monitoring the appropriate mapping of course and course objectives to the Educational Program Objectives established by the CCAC as the overall aims of the curriculum.
• In collaboration with the Interprofessional Education and Service Learning Subcommittee, monitoring interprofessional education and service-learning activities in the pre-clerkship curriculum, in alignment with LCME definitions.
• In collaboration with the Evaluation Subcommittee, monitoring the effectiveness of the delivery of the curricular content of the courses and courses through course evaluation reports.
• Making recommendations to CCAC regarding changes needed to assure the quality of the students’ educational experience.

For each course to be taught in the first two years of the curriculum, Course Leads must submit to the Pre-clerkship Subcommittee for review their course plan which includes: Course description, Faculty teaching within the course, Number and types of scheduled student contact hours for average week of course, Course learning objectives mapped back to the UTRGV SOM competencies and EPOs, Changes to curriculum map, Course instructional methods, Course assessment methods and grading rubric, Plan for how and when students will receive narrative feedback, Plan for Inclusion of self-directed learning, Plan for addressing longitudinal themes within the course, Plan for integration with other courses (e.g. LOM, Clinical Skills, etc.), Special features of the Course and Course syllabus.

The Pre-clerkship Subcommittee will evaluate that the courses are compliant with SOM policies as per syllabi and make suggestions and/or recommendations to Course Leads regarding changes to the course implementation plan as needed. Following the end of a course, the Pre-clerkship Subcommittee reviews the course evaluation report from the Evaluation and Assessment Subcommittee regarding the course to include overall student performance, feedback regarding course organization, teaching methods, and resources, course content and integration, and an action plan for the next academic year. The Pre-clerkship Subcommittee will address any issues or concerns resulting from the Evaluation Subcommittee report with the Course Leads and report results to the CCAC.

Concerns or recommendations: Recommendations to Course Leads for changes to the curriculum will be submitted to the Assistant Dean of Educational Affairs, Pre-clerkship and then to the CCAC for review and approval.

Pre-Clerkship Subcommittee Members

• Ann McCracken
• Bharathi Gadad
• Huma Shahzad
• Juan Carlos Lopez Alvarenga
• Kelsey Baker
• Kenneth Mitchell
• Manish Tripathi
• Mohammed Razzaque
• Mushfiq Shaikh
• Nikhilesh Anand
• Pratip Mitra
• Ricardo Belmares
• Seratna Guadarrama
• Seval Ozkan Coban – Chair
• Shizue Mito
• Stanely Fisch
• Uttam Udayan – Vice Chair
• Wayne Wilson

Student Members

• Arjun Bellamkonda
• Brianna Guillen
• Desiree Brewer

Ex-Officio

• Albesa Salinas
• Maria De Jesus Munoz
• Mercy Azeke
• Michael Urhbrock
• Monica Alaniz-McGinnis
• Sambandam Elango
• Yolanda Garcia-Ocasio