UME Accreditation Committees

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Committees overview

• Accreditation Steering Committee
• Dean’s Office Non-Academic Sub-Committee
• Dean’s Office Academic Sub-Committee
• Admissions Sub-Committee
• Student Affairs Sub-Committee
• EDI & Indigenous Engagement Sub-Committee
• UME Sub-Committee
• Independent Student Analysis Sub-Committee
• Medical School Self-Study (MSS) Review Sub-Committee

Accreditation Steering Committee

Role:  The UMEASC oversees and provides direction on all aspects of the preparation for the Committee on Accreditation of Canadian Medical Schools (CACMS) accreditation survey visit, that is scheduled every 8 years. UMEASC will also oversee the interim review process, between each external review, and the ongoing CQI initiatives. It is the final approval body for all issues relating to decisions required in the planning and documentation process.

Membership

1. Lea Harper

Chair\ Director UME Accreditation\ Email 2. Suzanne Buffel

Accreditation Manager (interm) 3. Bev Adams

Vice-Dean 4. Lisa Welikovitch

Senior Associate Dean Education 5. Pamela Chu

Associate Dean - Professionalism, Equity & Diversity 6. Amy Bromley

Associate Dean UME 7. Teresa Killam

Assistant Dean, Student Advising & Wellness 8. Sonya Lee

Department Head Family Medicine 9. Richard Leigh

Senior Associate Dean Faculty Affairs 10. Remo Panaccione

Assistant Dean, Admissions

1. Rose Yu

   Senior Director CSM 12. Carolyn Horwood

   Class President - 2027 13. Rafael Sanguinetti

   Class President - 2026

UMEASC Terms of Reference

Dean’s Office Non-Academic Sub-Committee

Role:The sub-committee reports to the Accreditation Steering Committee and will prepare the Data Collection Instrument and Medical School Self-Study documents for the following areas:

• Affiliation Agreements (Element 1.4)
• Bylaws (Element 1.5)
• Senior Leadership, Senior Administrative Staff and Faculty Appointments (Element 2.1)
• Dean's Qualifications (Element 2.2)
• Access and Authority of the Dean (Element 2.3)
• Sufficiency of Administrative Staff (Element 2.4)
• Adequacy of Financial Resources (Element 5.1)
• Pressures for Self-Financing (Element 5.3)
• Sufficiency of Buildings and Equipment (Element 5.4)
• Security, Safety, and Disaster Preparedness (Element 5.7)
• Study/Lounge/Storage Space/Call Rooms (Element 5.11)

Membership

1. Richard Leigh

Chair\ Senior Associate Dean Faculty Affairs\ Email 2. Rose Yu

Senior Director, CSM 3. TBD

Manager, UME Finance 4. Jeannie Shrout

Administrative Services Manager, AHS 5. Peter Romeo

Director, Educational Operations 6. Leah Johnston

Medical Student, Class of 2023 7. Jennifer Lee

Medical Student, Class of 2024 8. Iqra Rahamatulla

Medical Student, Class of 2025 9. Lucy Yang

Medical Student, Class of 2025

Dean’s Office Academic Sub-Committee

Role: The sub-committee reports to the Accreditation Steering Committee and will prepare the Data Collection Instrument and Medical School Self-Study documents for the following areas:

• Strategic Planning & CQI (Element 1.1)
• Social Accountability (Element 1.1.1)
• COI Policies (Element 1.2)
• Community of Scholars/Research Opportunities (Element 3.2)
• Faculty Preparation, Productivity, Participation and Policies (Elements 4.1-4.6)
• Dean's Authority/Resources (Element 5.2)
• Library Resources/Staff (Element 5.8)
• Information Technology Resources/Staff (Element 5.9)

Membership

1. Bev Adams

Chair\ Vice-Dean\ Email 2. Lisa Welikovitch

Senior Associate Dean, Education 3. Chandra Thomas

Deputy Head, Department of Medicine 4. Dianne Mosher

Associate Dean, Indigenous, Local & Global Health 5. Gerald Zamponi

Senior Associate Dean, Research 6. David Keegan

Associate Dean, Office of Faculty Development & Performance 7. Kristy Potter

Senior Specialist, Academic Affairs and Operations 8. Caitlin McClurg

Associate Librarian - Medicine 9. Mike Paget

Manager, UME Academic Technologies 10. Peter Romeo

Director, Educational Operations

1. Fazeela Mulji

   Medical Student, Class of 2023 12. Chaim Katz

   Medical Student, Class of 2024 13. Omer Mansoor

   Medical Student, Class of 2024 14. Sadaf Ehklas

   Medical Student, Class of 2025

Admissions Sub-Committee

Role: The sub-committee reports to the Accreditation Steering Committee and will prepare the Data Collection Instrument and Medical School Self-Study documents for the following areas: Medical Student Selection, Assignment, and Progress (Elements 10.1-10.7)

Membership

1. Remo Panaccione

Chair\ Assistant Dean, Admissions\ Email 2. Rabiya Jalil

Associate Director, Admissions 3. Shannon Cayer

Admissions Team Lead 4. Chip Doig

Chair, Admissions Committee 5. Pamela Roach

Director, Indigenous Health Education 6. James Fewell

Professor, Physiology & Pharmacology 7. Richard Buckley

Clinical Professor, Surgery 8. Tharsini Sivananthajothy

Medical Student - Class of 2023 9. Navpreet Langa

Medical Student - Class of 2024 10. Aanchel Gupta

Medical Student - Class of 2024

1. Parth Patel

   Medical Student - Class of 2025 12. Matthew Hobart

   Medical Student - Class of 2025 13. Jasmine Nguyen

   Medical Student - Class of 2025

Student Affairs Sub-Committee

Role: The sub-committee reports to the Accreditation Steering Committee and will prepare the Data Collection Instrument and Medical School Self-Study documents for the following areas:

• Academic Advising (Element 11.1)
• Career Advising (Element 11.2)
• Medical Student Health Services, Personal Counseling, and Financial Aid Services (Elements 12.1-12.8)

Membership

1. Carolyn Hutchison

Chair\ Assistant Dean, Student Advocacy & Wellness\ Email 2. Teresa Killam

Associate Director, Student Advocacy & Wellness 3. Keisha Afflick

SAW Therapist 4. Amy Bromley

Course Director - The Professional Role 5. Johanna Holm

Manager SAW Hub 6. Shannon Leskosky

UME Senior Manager 7. Alex Stephenson

Medical Student - Vice President Class of 2024 8. Ella Krane

Medical Student - Vice President Class of 2025 9. Jing Han

Medical Student - Class of 2025 10. Tania Pander

UME Program Coordinator

1. Michelle Krbvac

   UME Immunization Specialist

EDI & Indigenous Engagement Sub-Committee

Role: The sub-committee reports to the Accreditation Steering Committee and will prepare the Data Collection Instrument and Medical School Self-Study documents for the following areas:

• Diversity/Pipeline Programs and Partnerships (Element 3.3)
• Anti-Discrimination Policy (Element 3.4)
• Learning Environment (Element 3.5)
• Student Mistreatment (Element 3.6)

Membership

1. Pamela Chu

Co-Chair\ Associate Dean, Professionalism, Equity & Diversity\ Email 2. Jack Janvier

Co-Chair\ Chair, UME EDI Committee\ Email 3. Deborah Book

UCalgary Legal Services 4. Sarah Hall

Medical Consultant – Office of the Chief Medical Officer, AHS 5. Amy Gausvik

Health Equity Structural Competency Lead - RIME 6. Aaron Johnston

Associate Dean, Distributed Learning & Rural Initatives 7. Jadine Paw

Ob/Gyn Departmental Vice-Chair Education 8. Gauri Taneja

OPED EDI Education Specialist 9. Margot Scullen

OPED EDI Specialist - Policy & Communication 10. TBD as needed

OEDI/OIE

1. Mursal Mohamud

   Medical Student - Class of 2023 12. Whitney Ereyi-Osas

   Medical Student - Class of 2023 13. Amira Kalifa

   Medical Student - Class of 2024 (VP EDI) 14. Mohamed Jama

   Medical Student - Class of 2024 15. Fasika Jembere

   Medical Student - Class of 2025 (VP EDI) 16. Ife Adedipe

   Medical Student - Class of 2025 17. Sean Bristowe

   Medical Student, Class of 2025

UME Sub-Committee

Role: The sub-committee reports to the Accreditation Steering Committee and will prepare the Data Collection Instrument and Medical School Self-Study documents for the following areas:

• Mechanisms for Faculty Participation (Element 1.3)
• Eligibility Requirements (Element 1.6)
• Resident Participation in Medical Student Education (Element 3.1)
• Resources for Clinical Instruction (Element 5.5)
• Clinical Instructional Facilities/Information Resources (Element 5.6)
• Resources Used By Transfer/Visiting Students (Element 5.10)
• Required Notifications to the CACMS (Element 5.12)
• Competencies, Curricular Objectives, and Curricular Design (Elements 6.1-6.8)
• Curricular Content (Elements 7.1-7.10)
• Curricular Management, Evaluation, and Enhancement (Elements 8.1-8.8)
• Teaching, Supervision, Assessment, and Student and Patient Safety (Elements 9.1-9.10)
• Visiting Students (Element 10.9)
• Student Assignment (Element 10.11)
• Oversight of Extramural Electives (Element 11.3)
• Provision of the Medical Student Performance Record (Element 11.4)
• Confidentiality of Student Educational Records (Element 11.5)
• Student Access to Educational Records (Element 11.6)

Membership

1. Chris Naugler

Chair\ Associate Dean UME\ Email 2. Fariba Aghajafari

Course Chair- AEBM 3. Sarah Anderson

Anatomy Director 4. Kevin Busche

Assistant Dean, Clerkship 5. Janeve Desy

Assistant Dean, Research & Evaluation 6. Adrian Harvey

Assistant Dean, Program Evaluation 7. Rahim Kachra

Director, Teaching Innovation 8. Martina Kelly

Course Chair - Family Medicine Clerkship 9. Shannon Leskosky

UME Manager 10. Mike Paget

Manager - Academic Technologies

1. Antonia Stang

   Department Head - Paediatrics 12. Sarah Weeks

   Assistant Dean, Pre-Clerkship 13. Theresa Wu

   Pre-Clerkship Director 14. Emily Macphail

   Medical Student, Class of 2023 15. Siavash Zare-Zadeh

   Medical Student, Class of 2023 16. Simi Juriasingani

   Medical Student - Class of 2024 17. Kathy Fu

   Medical Student - Class of 2024 18. Mohamed Bondok

   Medical Student - Class of 2024 19. Vakkachen Joe

   Medical Student - Class of 2025 20. Jason Kreutz

   Medical Student - Class of 2025

Independent Student Analysis Sub-Committee

Role: Students have the sole responsibility for producing the ISA report. The ISA process involves the administration of a prescribed questionnaire and culminates in a written report that describes the analysis and results of student responses.

Membership

1. Mathieu Chin

Co-Chair\ Class President – 2023\ Email 2. Jusnoor Aujla

Co-Chair\ Class President – 2024\ Email 3. Eddie Guo

Co-Chair\ Class President – 2025\ Email 4. Katherine Yu

Class of 2023 5. Jenny Krahn

Class of 2023 6. Jill Laurin

Class of 2024 7. Sravya Kakumanu

Class of 2024 8. Kayleigh Yang

Class of 2024 9. Marissa Zhang

Class of 2024 10. Tali Glazer

Class of 2025

1. Zorana Lynton

   Class of 2025 12. Harshil Shah

   Class of 2025 13. Sydney Yee

   Class of 2025

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Contacts

Dr. Lea Harper\ Director of Accreditation\ Faculty Undergraduate Accreditation Lead\ Undergraduate Medical Education\ lea.harper@ucalgary.ca

Susan Tally\ Accreditation and Data Specialist \ Undergraduate Medical Education\ susan.tally@ucalgary.ca