OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

Meeting Minutes
December 14, 2017

Time:

Called to order at 8:00 a.m.

Location:

Walker, AG070

Present:

Marc Hansen, Tom Babor, Bruce Mayer, Doug Oliver, Jeanine Suchecki, Susan Tannenbaum

Absent:

John Birk, Cato Laurencin, Juan Salazar

Meeting Minutes
1.

Approval of Minutes
a.

2.

10/26/17
Motion made, and seconded, to approve the minutes as written
5:0:0

Informational Items
a.

Upcoming Departmental and Center reviews
The committee discussed the process of Departmental and Center reviews. One suggestion is to have a
department or center review when the chair position is open prior to the search commencing, so that the
Dean is able to incorporate the review findings into the search. This happened to some degree with the
recent review of Community Medicine and Health Care because Dr. Babor had announced he would be
stepping down as chair. However, the self-study review has a lot of evaluation content specifically about the
current chair and so it might need to be modified when questions related to a future chair and future
resources are more compelling. The Oversight Committee does have input into the questions that are part
of the review. There was discussion about how to incorporate questions related to a new chair into the
review without causing undue burden on an outgoing chair.
The committee is hoping to schedule Dr. Nissen to come to a meeting to further the discussion in January.

3.

New Business
a.

4.

Open items - None

Standing Monthly Reports
a.

Clinical Council – Dr. Suchecki
They moved the meeting to next week.

b.

Dean’s Council – Dr. Hansen
Dean’s Council discussed Dr. Rose’s departure.

c.

Education Council – Dr. Oliver
Dr. Rose is leaving the institution in January. Dr. Oliver recommends that Dean’s Council or other entity
review medical education as a whole. The Education Council also discussed the new alcohol policy and its
impact on students.

d.

Public Issues Council – Dr. Hansen
Public Issues is still working on their opioid abuse crisis. They discussed finding a balance of managing
pain effectively without over-treating or over-prescribing medications. We are looking into re-invigorating the
palliative care program and as well as more deeply involve the School of Dental Medicine. They also

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Meeting Minutes
December 14, 2017

discussed that most doctor’s offices do not have AED devices because of malpractice. They are looking at
‘good Samaritan’ laws and their extension to cover further areas.
e.

Research Council – Dr. Mayer
Has not met

Motion made to adjourn the meeting
Approved: unanimous
Meeting was adjourned 9:19 a.m.
Next Regularly Scheduled Meeting
Thursday, January 11, 2018
8:00 a.m.
Walker, AG070

School of Medicine

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