Einstein Senate
Council Meeting: Wednesday, May 18, 2011
FINAL
PRESENT: Drs. Allen Spiegel, Jeffrey Segall, Elyse Sussman, Aviv Bergman, John Blanchard, Harris Goldstein, Susan Horwitz, Todd Olson, Sonja Shaetzlein, Victor Schuster, Jonathan Warner, Stephen Baum, Edward Burns
EXCUSED: Dr. Pamela Stanley, Mr. Nathaniel Swinburne
ABSENT: Dr. Ellie Schoenbaum,
GUEST: Ms. Shelly Motzkin
The minutes of the April 27 meeting were approved.
Davidoff Day was held yesterday, with workshops on medical school curriculum development. The value of providing personal experience as a method for engaging student interest was discussed.
The Board of Overseers meeting was held last Wednesday, with a mini-med school session for the board members in the clinical skills center, followed by a presentation at the meeting by Dr. Schuster on the physician as naturalist and by the Speaker on the function of the Senate.
The meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jeffrey E. Segall, Ph.D.
Speaker, Einstein Senate