January 9, 2007 Minutes

MINUTES
University of Minnesota
Academic Health Center
Deans Council
January 9, 2007

The regular meeting of the Deans of the Academic Health Center was held on Tuesday, January 9 at 2:00 p.m. in 475 ChRC.

Members present:
Frank Cerra, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences
Connie Delaney, Dean, School of Nursing
John Finnegan, Dean, School of Public Health
Patrick Lloyd, Dean, School of Dentistry
Charlie Moldow, Senior Associate Dean, Medical School (for Deborah Powell)
Ron Hadsall, Senior Associate Dean (for Marilyn Speedie)
Linda Watson, Director, Health Sciences Libraries

Staff present:
Terry Bock, Chief of Staff
Barbara Brandt, Assistant Vice President for Education
Jennifer Cieslak, Special Assistant to the Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, AHC
Doug Freeman, ACE Fellow
Mary Koppel, Assistant Vice President, Public Affairs
Beth Nunnally, Chief Financial Officer, AHC
Mark Paller, Assistant Vice President for Research, AHC

Guests Present
Jasjit Ahluwalia, Executive Director, Office of Clinical Research
Javier Crespo, Mentee to Linda Watson
Kristy Frost-Griep, Associate to the Chief Financial Officer, AHC
Jeny Kertz, Associate to the Assistant Vice President for Education, AHC

Review and Approval of Minutes – December 12, 2006
The council approved the minutes of December 12, 2006.

Funding Models for Education Services
Barbara Brandt reviewed the programs housed in the AHC Office of Education which includes Education Development and the AHC Learning Commons, the Interprofessional Education and Resource Center (IERC), Center for Health Interprofessional Programs (CHIP), Health Careers Center (HCC), and Minnesota Area Health Education Center (MN AHEC).  Frank Cerra commented that the finance model for these education programs needs to be reviewed and restructured.  There is a need for core funding with distributive funding and costs.  Patrick Lloyd stated his concern about subsidizing certain initiatives which may not be needed by every school.  Deborah Powell stated there would have to be the development of transparent models so each school understands what they are subisidizing.  Barbara Brandt plans to develop the AHC Learning Commons, IERC, and Simulation Center into a single ISO.  She will present the plan to the Deans Council for review.  Deborah Powell suggested that a high tech platform may help in seeking endowments to help fund the education model.  Frank Cerra stated he was developing a taskforce to consider funding models.

7.12 Statements
Frank Cerra discussed the “best practices” document on the revision and submission of 7.12 Statements which the deans received at the beginning of January.  Barbara Brandt reviewed and adopted the pertinent areas from the Provost’s document in drafting the AHC document.  She stated this was a best practices document that should provide further guidance in the process of the 7.12 revisions.  Barbara stated that the 7.12 statements need to be reviewed and approved, otherwise the dossier will be incomplete.  Patrick Lloyd commented on the need for an AHC definition of “scholarship”.

The Deans Council moved into closed executive session at 3:20 p.m. to discuss the CTSA.

The meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Kathryn P. Anderson
Staff to the Academic Health Center Deans Council