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• Dr. Henroy P. Scarlett was elected the President of the International Fed- eration of Environmental Health (IFEH) on August 23, 2022, at the AGM/ Council meeting and Congress of the IFEH held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The IFEH is a global federation of National environmental health associations and academic institutions representing over 40 countries. He is the first person from the Caribbean to hold that position and the second from the region of the Americas.
AC3 – IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
TEACHING AND LEARNING
MB, BS Curriculum Review The FMS Curriculum Review Committee, which was reconstituted, continued its review of the MB BS programme. The Committee continued to meet as it considered various options to improve the curriculum. Any major change to the curriculum would include discussions with the other Campuses as we continue to strive for harmonization across the campuses. Associate Lecturers Review The process for engaging Associate Lecturers (ALs) has been an ad hoc process, as there was no clear process for determining when and who were to be hired. It was against this background that the FMS engaged external consultants to review the engagement of ALs and to make recommendations to address the challenges identified. The review within the Faculty saw a significant scaling down of Associ- ate Lectures at the affiliated sites. This addressed the untenable ratios of Associate Lecturers: Students to a more acceptable distribution. This cost saving exercise resulted in the faculty reducing the expenditure of employing Associate Lectures by approximately JMD$ 80 million. Phase/Stage II Credits One area which needed to be addressed was the harmonization of the number of credits across the campuses for Stage 1 and Stage 2. A series of Cross Campus meetings were held over the academic year to address this issue. The successful harmonization of credits for Stage/Phase 1 was accomplished, and all Campuses at the end of Stage/Phase 1, now have 105 core credits. The task of harmonizing the credits for Stage/Phase 2 was recently completed and was approved by the Board for Undergraduate Studies (BUS) over the academic year 2022/2023.
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