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Faculty senate meeting minutes To view the senate's unapproved meeting minutes for October, visit  http://www.musc.edu/facsen. Guest speaker John Schafer III, M.D., endowed chair and assistant dean of the statewide Center for Clinical Effectiveness and Patient Safety, provided an update on the center. The center is a part of Health Sciences South Carolina, a hospital-university collaboration composed of member institutions across the state and designed to support advanced instructional technology in healthcare. Simulation facilities are under construction at MUSC as well as other member institutions. Simulation provides an opportunity to practice high-risk procedures with minimum risk and cost.   The collection of data from simulation experiences will enable South Carolina to be at the forefront of health care simulation research. Annual report of senate   Rick Albenesius, DMD, president of the senate, welcomed new senators, thanked the executive committee for its work, and provided the senate's annual report (http://www.musc.edu/facsen). Election of officers for 2006-07 Senators elected the following officers for the 2006-07 term: Albenesius, president; Walter Limehouse, M.D., vice president; and Mary Mauldin, Ed.D., secretary.   Albenesius encouraged senators to sign up for a senate committee. Each committee selects a representative to serve on the executive committee. E*Value Andrea Wessell, PharmD, E*Value committee, reported that the E*Value course evaluation will be implemented in January. Core questions will be developed by the PACE office, and course specific questions will be developed by each college. Policies will be forthcoming and presented to the senate prior to final approval.   The next senate meeting will be held Nov. 14. Senators present Basic Science: Mostafa Fraig, Hiroko Hama, Denise Quigley, Cynthia Welsh Clinical Sciences: William Conway, Andrew Gelasco, Dorothea Jenkins, George M. Johnson, Walter Limehouse, Bonnie Martin-Harris, John Osguthorpe, Amy Ramsay, Swapan Ray, Sakamuri Reddy, Anand Sharma, Arthur Smith, Kenneth Vanek, Ira Willner, Kedar Shetye (alternate). Excused: Brad Keith and Aljoeson Walker Dental Medicine: Rick Albenesius (executive committee), Joe Krayer, Ted McGill Health Professions: Kathy Cegles, Jennifer Horner, Anne Kilpatrick. Excused: Reamer Bushardt Library Science and Informatics: Laura Cousineau, Geoff Freeman, Mary Mauldin (executive committee), Peggy Schachte, Meg Moughan (alternate) Nursing: Sharon Bond, Sheila Smith. Excused: Barb Edlund Pharmacy: Kathy Chessman, Elinor Chumney, Jean Nappi, Andrea Wessell     Friday, Nov. 3, 2006 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Island Publications at 849-1778, ext. 201.