Enhancing
the Professional Culture of Schools of Medicine:
Indiana University School of Medicine
Relationship-Centered Care Initiative Immersion Conference
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Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) is currently in its fifth
year of a Relationship-Centered Care Initiative (RCCI) to change the
culture of the school and the content of the ‘hidden curriculum.
Purposeful approaches to organizational culture change, including use
of appreciative inquiry techniques, personal formation retreats, the
practice of relationship-centered administration and a working understanding
of complex response processes, are underway to foster the expression
of professional values in daily work.
When:
May 22-25, 2007
Tuesday noon until Friday noon
Where: Indiana
University School of Medicine
Omni Severin Hotel
Downtown Indianapolis, IN
Who:
Teams of education administrators and leaders (4-5 persons per
school) from the following eight medical schools have been selected
to participate.
- Arkansas
- Columbia
- East Carolina - Brody
- Louisville
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- NEOUCOM
- Wisconsin
Medical Schools from the first immersion conference who will send representatives:
- Baylor
- Dartmouth
- Drexel
- Missouri-Columbia
- North Dakota
Teams consist of SOM Deans, Program Directors, Clerkship and/or Course
Directors, Vice Chairs for Education, curriculum leaders, student leaders,
and other medical educators.
Purpose:
- Explore the phenomenon of organizational culture as the informal
curriculum of medical education: how values are expressed and taught
in the course of everyday interaction.
- Explore approaches to organizational culture change (including methods
such as appreciative inquiry and reflective debriefing) to foster
the enhanced expression of professional values in daily work.
- Explore as a case study the experience at IUSM, where an initiative
is underway to change the culture of the school and the content of
the ‘hidden curriculum.’
- Become part of an action-learning network: with the support of conference
faculty and colleagues from your own and others schools, develop a
‘roadmap’ for enhancing the professional culture of your
own school.
Support:
Conference will be supported by the The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.
