Enhancing the Professional Culture of Schools of Medicine
IUSM RCCI Immersion Conference II
May 22 - 25, 2007 - Omni Severin Indianapolis
     
Day 1 - Tuesday, May 22    
Registration (cold cut buffet available) Lobby-Jennings Ballroom 11:30 am
     
Opening our Eyes, Reclaiming our Legacy
Welcome Jennings Ballroom 12:30 pm
     

Keynote #1: Professional Cultures of Schools of Medicine

  12:35 pm
     
Introduction to:   1:00 pm
Teams from Participating Schools via "Check-In"
   
Theory of Organizational Change
   
Relationship-Centered Administration
   
Appreciative Inquiry
   
Personal Formation
   

Reflection: What's Being Stirred?

   
     
Schools share their stories via World Cafe   4-5:00 pm
     
Evening Banquet Gates Ballroom 6:30-9:00 pm
     
Day 2 - Wednesday, May 23    
Bringing "fresh eyes" to work, discerning the critical elements of our lifeworld
     
Continental Breakfast (optional) Jennings Ballroom 7:30 am
     
Check-in   8:00 am
     
Personal Formation - Readers Theatre   8:15 am
     
Introduction to Organization Fieldwork   8:45 am
     
Small group prep   9:45 am
     
Move to buses with boxed lunches   10:15 am
     
Travel to Campus/Immersion Sites Various sites 10:30 am
     
Organization Fieldwork Immersion    
Focal Activity
  approx 11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Focal Activity
  approx 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
     
Travel to Hotel*   2:00 pm
*Separate group (some alumni) will observe EADs meeting from 3 - 4 pm.
     
Post Fieldwork Group Reflection Jennings Ballroom 2:30 pm
     
Plenary Reports of Fieldwork Experiences   4:00 pm
     
Adjourn   5:00 pm
     
Dinner/Evening experiences of own choice Locations of choice  
     
Day 3 - Thursday, May 24    
Acknowledging the challenges, finding the levers for change at home
     
Continental Breakfast (optional) Jennings Ballroom 7:30 am
     
Check-in   8:00 am
     
Personal Formation - Readers Theatre @ tables   8:15 am
     
Open Space Forum Jennings Ballroom, plus Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue, Illinois rooms 8:30 am
     
Planning/Application to Home Institution Challenges Jennings Ballroom, plus Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue, Illinois rooms 12:30 - 6:00 pm
[Lunch buffet available from 12:30 - 1:30 pm, to take to team meeting rooms]
[Soft drinks and cookies available from 3:30 - 4:30 pm, to take to team meeting rooms]
     
Dining/evening experience at the Eiteljorg Eiteljorg Museum 6:30 - 8:45 pm
[Bus will run from 6:00 to 9:00 pm between Omni and Eiteljorg]
     
Day 4 - Friday, May 25    
Sharing the way forward, building a national community of change agents
     
Continental Breakfast (optional) Jennings Ballroom 7:30 am
     
Check-in   8:00 am
     
Personal Formation - Readers Theatre @ tables   8:15 am
     
School-Team presentations via World Cafe   8:30 am
     
Closing Remarks/Follow-up Plans   11:00 am
     
Evaluations/Goodbyes   11:50 am
     
Box lunches to go   12:00 pm
     

For information regarding the conference or travel, please contact Beverly Clark at (317) 630-7760 or Dave Mossbarger at (317) 630-6232.

For information regarding the web site or to post additional resources, please contact Sandra Herrin at (317) 278-8471.