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Our Legacy and Future: People Make the Place ● MCG Strategic Plan ● Faculty Senate ● December 4, 2015

Our Mission, Vision, & Values

5-Year Strategic Plan for MCG

• Provide exceptional for physicians in

training and other advanced-degree health sciences professionals.

• Generate transdisciplinary, translational, basic, clinical, population, and community-based .

• Develop an of and with

enhanced to complex care.

• Maximize our at all levels through .

• Create a that supports the needs and opportunities of faculty, students, residents, and staff.

by advancing MCG growth through philanthropy and communications.

Our Legacy and Future: People Make the Place ● MCG Strategic Plan ● Faculty Senate ● December 4, 2015 Our Legacy and Future: People Make the Place ● MCG Strategic Plan ● Faculty Senate ● December 4, 2015

Strategic Plan Summary:

By the Numbers

• 6 strategic focus areas

• 25 goals

• 77 tactics

– 1 completed

– 35 in process/ongoing

– 33 little/some progress

– 8 not started


MCG Strategic Plan Retreat

• November 19, 2015

• Reviewed progress on Strategic Plan


Strategic Focus 1: Education

• Student environment and support

• Curriculum: public health, IPE

• Double degree programs

• Regional campuses

• Education faculty recruitment

• Facilities

• Instructional technology

• Simulation

• CQI

• LCME


We Are Seeing Steady Increase

In Student Satisfaction


LCME Accreditation Team

H. Roger Hadley, MD Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs and Dean Loma Linda University School of Medicine

Urological Surgery

David R. Lambert, MD Professor of Medicine Sr. Associate Dean for Medical Student Education University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry

Internal Medicine

Georgette A. Dent, MD Associate Dean for Student Affairs University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Pathology Hematology

Julie Story Byerley, MD, MPH Vice Dean for Education Vice Chair for Education, Pediatrics University of North Carolina School of Medicine

Pediatrics

Lawrence I Kaplan, MD, FACP Associate Dean for Clinical Education, Professor of Medicine Section of General Internal Medicine Temple University School of Medicine

Internal Medicine

Paul G. McGuire, PhD Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Cell Biology & Physiology


• Robust system for CQI and new strategic planning process implemented

• Overall student satisfaction with educational program improved dramatically in the last 3 years

• Enhanced support for students and educational program through expansion of the Office of Student and Multicultural Affairs and Curriculum Office

• Longstanding student diversity pipeline programs successful in bringing students into health professions and matriculating diverse students to MCG

• Successful AHEC efforts for new law providing tax credit for voluntary faculty regularly participating in clerkship program

• Core educator fund ensuring salary support for participation in critical elements of educational program

• Addition $5.7 million in recurring state revenues to support new faculty serving UME mission

• Expanded opportunities, venues, and modalities used for faculty development

• Outstanding educational and clinical facilities provide high degree of customer service and strategic alignment, e.g. new J. Harold Harrison Medical Education Commons Building

• Excellent student aggregate performance on USMLE Step 1 and Step 2CK, and NBME Subject Exams, with average scores and pass rates at or above the national average for each of the last 8 years

• $66M Harrison gift provides 48 scholarships a year ($1.08M in new scholarships annually)

Strengths Going Into Review

• Be upbeat and engaged

• Answer what’s asked

• Know your session’s materials

• Explain what you know.. And know what you explain

• Practice … Practice … Practice

• Demonstrate our commitment to medical students


Goal 2.1: Enhance infrastructure and regulatory processes that support basic, clinical, translational, community-based and educational research.

Goal 2.2: Foster a supportive research culture on all campuses.

Goal 2.3: Foster an innovative research environment facilitating discoveries and their application for health care.

Goal 2.4: Excel in interdisciplinary research and through partnerships with institutions and industry partners statewide.

Goal 2.5: Achieve an excellent reputation regionally, statewide, and nationally.


Strategic Focus 2: Research

• Implementation of IRBNet

• Implementation of Clinicards for subject reimbursement

• Implementation of On Core Clinical Trial Data Management System

• Implementation of Registry data a management system

• Implementation of public website with GRU clinical trials

• Funding of pilot programs

• Updates to Animal Care facilities

• Expansion of Research Compliance and Training Programs


Goal 3.1: Create a sustainable, efficient, and future-oriented health care system.

Goal 3.2: Provide quality and value in all clinical services.

Goal 3.3: Address the health care needs and diversity of our communities.

Goal 3.4: Enhance access to complex care.


Strategic Focus 3: Clinical Care

• Meaningful Use

• Physician Liaison

• West Wheeler & Lake Oconee

• Ambulatory Surgery Center

• Columbia County CON

• Clinical Strategic Plan


Goal 4.1: Create a culture of integrity, transparency, respect, collaboration and openness.

Goal 4.2: Ensure operational excellence to advance all MCG mission areas through appropriate infrastructure, systems, processes, and funding.

Goal 4.3: Promote career development for faculty, staff, students and residents at all levels of their careers.

Goal 4.4: Recruit, retain, recognize, and reward exemplary and loyal faculty, staff, residents and students.


Strategic Focus 4: People &

Process Excellence

• Improved hiring and onboarding processes, e.g. Recruitment Accountability of Physicians (RAP) team

• Establishment of Faculty Academic Development Plan (FADP)

• Standardized annual evaluation process in collaboration with Human Resources

• Improved satisfaction/ survey results

• Greater financial transparency, e.g. Faculty Compensation Committee

• Increased interaction with MCG faculty and other GRU colleges/campuses

• Enhanced faculty development opportunities, e.g. GRU Leadership Academy


Strategic Focus 5: Cultural

Transformation & Diversity

• Improvements to faculty and staff recruitment processes

• Regular review by Dean’s Cabinet of status of MCG and departments to assess level of diversity and to glean best practices to share

• Looking at mechanisms to place faculty diversity activities as part of expected department/chairs review

• MCG Communications has done a great job of promoting the work of our faculty and showing a diverse MCG community

• Progress made with diversity of MCG student body with largest number of underrepresented minorities ever in this year’s class

• Working to develop stronger relationships with expansion of SEEP-like programs


Goal 6.1: Collaborate with the GRU Office of Communications and Marketing to enhance internal and external communications to increase awareness, understanding, and support of MCG and its local, statewide and national presence and impact.

Goal 6.2: Collaborate with the GRU Office of Advancement to build a culture of philanthropy and increase alumni engagement in MCG activities.

Goal 6.3: Work with the GRU Office of Government Relations and Community Affairs to enhance community engagement locally and statewide on all campuses.

Goal 6.4: Work with the MCG Foundation to enhance and grow stewardship, scholarship, and endowed faculty programs at MCG.


Strategic Focus 6: External Affairs

In collaboration with our partners in Communications and Marketing, Advancement, Alumni Affairs, and MCG Foundation:

• Increased communications efforts, e.g. magazines, letters, exhibits, news releases, MCG videos, etc.

• Established social media presence

• Increased engagement and participation in alumni activities/events

• Increased visits/meaningful contact with potential donors

• Increased scholarships and endowed positions through maturation of Harrison Program


MCG Strategic Plan: Next Steps

• Progress report will be emailed to all faculty, students, staff and others.

• Check MGC Strategic Plan website for ongoing updates

• www.gru.edu/mcg/plan/

http://www.gru.edu/mcg/plan/

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