UCSF to Share Strategic Plan Progress at Upcoming Town Hall Meetings

By Lisa Cisneros

April 16, 2008

The campus community is invited to hear about progress made toward implementing the UCSF Strategic Plan at upcoming town hall meetings beginning on April 23.

The plan charts the University’s course as a global leader in health sciences over the next decade.

Eugene Washington, MD, executive vice chancellor and provost, along with leaders from the strategic planning board, will discuss how the plan is being implemented to advance UCSF’s fourfold mission of education, health sciences research, patient care and community service.

The town hall meetings are scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. at the following UCSF campus locations.

• San Francisco General Hospital: Wednesday, April 23, Carr Auditorium
• Parnassus campus: Monday, April 28, School of Nursing, room N 225
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center: Thursday, May 1, Auditorium
• Laurel Heights: Tuesday, May 6, Auditorium
• Mission Bay campus: Wednesday, May 7, Rock Hall Auditorium
• Mount Zion, Thursday, May 8, Herbst Hall

MAKING PROGRESS

UCSF has made steady progress since completing the first-ever campuswide strategic plan in June 2007.

The entire progress report [PDF] lists 12 strategies identified for focused attention and progress this academic year, expected outcomes and key challenges ahead.

Among accomplishments so far, UCSF has:

• Received an 18-month planning grant from UC Office of the President to develop a UC-wide School of Global Health. Read story.
• Adopted initiatives related to diversity, campus climate and professional development for staff. Read story.
• Launched a classroom improvement initiative to renovate general classrooms. Read story.
• Began developing a plan to replace research facilities currently housed at Building 100 for an estimated cost of $200 million.
• Established a database to track the demographics of faculty.
• Initiated at the chancellor’s level regular reporting by department chairs on patient care quality and safety.
• Initiated efforts to refine and establish key goals for improving administrative research services.
• Began developing a comprehensive plan for information technology.
• Completed benchmark assessments of best practices in space allocation at other universities.
• Retained Heron Consulting Services to develop a plan for campuswide budgeting.

INCLUSIVE PROCESS

This round of town hall meetings is an important part of the implementation process, campus leaders say. The participation of the UCSF community is critical to the success of realizing the strategies.

Previously, UCSF conducted two rounds of town hall meetings – one in June 2006 and another in October 2006 – during key junctures in the strategic planning process.

From the outset, input has been sought on the strategic planning process from across the campus and community. Chancellor Mike Bishop, MD, in July 2005 appointed a strategic planning board comprising faculty, staff, students, house staff and postdoctoral scholars to oversee the creation of the strategic plan. Board members included representatives from the schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy, Graduate Division, Academic Senate, campus administration and UCSF Medical Center.

The first-ever campuswide plan articulates the University’s mission statement as advancing health worldwide™. And building upon this mission, a formal vision statement with seven major priorities was articulated.

VISION STATEMENT

In advancing health worldwide, UCSF will:

• Develop innovative, collaborative approaches for education, health care and research that span disciplines within and across the health sciences
• Be a world leader in scientific discovery and its translation into improved health
• Develop the world’s future leaders in health care delivery, research and education
• Deliver the highest-quality, patient-centered care
• Build upon its commitment to diversity
• Provide a supportive work environment to recruit and retain the best people and position UCSF for the future
• Serve the local, regional and global communities and eliminate health disparities

A summary of the plan is posted here.

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