UCSF to Share Progress Made in Implementing Strategic Plan at Upcoming Town Hall Meetings

By Lisa Cisneros

The campus community is invited to hear about progress made toward implementing the UCSF Strategic Plan at upcoming town hall meetings beginning in April. Importantly, the plan charts the University’s course as a global leader in health sciences over the next two decades. Eugene Washington, MD, executive vice chancellor and provost, along with other campus leaders, 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 at UCSF’s six major campus locations from noon to 1 p.m. on the following days:
  • San Francisco General Hospital: Wednesday, April 23
  • Parnassus campus: Monday, April 28, School of Nursing, room N 255
  • Veterans Affairs Medical Center: Thursday, May 1
  • Laurel Heights: Tuesday, May 6, Auditorium
  • Mission Bay campus: Wednesday, May 7, Genentech Hall
  • Mount Zion, Thursday, May 8, Herbst Hall

Inclusive Process

This round of town hall meetings is an important part of the implementation process, campus officials say. Participation of the UCSF community is critical to the success of realizing the initiative, which was unveiled in June 2007. 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, the strategic planning process has sought input 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. Today, campus leaders are working with the campus community, including a strategic plan advisory board, to implement the seven major strategies. A progress report on the plan’s implementation is posted here. 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. The vision statement is: 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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