GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

2004-2005

MISSION STATEMENT

            As a department of Creighton University, our Mission is excellence in our professional programs. 

             “Creighton exists for students and learning.  Members of the Creighton community are challenged to reflect on transcendent values, including a relationship with God, in an atmosphere of freedom of inquiry, belief and religious worship.  Service to others, the importance of family life, the inalienable worth of each individual, and appreciation of ethnic and cultural diversity are core values of Creighton. Creighton faculty members conduct research to enhance teaching, to contribute to the betterment of society, and to discover new knowledge.  Faculty and staff stimulate critical and creative thinking and provide ethical perspectives for dealing with an increasingly complex world.”

             Deriving from this mission of Creighton University, the Department is committed to superlative clinical service to all its patients and to the community, to outstanding education for medical students, residents, and other health professionals; and to a tireless search for new knowledge to better serve our patients and students.

 Clinical Goals

1.      Expand faculty and clinical programs in critical care/pulmonary medicine, endocrinology, nephrology, hematology/oncology, dermatology, and gastroenterology.

2.      Expand clinical programs for diabetic patients.

3.      Expand clinical programs in South Omaha and Sarpy County.

4.      Improve outpatient medical records by promoting development of electronic medical record systems.

5.      Promote improved systems for billing and collection for clinical services.

6.      Improve customer service (e.g. communication with referring physicians, patient satisfaction with service, etc.

7.      Develop and implement airway center to enhance collaborative clinical program development in respiratory system diseases.

Clinical Objectives

C1.          Finalize plans for clinical program expansion related to new Ambulatory Care Building.

C2.          Market/expand clinical diabetes program.

C3.          Work with CUMC re establishing hospitalist program.

C4.          Work on developing West Omaha specialty medicine location.

C5.          Develop new community based general internal medicine clinics.

C6.          Work with CMA on expanding quality of care measures.

Medical Education Goals

1.      Expand educational sites within the Alegent Health System.

2.      Improve educational program for internal medicine residents. 

3.      Improve the support of faculty time for teaching.

4.      Improve the recruitment of residents from outside Creighton University.

5.      Improve the ABIM pass rates for Creighton medicine residents.

6.      Recruit excellent medical students into the internal medicine residency.

7.      Improve the research training for subspecialty fellows.

8.      Expand faculty development programs in teaching skills.

Medical Education Objectives

ME1.       Expand PDA usage for clinical purpose in primary care clerkship.

ME2.       Develop Geriatrics Faculty leadership and curriculum.

ME3.       Develop faculty mentoring program for medical students.

ME4.       Assist in recruiting excellent CUMC medical students in IM

·   Development of Faculty Mentoring program

·   Expand IM Club role with CR and faculty leaders

·   Expand fellowships (future)

ME5.       Renovation of classrooms.

ME6.       Improve face-to-face feedback for residents and students

·   Automate students on new innovations

ME7.       Establish fellowships

·   Endocrine

·   Interventional Cardiology

Research Goals

1.      Establish mechanism to ensure appropriate ongoing support for research infrastructure.

2.      Recruit more investigators into the Department of Medicine.

3.      Increase the involvement of department investigators in interdisciplinary (cross-division and cross-department) scholarship.

4.      Broaden substantive research expertise in the department into additional divisions.

5.      Develop and implement airway center to enhance collaborative research program development in respiratory system diseases.

6.      Expand research on pharmacotherapy.

7.      Develop databases for expanded clinical epidemiology research (e.g. in Cardiology and General Internal Medicine).

8.      Enhance research resources, research mentoring and research faculty development for junior tenure track faculty. 

9.      Enhance involvement of subspecialty fellows in substantive research.

Research Objectives

R1.          Implement program to expand availability of Biostatistical consulting resources throughout the department.

R2.          Identify Research Mentors:

·      Utilize these individuals to interview visiting faculty candidates with anticipated research activities.

·      Pair these individuals to new faculty engaged in research activities for one-on-one help.

R3.          Reinstitute a research development program consistent with the recommendations of the School’s Research Development Task Force.

Academic Affairs Goals

1.      Provide expanded leadership opportunities for junior and mid-career faculty.

2.      Increase institutional and community visibility of faculty accomplishments.

3.      Enhance faculty development programs in education and research.

4.      Clarify mechanisms to promote non-tenure track clinical faculty.

5.      Ensure new faculty receive consistent, high quality orientation to their division, department and school.

 Academic Objectives

A1.              Develop criteria and plan for promotion of non-tenure faculty.

 

A2.              Conduct a leadership development retreat for division chiefs/associate chairs.

 

A3.              Re-evaluate protected time and resources for new clinician educator faculty.

A4.              Establish a department development office (see below).

Department Central Administration Goals

1.      Enhance collaboration with the Omaha VA Medical Center in development of our clinical, education, and research missions. 

2.      Expand space for critical program growth in the clinical, research, and education missions.

3.      Develop mechanisms to prevent financial pressures from crowding out faculty effort in teaching and scholarship.

4.      Increase other sources of revenue (e.g. educational revenue, education grants, research grants, endowments) to reduce department dependence on clinical revenue.

Central Administration Objectives

CA1.        Establish a department development office

·         Continue improvements in Newsletter and Annual report

·         Identify resources to upgrade and maintain department website.

·         Enhance Department visibility in the community (eg media coverage, “Best Doctor’s” recognitions. etc)

·         Coordinate effort to establish and grow  multiple endowments (O’Donohue, Booth, Endocrine, Allergy, etc)

·         Assist with Leadership development retreat

 CA2.        Continue to promote CU IM faculty for leadership roles in the Omaha VA.

CA3.        Develop proposal for revised faculty compensation and incentive plan informed by report of task force for changes by the 2005-2006 Academic Year.

CA4.        Develop additional community service experiences for students, residents, fellows and faculty.