1-Outstanding education for outstanding learners:
Attract outstanding students –
- Review and improve graduate (research) training programs
- Implement a Quality Improvement (QI) framework with outcomes, annual reporting
- Optimize recruitment, admissions mentorship processes
- Develop cross-cutting skills curriculum
Prepare students to stand out –
- Ensure we efficiently meet (and exceed) institutional accreditation standards across all accredited programs
Include faculty and staff as lifelong learners –
- Reorient Faculty Development and CPD to align needs and offerings
- Make core resources broadly accessible
2-Collaborative research and care for better health:
Sustain an ambitious research culture –
- Strengthen the Clinician-Scientist continuum
Facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration –
- Orient fundraising to catalyze interdisciplinary / translational research initiatives around major societal challenges
Bridge gaps in the knowledge-to-action cycle –
- Hire faculty strategically to build translational teams in specific topic areas
3-Delivering with and for our communities –
Foster a culture of openness –
- Enhance outreach and pathway programs for underrepresented groups in healthcare professional training
- Report annually on equity metrics
Engage effectively –
- Broaden our mentorship programs to encompass our faculty and learners outside of Montreal, also in French
Ensure our work is known to our communities –
- Develop our government and public relations strategies focusing on our contributions in Quebec, in French
- Introduce a high-profile annual public lecture/event on health services delivery / public healthcare
4-An efficient, mission-focused organization:
People: attract, develop and retain talented, diverse staff and academic leaders
- Develop an administrative “dashboard” for key metrics: staffing levels, retention, costs vs revenues, etc.
Tools: to enable effective data-informed decision-making
- Stop initiatives, as well as start new ones, based on the data we collect
Systems: to improve quality, efficiency and our agility
- Benchmark administrative activities
- Implement best practices, streamline processes, ensure consistent use of IT, provide professional development
- Provide coaching and development to academic leaders