UWSMPH team chosen to participate in Immersion Conference on Enhancing Professional Culture

May 22-25, 2007

In an effort to address the “hidden” or informal curricula here at UWSMPH, Academic Affairs and members of the IME submitted an application to attend the Relationship-Centered Care Initiative Immersion Conference II at the Indiana University School of Medicine this May. UWSMPH was one of eight schools chosen to participate.

The purpose of the conference is to: Understand the culture of medical education’s informal curricula, including how values are taught in daily interactions; Review approaches in initiating culture change; and Outline a strategy to enhance professionalism within our institution. The conference will help UWSMPH coalesce plans for a school- wide initiative to address professionalism and climate issues among faculty, staff and students.

Members of our team include:
Patrick McBride, MD, MPH, Associate Dean of Students
Yolanda Becker, MD, Surgery Clerkship Director, 3rd/4th Year Curriculum Director
Nick Cozzi, PhD, Senior Scientist, Pharmacology
Roberta Rusch, MPH, 3rd/4th Year Curriculum Manager
Diane Reis, M-2, Curriculum Committee co-chair

The following schools of medicine will come together on for this intensive conference:

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Columbia University
East Carolina University - The Brody School of Medicine
University of Louisville
University of Minnesota
University of Nebraska
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM)
University of Wisconsin

Conference Web site:
http://meca.iusm.iu.edu/RCCI/ImmersionII/About.html

For more information, contact Roberta Rusch at rrusch@wisc.edu