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Nov. 24, 2023

Cumming School of Medicine adopts ambitious new transdisciplinary strategy

Reimagining Health for All, Ahead of Tomorrow launched with celebration of learners, faculty, staff and partners
Dean Todd Anderson outlines the Cumming School of Medicine鈥檚 six priorities for future success.
Dean Todd Anderson outlines the Cumming School of Medicine鈥檚 six priorities for future success. Riley Brandt, 草莓污视频导航

The Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) is encouraging Calgarians to learn more about their medical school after updating the faculty鈥檚 road map for the next decade of innovative academic programming and research discovery.

The CSM is sharing its iterative new strategic plan, focusing on six priority areas to achieve impact and growth locally while expanding the school鈥檚 global reach.

鈥淥ur ambitious plan builds on a legacy of leadership,鈥 says Dr. Todd Anderson, dean, CSM. 鈥淲hether it's innovative educational experience, discovery and translational research, or improving the lives of people in our community, in the next decade we intend to lead.鈥

Bev Adams

Bev Adams

鈥淲e are focused on opportunities that exist integrating health data analytics and patient care, emphasizing our position as a trusted source of health information with our communities, shifting to an Indigenous health office that is independent and self-determined, recognizing our medical school as an ally of anti-racism, social equity and inclusivity, and as a leader in international programs to support clinical excellence,鈥 he says.

The CSM鈥檚 new strategy identifies six priorities for future success:

  • Supporting our people and our communities
  • Placing education at the core of what we do
  • Enabling world-class discovery science, translational and health-outcomes research
  • Committing to the Indigenous Health Dialogue
  • Striving for social justice through action on health equity
  • Transforming health care through a learning health system

鈥淭hese are cross-cutting priorities. The people and work in each of these areas will overlap and be transdisciplinary,鈥 says Dr. Bev Adams, vice dean, CSM, who led the development of the plan over the past year, consulting with learners, faculty, staff, philanthropists, partners and citizens.

鈥淲e took care to align the plan with the 草莓污视频导航, and that is intentionally reflected in the title of our plan,鈥 says Adams. 草莓污视频导航鈥檚 new strategy, , took effect July 1.

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Development of the Cumming School of Medicine's new strategic plan included engaging with more than 2,500 people through engagement events, group sessions and online surveys.

Riley Brandt

The consultation to develop CSM鈥檚 strategic plan included hearing from more than 2,500 people through a working group that guided the planning process and advisory groups that informed specific objectives and strategies for future growth.

CSM hosted a gathering Nov. 23 to officially introduce the plan, celebrate the people who contributed to it and commemorate a transition to ongoing implementation.

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Todd Anderson,聽MD鈥85,is a cardiologist, professor in the Department of Cardiac Sciences and dean of the CSM. He is a member of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute.

Bev Adams,聽MD,聽is a psychiatrist, professor in the Department of Psychiatry and vice-dean of the CSM. She is member of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and associate member of the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Research & Education.


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