Medical School Operations Promising Practices

While all medical schools are unique, many institutions encounter similar challenges when it comes to strategy, operations, and organizational culture.

Our collection of promising practices is meant to serve as a community pool of knowledge, shared by medical school leaders for medical school leaders.

Each practice is selected based on its novelty, outcome data, and sustainability, demonstrating a positive impact on the organization. The practices described here can be replicated at your institution or they may serve as inspiration to develop your own practices that fit the unique needs and culture of your institution.

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Calling all institutions that have developed innovative programs to strengthen shared governance and increase faculty and staff voice involvement in institutional decision making! Examples may include: establishing or revising shared decision-making processes, convening new committees to increase faculty or staff voice in governance and decision-making, improving the functioning of or empowering existing committees. Learn more about eligible practices and submission details. Submissions accepted until Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.