Faculty Wellness Retreat - June 7, 2024
Faculty Wellness invites all UT Southwestern Faculty to participate in the Faculty Wellness Retreat, June 7, 2024.
This all-day, in-person event is designed to help academic faculty maximize their own professional fulfillment while operationalizing change in their local healthcare environment. The day will feature interactive workshops, facilitated discussions, and networking opportunities to advance a culture of wellness at UT Southwestern.
Sessions held in person at UT Southwestern's Pegasus Park facility: 3000 Pegasus Park Drive, Dallas, TX 75247.
Keynote to provide a virtual option via link below.
Keynote Presentation
1:00–2:00 p.m.
"Transforming Relationships for High Performance: The Relational Model of Organizational Change"
Professor, Brandeis University Heller School for Socia Policy & Management, Faculty Director Relational Coordination Collaborative
Co-Founder and Board Member, Relational Coordinate Analytics
Jody Hoffer Gittell is Professor of Management at Brandeis University's Heller School where she teaches Organizational Theory, Research Methods, and Strategic Human Resource Management. She also serves as Chair of the Brandeis University Faculty Senate, Director of the Relational Coordination Collaborative, and Co-Founder of Relational Coordination Analytics. Gittell developed Relational Coordination Theory, proposing that highly interdependent work is most effectively coordinated through networks of shared goals, shared knowledge, and mutual respect, supported by frequent, timely, accurate, problem-solving communication. She also developed the Relational Model of Organizational Change showing how organizational actors can design structural, relational and work process interventions to strengthen relational coordination and support desired outcomes in times of crisis and beyond.
Dr. Gittell has published dozens of scientific articles and six books including The Southwest Airlines Way; High Performance Healthcare; Sociology of Organizations; Transforming Relationships for High Performance; and Relational Analytics: Guidelines for Analysis and Action. She is currently exploring the relational dynamics of multi-level systems change in organizations and ecosystems.
Background Readings:
- Gittell, J. H., Fairfield, K. M., Bierbaum, B., Head, W., Jackson, R., Kelly, M., ... & Zuckerman, J. (2000). Impact of relational coordination on quality of care, postoperative pain and functioning, and length of stay: A nine-hospital study of surgical patients. Medical Care, 807-819.
- Bolton, R., Logan, C., & Gittell, J. H. (2021). Revisiting relational coordination: A systematic review. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 57(3), 290-322.
- Ali, H. N., Gittell, J. H., Deng, S., Stults, C. D., Martinez, M., Pertsch, S., ... & Dillon, E. C. (2023). Relationships and resilience at work and at home: Impact of relational coordination on clinician work–life balance and well-being in times of crisis. Health Care Management Review, 48(1), 80.
Morning Sessions
9:00–9:30 a.m.
"Importance of Trust in Creating Joy in Academic Medicine"
Susan Matulevicius, M.D., MSCS
Associate Dean of Faculty Wellness
Join us for a thought-provoking lecture on the importance of trust in creating joy in academic medicine. Led by Dr. Susan Matulevicius, discover how trust forms the bedrock of collaboration, innovation, and well-being within medical institutions. Join us as we explore the transformative power of trust in shaping a thriving academic healthcare environment. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of trust and its multidimensional nature in academic medicine, learner the importance of communication, empathy, transparency and integrity in building trust, and the role of trust in systems in reducing burnout and improving job satisfaction among academic medicine professionals. Whether you're a physician, researcher, or educator, this lecture is a must-attend for anyone wanting to understand the importance of trust in the workplace to maximize practice efficiency and psychological safety while delivering high-quality care to patients, high-impact leadership to teams, and meaningful research and education.
9:30–10:15 a.m.
"Importance of Trust, Psychological Safety, and Efficiency Optimization in High Reliability Organizations Expert Panel Facilitated Discussion"
This interactive panel discussion engages with senior leadership at UT Southwestern, Parkland Health, and Children’s Health leadership to discuss from their perspectives the importance of psychological safety and efficiency optimization in the delivery of high quality and high reliability health care.
Moderator
Susan Matulevicius, M.D., MSCS
Associate Dean of Faculty Wellness
Panel Discussants
Professor, Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Director, Office of Faculty Engagement and Development, Children’s Health
Professor, Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Vice President and Chief Quality Officer at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Senior Vice President, Employee Experience Children’s Health Dallas
Jenna Wimberley, M.D.
Medical Director of Clinical Ethics and Resiliency, Parkland Health
Breakout Sessions
Morning 10:15 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Afternoon 2:15 to 3:45 p.m.
1. "Epic Wins: Tips and Tricks in Epic with the Medical Informatics Team" (select morning, afternoon, or both sessions)
Bring your laptop and join Dr. Ling Chu, Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, UT Southwestern Medical Center, to learn quick ways to enhance your electronic health record efficiency and have time to develop and build your own tools with the support and guidance of the medical informatics team.
Instructor and Speaker
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, General Internal Medicine, Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer, UT Southwestern Medical Center
2. “Professional Efficiency: Discovering Flow and Deep Work” (morning session)
In this small-group interactive workshop, explore your goals and your purpose and tactics to prioritize your workload to maximize meaning with Dr. Susan Matulevicius as your instructor with fellow faculty member facilitators at tables to facilitate discussion.
“Team Efficiency: Prioritization, Delegation, and Setting Boundaries” (afternoon session)
In this small-group interactive workshop, learn to set and communicate boundaries, delegate appropriately, and work effectively with teams to enhance your efficiency and joy with Dr. Susan Matulevicius as your instructor with fellow faculty member facilitators at tables to facilitate discussion.
Instructor and Speaker
Susan Matulevicius, M.D., MSCS
Associate Dean of Faculty Wellness
Table Facilitators
Associate Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
UTSW Certified Professional Coach
Michel Statler, DMSc, M.L.A, PA-C
Former Associate Professor now Adjunct Faculty, Physician Assistant Studies
UTSW Certified Professional Coach
All Day Session: Relationship Centered Communications (9 a.m. to 12:50 p.m., 2 to 4:45 p.m.)
"Foundational Relationship-Centered Communication (RCC) to Enhance Team Efficiency, Trust, and Efficacy" (starts at 9 a.m.)
Join Jaime Harry, LCSW, Laura Kirk, MSPAS, PA-C, FACH, and Caitlin Siropaides, D.O., in this interactive, experiential skills workshop. We will review the evidence supporting relationship-centered communication in enhancing the efficacy and efficiency of team communication, and demonstrate how to build rapport, generate a shared agenda, elicit team member perspective, demonstrate empathy, and develop and communicate a collaborative plan with your team. We will spend most of our time practicing these new strategies in supportive, facilitated small groups. Bring one or two specific cases of challenging communication you have experienced at work and you will leave the workshop with at least one new communication skill you can use to enhance your communication within teamwork and leadership here at UT Southwestern.
Instructors
Jaime Harry, LCSW
Head of Faculty Wellness Counseling and Support Services, LCSW
Trained RCC Facilitator
Laura Kirk, MSPAS, PA-C
Assistant Director of Advanced Practice Providers, Ambulatory Services, Faculty, Academy of Communication in Healthcare
Trained RCC Facilitator and Instructor
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, General Internal Medicine and Palliative Care, Interim Medical Director of Palliative Care, University Hospitals
Program Director UT Southwestern VitalTalk Advanced Communication Training Program
Trained RCC Facilitator
Networking Lunches 12-12:50 p.m.
Learn About YourTime Away
Join leaders from HR to talk about the new paid time off, parental leave, and medical hardship program. Bring your questions for a lunch time ask the experts session.
Faculty Women Wellness
Gather with other faculty women for conversation, networking, fellowship, and lunch. This networking session led by Elizabeth Maher, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Neurology, invites everyone to share stories on how to successfully navigate a career and life as a female academic faculty member.
Accreditation and Designation Statement
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
