POWERFUL SHARING
IN OUR STATEWIDE
EDUCATION NETWORK
Clinical Education Summits, organized by our Office of Clinical
Education, harnessed the power of our statewide consortium of health
systems and hospitals to create “ideal places for our patient care and
for student education,” said Executive Dean Ken Johnson, D.O. More
than 100 medical education professionals from our health care systems
and hospitals throughout Ohio attended each daylong leadership
development gathering. Presentations, active learning and networking
sessions focused on sharing information among partners on topics like
virtual reality in medical education, adaptive design in patient care
and developing interprofessional health care teams. Other sessions
showcased Ohio University and partner hospital efforts to transform
health care and health care education.
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TOTAL ENROLLMENT
ACROSS ALL HERITAGE
COLLEGE CAMPUSES
SHARED GOVERNANCE
With our unprecedented growth over the past five years, increased organizational complexity and ambiguity
about decision-making responsibilities inspired us to clearly define shared governance. In 2016, working with
the American Association of Medical Colleges, an elected faculty group led a college-wide initiative to develop
principles for shared governance intended to enhance organizational effectiveness. The group developed inclusive
and sustainable principles, founded on the assumption that all individuals are working in the best interest of the
college. These principles emphasize collaborative decision-making, transparency in roles and responsibilities, and
solution-based, open communication. Additionally, a new organizational structure is being implemented that is
already leading to more transparent decision-making and clear responsibilities within the college.
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