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Reimagining Health for All, Ahead of Tomorrow

Strategic Plan Implementation Update I Cumming School of Medicine

Implementation update

  • Strategic plan first shared with the CSM community in Nov. 2023​

  • The plan is iterative, change is expected and the plan is continuously evaluated​

  • Leaders in each priority area are making progress; new leaders have been welcomed in key roles​

  • Reporting on our progress coming in 2025 includes video and web updates and key performance indicators

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Supporting our people and our communities

Implementation highlights

  • More than doubling the community partners in our Community Engaged Learning programs​

  • Increase in learner access to psychology supports​

  • Increase in alumni engagement – 9,000 PGME residents back to 2010​

  • Celebration of Excellence broadened ​to include all employee types​

  • Research collaboration with 129 countries in 2024

Placing education at ​the core of what we do

Implementation highlights

  • Launch of Southern Alberta ​Medical Program​

  • Launch of Master of Physician Assistant Studies program​

  • Reimagining Medical Education curriculum finished first cycle​

  • Graduate student stipend increased​

  • Appointed associate dean, Health Education and Research Innovation

Enabling world class discovery science, translational and health outcomes research

Implementation highlights

  • More than $268M in research funds in fiscal 2024​

  • 2,493 publications by 451 scholars ​in fiscal 2024​

  • Expanded Research Enhancement Program to support grant applications​

  • Launch of new RISE program supporting early career researchers

Commitment to Indigenous Health Dialogue

Implementation highlights

  • Hosted first annual Decolonizing Health Care Congress​

  • Engagement with community on Indigenous curriculum development through Pathways to Healing Circle​

  • Progress on plans to build capacity ​in Indigenous faculty and research​

  • CSM leadership participation ​in traditional events including Bison Harvest

Striving for social justice through action on health equity

Implementation highlights

  • Expansion of Pathways ​to Medicine program​

  • Precision equity programs including Community Pantry, Fresh Routes, Grad Snacks and more.​

  • Establishing CSM Planetary Health Hub including hiring two directors​

  • Progress in STEP program to support underrepresented groups pursuing career in medicine

Transforming health through​ a learning health system

Implementation highlights

  • Hired research manager focused ​on Learning Health System priority​

  • RePORT project successfully reduced number of unnecessary​ lab tests at 14 Alberta hospitals​

  • Working Group established with Alberta Health and other partners​

  • Engaging with UCalgary researchers to raise awareness and further understand their LHS needs

We want your feedback!

In November 2023, the Cumming School of Medicine released Reimagining Health for All, Ahead of Tomorrow,
our new strategic plan detailing our six priorities for the future.  

As implementation of the plan gains momentum underway,
we want your input on how you see yourself in its implementation and your ideas for strengthening our plan moving forward.

We’ve said from the start that the plan is iterative and we expect the plan to evolve to make improvements to it along the journey over time. Let’s do this together.