University of Mississippi Medical Center Leadership Development Program
Leadership Training for Faculty Development
Program Booklet
2015 - 2016
Welcome to the University of Mississippi Medical Center Leadership Development Program
The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) Leadership Development Program (LDP) is an 11 month development exercise for faculty and key staff, the purpose of which is to refine skills essential to a future leader in an academic health sciences campus through specific program presentations and focused activities. This program reflects a campus imperative to develop the fullest capacity of UMMC employees as one component of a comprehensive faculty development effort.
Leadership development is a complex field. Fundamental principles of leadership can be readily enumerated, as any visit to the business section of an airport bookstore will demonstrate. These can then be honed by repetition and rehearsal in a variety of scenarios, often unique to a profession or endeavor. Nevertheless, the underlying capacity for and willingness to engage in leading others is predicated upon a drive from within the individual. Recognizing that drive and channeling it into a constructive force for improvement in this medical center is a specific goal for the LDP.
As a participant, you will engage in a structured sequence of events over a period of time from August 2015 through June 2016, with a July graduation exercise. During that time, you will be introduced to established faculty who can help you develop a mentorship network. This will be an initial stage in development of a larger network of colleagues who hold leadership positions both within and outside of the medical center.
You will be challenged to refine your individual career plans, and will participate in exercises to bolster existing strengths in scholarship, discovery, and clinical/community service. Importantly, you will learn critical aspects of the management of a major public health center. The desired outcome is to enlarge a cadre of UMMC employees skilled in leadership who will provide excellence in service to the medical center community and to those whom that community touches through application of the healing arts.
Mission Statement
The UMMC Leadership Development Program uses in-depth, task-oriented
presentations of administrative and educational activities on the UMMC
campus to enhance the potential of faculty and staff to devise, creatively
express visions for, evaluate the efficacy of, and manage for successful
outcomes—key program elements of an academic health sciences campus.
Program Structure
A welcome reception will be held the evening of Wednesday, August 26 in the Norman C. Nelson Student Union. Class members will have an opportunity to meet graduates from former classes and begin developing a mentoring network. The formal class activities commence with a two-day, mandatory retreat on Thursday, August 27 (8:30 am—4:30 pm) and Friday, August 28 (8:30 am-3:00 pm). The location for this retreat will be the UMMC Conference Center at the Jackson Medical Mall. A detailed schedule for the retreat activities will be provided prior to the retreat.
The retreat and the subsequent monthly sessions for September, October, November, January and June will be coordinated by members of the Executive Development Group, Inc. (http://www.developingexecutives.com/). This will encompass:
Four half-day follow-up sessions from 8:00 am—noon;
Conflict and Leading Teams on September 25, 2015,
Leader as Coach on October 30, 2015,
Situational Leadership on November 20, 2015,
Leading Individual and Organizational Change on January 8, 2016, and
Comprehensive Review and Skills Practice on June 10, 2016.
There will be no meeting in December, 2015.
These sessions will include all materials necessary to conduct personal assessments, including
The course text, Leadership Challenge (Kouzes and Posner, 2014),
(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) and Introduction to Type in Organization,
Situational Leadership (DTA II, LBA II, Sit Lead Pak),
LPI (Leadership Profile Indicator) Self, and
Emotional Intelligence Survey and Manual.
The schedule for sessions for February-May will change and be held on the afternoons of Friday, February 5; Friday, March 4; Friday, April 1; Friday, May 6. The locations on campus will be communicated at a later date.
A graduation exercise and reception will be scheduled one evening in July, 2015.
Networking opportunities will include meetings with LDP graduates, presentations from the medical center leadership on strategic directions for this campus, and interactions with Mississippi elected representatives and their staff.
Participants can expect to engage in a capstone exercise that will practice leadership skills and include the entire class.
Time Commitment and Activities
Participants are expected to schedule, and Chairpersons to agree to release, time to permit attendance at scheduled events including the two day retreat on August 27-28 and one half day each month from September through the following June for program activities. It can be anticipated that participants will also need to allocate an average of one hour/month for potential meetings with mentors. The work products expected of each participant will require additional time, perhaps two hours/month, but such activities reflect work products within the standard expectations of faculty output, and can be pursued during normal working hours.
Participants shall agree to review their 2015-2016 calendars and schedule clinical duties and travel for professional meetings so as not to interfere with attendance at leadership sessions.
Every effort will be made to maintain the cited schedule for this program. Weather issues, natural disasters necessitating mobilization of campus resources, and other events beyond the control of the institution have necessitated schedule changes in past classes. Should events require a schedule change, class members will be excused from attendance requirements.
As a result of input from members of the inaugural Leadership Development class, who indicated that excessive absences and telephonic/pager interruptions were particularly disruptive, a decision has been made to put into place a policy under which each class member would be allowed one excused absence (barring illness, emergencies or unavoidable military or civic service). Participants who have a potential conflict should communicate that to the Deputy Chief Academic Officer as soon as possible.
With the approval of the Deputy Chief Academic Officer, class members may request approval of their fellow class members for an additional, unscheduled absence. Class members who exceed the approved limit of absences will be asked step down from the 2015-2016 class.
2015-2016 Leadership Development Program Schedule
August 26 (Wednesday) Welcome Reception – Student Union 5:00 pm
August 27 (Thursday) MANDATORY Retreat—Conference Center 8:30 am-4:30 pm
August 28 (Friday) MANDATORY Retreat—Conference Center 8:30 am -3:00 pm
September 25 (Friday) Conflict and Leading Teams 8:00-12:00
October 30 (Friday) Leader as Coach 8:00-12:00
November 20 (Friday) Situational Leadership 8:00-12:00
January 8 (Friday) Leading Individual and Organizational Change 8:00-12:00
February 5 (Friday) UMMC: The Missions 1:00- 5:00 pm
March 4 (Friday) Professionalism and Career Advancement 1:00- 5:00 pm
April 1 (Friday) Managing Institutional Functions 1:00- 5:00 pm
May 6 (Friday) The Digital Campus: Infrastructure and Use 1:00- 5:00 pm
June 10 (Friday) Comprehensive Review and Skills Practice 8:00-12:00
July TBD Graduation Reception
5:30-7:00 p.m.
SESSION DESCRIPTIONS
Welcome Reception—August 26, 2015 (Norman C. Nelson Student Union)
Session I – August 27-28, 2015
Leadership Retreat (UMMC Medical Mall Conference Center) - Leadership Skills Needed at the University of Mississippi Medical Center
This medical center is one of the largest industries in the state. Its major product is new knowledge, which is then translated into improved health for our citizens. Such an enterprise demands a refined organizational structure with clearly designated leadership responsibilities. The mandatory, two-day inaugural session is led by Larry Neiman from the Executive Development Group, LLC. The goals include introducing participants to one another, enunciating basic skills essential to leadership positions in an academic health science center, and reviewing the leadership structure of UMMC.
Session II – September 25, 2015 Conflict and Leading Teams
Effective leaders must have the skills needed to create teams to address specific situations and to manage conflict that could reduce the capacity of such teams. In this session, led by Larry Neiman, participants will learn to apply the Stages of Team Development in terms of leadership actions, enhance effectiveness in managing conflict in teams or one-on-one scenarios, and develop a specific action plan to a conflict situation unique to each participant.
Session III – October 30, 2015 Leader as Coach
Coaching has been defined as “…a mutual conversation that follows a predictable process and leads to superior performance, commitment to sustained improvement, and positive relationships.” (Dennis C. Kinlaw). With an overriding educational component to the mission of the medical center, coaching of students and subordinates comprises a major element of a leader’s repertoire. In this session, led by Larry Neiman, participants will identify essential skills and attributes for effective coaching;
describe criteria for effective coaching; define the practice of coaching for building commitment; identify tools and techniques for the coaching conversation; and learn and practice key skills.
Session IV – November 20, 2015 Situational Leadership
Situational leadership advocates that there is no single "best" style of leadership.
Effective leadership is task-relevant, and the most successful leaders are those who adapt their leadership style to the maturity of the individual or group they are attempting to lead. In this session, Larry Neiman guides participants through use of a model for adapting leadership to needs of different groups of followers.
Session V – January 8, 2016
Leading Individual and Organizational Change
The objectives for this session, led Larry Neiman, are to permit participants to embrace situations of personal and institutional change and to provide informed and visionary leadership during such circumstances. Specifically designed to address the culture of change on the UMMC campus, this session will begin a transition to consideration of issues unique to our campus.
Session VI – February 5, 2016 UMMC—The Missions
This session begins the second half of the program which focuses internally, on the leadership and structure of UMMC. The Missions brings the highest level of campus leadership, including the Vice Chancellor, Adult and Children’s Hospital CEOs, Chief Academic Officer, Chief Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Advisor to the Vice Chancellor for Governance and Strategic Planning, and Director of Accreditation, to present their unique insights into leadership of the three missions of the Medical Center.
Session VII – March 4, 2016
Professionalism and Career Advancement
This session focuses on professional attributes essential to leadership success at an academic health sciences center. The Medical Center construct and expectations for promotion and tenure goals, quantitation of professionalism in future leaders, recognition of aspects of unconscious bias, organization of personal data (Mysite.umc.edu) and creation of personal career statements are explored.
Session VIII – April 1, 2016
Managing Institutional Functions
The leaders of regulatory compliance (IRB, Compliance), animal care (Laboratory Animal Facilities, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee), security (Director, Campus Police) and public affairs (Chief Public Affairs Officer) infrastructures for the Medical Center are presented in this session. This includes a review and tour of UMMC’s unique region-wide emergency communications network, MedCom, and the AirCare helicopter ambulance system.
Session IX – May 6, 2016
The Digital Campus: Infrastructure and Use
The focus of this session is introduction of participants to leaders of the information technology infrastructure (Chief Information Officer) and security for our telecommunications systems; the Medical Center’s TeleHealth educational and remote
incorporating principles of technology-enabled health science education into Medical Center academic programs are highlighted.
Session X — June 10
Comprehensive Review and Skills Practice
In this session, led by Larry Neiman, participants will actively practice highly effective leadership skills and behaviors that were presented in the first four months of the program, including managing conflict, enhancing interpersonal communication, guiding individuals through personal and organizational change and developing highly performing teams. This capstone session refreshes skill sets learned earlier and reinforces key concepts.
Graduation — July TBD
Participants will engage in formal graduation exercises, receive a certificate of completion, and interact with alumni from previous classes to help establish and enhance a growing network of Leadership Development Program-trained faculty within the Medical Center. Participants are presented with a detailed summary and discussion of the detailed evaluation data that have been collected throughout the course of the year’s activities.
2015-2016 Class Roster
School of Dentistry Steve Magee, DMD
Assistant Professor, Department of Care Planning & Restorative Sciences
BA, University of Mississippi, 1980
DMD, UMMC, 1984
Clinical instructor UMC School of Dentistry, 1984-1986
Private Practice General Dentistry 1986-2004
Part-time clinical faculty UMC School of Dentistry, 1986-2004
Assistant Professor UMMC School of Dentistry, 2004-present
Director of Oral Diagnosis Division of Care Planning and Restorative Sciences
Fellow of Academy
of General Dentistry
School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences Sydney Murphy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Graduate Studies
BS, 2006, Mississippi State University
PhD, Physiology & Biophysics, 2010, UMMC
Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UMMC, 2010
Instructor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UMMC, 2012
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UMMC, 2014
Assistant Dean, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences, UMMC, 2014
School of Health Related Professions Jana Bagwell, MLS
Instructor, Department of Medical Laboratory Science
BS, Arkansas State University, 1988
BS, Clinical Health Science, UMMC, 2005; Certificate in Molecular Diagnostics, UMMC, 2005
Current candidate for PhD in Clinical Health Science, UMMC
Board Certified Medical Laboratory Science, American Society of Clinical Pa- thology
Co-chairman for Health Science Division, Mississippi Academy of Science
Member of Mississippi Society of Clinical Laboratory Science Lisa Barnes, PT, DPT, PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Chair; Department of Physical Therapy
BS Physical Therapy UMMC, 1984; Doctor of Physical Therapy, UMMC 2005
PhD Adult Education, University of Southern Mississippi, 2013.
Doctoral Minor in Educational Research and Graduate Certificate Institutional Research, University of Southern Mississippi, 2013
Licensed Physical Therapist since 1984
Active member American Physical Therapy Association and Mississippi Physi- cal Therapy Association; MPTA Ethics Committee Chair 2005 – 2010; MPTA Nominating Committee 2012 – 2014 (chair 2014).
APTA Health Policy and Administration section, Global Health Special Interest Group
UMMC School of Health Related Professions Teacher of the Year 2015 Tonia B. Taylor, PhD
Associate Professor, Occupational Therapy
BS, Psychology, Jackson State University, 2003
PhD, Clinical Psychology, Jackson State University, 2009
APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Internship, Vanderbilt University/ TN Vet- erans Administration Consortium, 2007-2008
AS Occupational Therapy, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 1992
Chair, Admissions, Occupational Therapy, UMMC SHRP
Former Executive Faculty Board, UMMC Faculty Senate, 2013
Member UMMC SACS Quality Enhancement Program Committee
Professional Memberships: American Psychological Association, American Oc- cupational Therapy Association, Mississippi Occupational Therapy Association School of Medicine
Saira Butt, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases
MD, UTESA, Santo Domingo, Dominical Republic, 2002
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Synergy Medical Education Alliance, Michi- gan State University, 2008-2009
Fellow, Infectious Diseases, UMMC, 2009-2011
Associate Program Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, UMMC, 2011 Dongmei Cui, MS, MD( hon), PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences
BS, Kunming Military Medical School, Kunming, China, 1982
Postgraduate Study, Plastic Surgery Hospital, China Academy of Medical Sci- ences, Beijing, China, 1986
Postgraduate Study, the First Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kun- ming, China, 1988
MS, Anatomy, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences, UMMC, 2004
M.D. (hon), Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China, 2011
PhD, Clinical Anatomy, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences, UMMC, 2015
Assistant Director, Histology Review with Clinical Correlations, UMMC, 2011
Director, Summer Histology Course for Prematriculation students, UMMC, 2012
Yuefeng (Jordan) Lu, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences
BS, Bachelor of Clinical Science equals to MD, Henan Medical University, 1996
Lecturer in Anatomy Department, Beijing Medical University, 1996 - 2000
PhD, UMMC, 2008
Assistant Professor in Biology, Tougaloo College, 2008 – 2011
Course director for Dental Gross Anatomy and Summer pre-matriculation Gross Anatomy Program
Basic Science Professor of the year for Hembree Honor Society, 2015; M1 Star professor for Carl G. Evers Society, 2015; Norman C. Nelson Order of Teaching Excellence, 2015
Sajani (Jeni) M. Tipnis, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Assistant Dean of Curriculum, UMMC
BS, UC Santa Barbara, 1993
MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, 1997
Pediatric Residency, University of California San Diego 2000
Neonatology Fellowship, University of California San Diego 2003
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin 2004-2011
Medical Director of the NICU, UMMC, 2014-2015 School of Nursing
Margaret Jeanne Fortenberry, MS, RN
Assistant Professor and Director of Nursing and Health Care Administration
BSN, University of Southern Mississippi, 1981
MS, Health Care Administration, Capella University, 2010
Past Chief Nursing Officer Woman’s Hospital
Past Vice-President of Susan G. Komen Executive Board
Past Board Member of Make A Wish, Mississippi Chapter
Co-founder of Leadership Academy, River Oaks Health System
HMA CNO of the Year, 2010
Susan G. Komen Volunteer of the Year, 2012
Current PhD in Nursing student through the UMMC School of Graduate Stud- ies in the Health Sciences
Sherri Franklin, BSN, MSN
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Program Director, Advanced Standing (RN to BSN) Pro- gram.
BS, University of MS School of Nursing
MS, University of MS School of Nursing
Professional memberships: American Nurses Association, Mississippi Nurses Association and Sigma Theta Tau International
Certified Professional in Utilization Management
20 years experience in nursing and healthcare management
School of Pharmacy
James (Jay) Pitcock, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice
Doctor of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, 1999
Pharmacy Practice Residency, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (CAVHS), 2000
Clinical Pharmacist at UMMC Heart Failure Disease Management Clinic (HFDM)
Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist (BCPS)
Member of UMMC Centers and Institutes Committee
Academic Affairs Robert Samuel Anderson
Director of UMMC Media Production and Photography
• BA, Southern Studies, University of Mississippi
• BA, Broadcast Journalism, University of Mississippi
• Member of UMMC NextGen Education Committee Emily Cole, MA
BA, Communication (Public Relations), Mississippi State University, 2002
MA, Higher Education/Student Personnel, University of Mississippi, 2010
Member of Academic Affairs Counsel, SAP Core Team, Potential Academic Change Committee, and Institutional Assessment Committee
Professional memberships: American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), Southern Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (SACRAO), Western Association of Veterans Educa- tion Specialist (WAVES) and Veterans Affairs Administrators of Mississippi (VAAMS)
Department of Information Service (DIS) Heidi H. Shoemake, PMP
Manager, Business Application Development
BA, History and Anthropology, Bloomsburg University, 2001
MA, Student Affairs in Higher Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2005
Current EDD in Higher Education student at The University of Mississippi, School of Education
Certified Project Management Professional, Project Management Institute, 2014
Member of UMMC Academic Affairs Council, Potential Academic Changes Committee, Educational Technology User Group, NextGenEd User Group and SAP Core User Group
Children’s Hospital Administration J. Michael Parnell, MSN, RN, FACHE
Chief Ambulatory Officer-Children’s & PhD Student, UMMC
BS, Belhaven College (Biology, 2001)
BSN, UMMC (2005)
MSN, UMMC (Nursing & Healthcare Administration, 2007)
PhD, UMMC in progress (ant. 2007)
Fellow, American College of Healthcare Executives
Board Certified – Healthcare Management Telehealth
Elizabeth Joseph, MPA
Project Manager, Center for Telehealth
B.A. in English, The University of Mississippi
Master of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
Phi Beta Kappa
Liaison with UMMC’s Government Relations department
