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How Safe Is Safe Enough: Analyzing Hazards and Risks in the Real World to Inform Decision Making

September 9, 2021

No endeavor/decision is without risk. Despite the best of intentions decisions that lead to undesired outcomes (financial, human, political, reputation), many times catastrophic, occur during the operation of complex systems. Unfortunately (tragically), it is also common that the parties that made these decisions or were impacted by these undesired outcomes viewed them as unexpected when they occurred. Even worse, because the outcomes were unexpected there was generally little or no preparation for their occurrence further magnifying the extent and the impact to the individuals, organizations, and society as a whole. Since no system can be reasonably expected to perform flawlessly…

LHS Collaboratory Kick-0ff session for 2021-2022!

July 23, 2021

Using the Electronic Health Record (EHR)/Structured Data Presentation 1 The Learning Health (Record) System Speaker: Philip R.O. Payne, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, FAIMBE, FIAHSI Janet and Bernard Becker Professor and Director, Institute for Informatics (I2), Associate Dean for Health information and Data Science, Chief Data Scientist, at Washington University in St. Louis This presentation will explore the ways in Biomedical Data Science and Informatics research are helping to realize the potential of EHR technologies in the context of creating an LHS, from the optimization of workflow and human factors, to the generation of reproducible and systematic clinical phenotypes, to the delivery…

David Schottenfeld Lecture

July 12, 2021

Topic: COVID: A Global Perspective Neil M. Ferguson, D.Phil Vice-Dean Academic Development, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Please click Zoom link to join. Webinar ID: 999 9060 3207 Passcode: 528835

PHILIP S. BRACHMAN MEMORIAL LECTURE

July 12, 2021

Wednesday, July 14 at 12:15 PM Topic: When Germs Travel: Coronavirus and the Long History of Contagious Crises Howard Markel, MD, PhD George E. Wantz Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine & Director, Center for the History of Medicine, The University of Michigan.

Patient Experience Learning Forum: The Power of High Quality Connections to Elevate Your Team and Your Patient Care

July 8, 2021

Join us for an engaging conversation with Dr. Monica Worline to understand how we can forge high quality connections, and the powerful impact these connections can have on our patients, our teams, and ourselves. Click here to register for the webinar. Presenter: Monica Worline, PhD Monica Worline, PhD, is an organizational psychologist and co-founder of the idea incubator EnlivenWork(link is external), which is dedicated to working in collaboration with our partners to bring some of the world’s most powerful ideas to life and awaken the curiosity, compassion, and courageous thinking that drive organizations to thrive. Monica serves as the Faculty Director…

Practice Session: Facilitating Conversations for an Anti-Racist Workplace

June 15, 2021

This workshop is open to faculty and staff who are managers and supervisors who want to hone their facilitation skills for discussions with their teams on anti-racist topics. Note: Attendees of this practice session will have already attended Facilitating Conversations for an Anti-Racist Workplace prior to attending this session. In this session, managers and supervisors will have the opportunity to further practice the skills introduced to them in Facilitating Conversations for an Anti-Racist Workplace. The majority of the time will be spent in breakout rooms practicing facilitating team meetings using the templates provided. Participants will have the opportunity to: Practice facilitation…

Practice Session: Facilitating Conversations for an Anti-Racist Workplace

June 15, 2021

This workshop is open to faculty and staff who are managers and supervisors who want to hone their facilitation skills for discussions with their teams on anti-racist topics. Note: Attendees of this practice session will have already attended Facilitating Conversations for an Anti-Racist Workplace prior to attending this session. In this session, managers and supervisors will have the opportunity to further practice the skills introduced to them in Facilitating Conversations for an Anti-Racist Workplace. The majority of the time will be spent in breakout rooms practicing facilitating team meetings using the templates provided. Participants will have the opportunity to: Practice facilitation…

Facilitating Conversations for an Anti-Racist Workplace

June 15, 2021

This workshop is open to faculty and staff who are managers and supervisors. In this session, managers and supervisors will learn and practice an approach to use a guiding template for facilitating 15-minute anti-racism discussions with their team. We will also share a plan on how to begin conversations on sensitive topics, and view a conversation in action. You will learn to: Strengthen facilitation skills for short discussion Advance self-confidence as a Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) discussion facilitator Leverage existing content and templates to promote robust discussions You will benefit by: Improving facilitation skills that support brief discussions on…

Facilitating Conversations for an Anti-Racist Workplace

June 15, 2021

This workshop is open to faculty and staff who are managers and supervisors. In this session, managers and supervisors will learn and practice an approach to use a guiding template for facilitating 15-minute anti-racism discussions with their team. We will also share a plan on how to begin conversations on sensitive topics, and view a conversation in action. You will learn to: Strengthen facilitation skills for short discussion Advance self-confidence as a Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) discussion facilitator Leverage existing content and templates to promote robust discussions You will benefit by: Improving facilitation skills that support brief discussions on…