Our Culture
Who we are
Caring
- For Patients
Leading to increased safety of medical care
- For Trainees
Leading to increased quality of education
- For Each Other
Leading to improved productivity
Investigation
- In the Laboratory
Leading to increased innovation in medical care
- In Clinical Trials
Leading to increased quality of medical care
- In Clinical Operations
Leading to increased efficiency of medical care
Our Mission
What we want to do
Excellence in Medical Care
More than just caring for patients using the status quo, we will invent better ways to care for patients. By doing so, we will create an impact on patients and their families beyond UF.
Educational Excellence
More than just educating students, residents, fellows, we will implement innovative methods of education. We will make the next physicians and investigators better than we are, which is the greatest gift we could give our patients.
Research Excellence
More than just obtaining research funding and publications, we will discover new fields and innovative techniques.
Strategic Objectives
How we get to where we want to go
Medical Care
- New multi-Divisional and multi-Departmental disease-based clinics and research Centers
- Off-site specialty clinics
- Incorporate innovative technology
- Physician authority in clinical operations
- Market our expertise throughout the region
- Innovative incentive plan
- Quality and Safety Initiatives
- Create new Divisions as Internal Medicine evolves
Research
- Program Projects and multi-PI grants
- NIH-funded Centers (Diabetes, Cancer)
- Clinical trials structure with Shands-Jacksonville
- Gatorade pilot projects and bridge funding
- Increased foundation support
- Faculty biotech incubator
- Increased Pharma partnerships
- NIH-funded CTSI collaborations
- Incentivize grant success
- Junior faculty research incubator
- Formalized mentoring of junior faculty
- Centralized grants support structure
Education
- Participatory residency/fellow education
- Residency specialty tracks
- Physician-scientist tracks from residency through fellowship to faculty
- Incentive-based salaries for educators
- Regional free CME
- Regional board review courses
- Improve diversity of training programs
- Medical quality and safety courses
- Medical economics training