Focus on New and Modified Initiatives

I have been asked to provide a summary of the new and modified initiatives for the school's Strategic Plan, as highlighted in my six-month progress report message.

There have been a number of initiatives that we have successfully completed, whereas many others have been significantly modified based on discussions on how best to achieve a particular initiative in support of a strategic priority.

Therefore I have developed a summary of our new initiatives for 2014-16 as well as a description of the substantially modified initiatives in support of our strategic plan and those initiatives that we have successfully completed and or eliminated. All of this information is also available online for your reference at any time. As always, if you have any questions regarding this summary, please do not hesitate to contact me.  

Strategic Plan Links

» Strategic Plan (web)
» Strategic Plan (print)
» Strategic Priorities and Initiatives Matrix
» Six-month Progress Report (web)
» Six-month Progress Report (print)

Important Links

» UW SVM
» UW Veterinary Care
» Give to SVM
» Message Archive

New Initiatives

Strategic Priority 3.C

• Design and build additional small group learning spaces and an expanded Clinical Skills Training Center space in the current solar panel space. Design of the space to be conducted in spring and summer 2014. Construction to begin in 2015.

Strategic Priority 3.D

• Develop a shelter animal medicine program, beginning with a faculty director of the program by July 2014.

Strategic Priority 3.E and Strategic Priority 5.G

• Develop the WisCARES One Health Clinic designed to serve disadvantaged residents and their pets and to provide clinical and service learning opportunities to our students by fall 2014.

Strategic Priority 5.F

• Complete construction on remodeling improvements prior to 2015 site visit (flooring, pharmacy, SA Isolation, and main entrance).

Strategic Priority 5.G

• Expand clinical opportunities for students in shelter medicine.
  

Significantly Modified Initiatives

Strategic Priority 0.A

Create report on reviewing and optimizing administrative structure of the four departments, HR, IT Business Services and Facilities by June 1, 2014.

• Links to additional support for research and grants-SP #2.C.

Previous wording:
Review and optimize SVM administrative structure.

• Support of department functions beginning summer 2013.
• Review of administrative functions (HR, IT, Business Services and Facilities) beginning summer 2013. Links to Additional support for research and grants-SP #2.F.

Strategic Priority 0.B

Enhance funding sources.

• Increase resident and nonresident tuition to be at the median of Big Ten schools. Board of Regents vote on increased tuition proposal in June 2014

Previous wording:
Enhance funding sources.

• 2017 class size increase to be implemented beginning in 2013-14 academic year.

Strategic Priority 0.C

Increase the number of relationships with donors, increase the visibility of the SVM, and seek additional gift dollars over the next 10 years in support of:

Previous wording:
Implement comprehensive strategy to seek additional gift dollars over the next 10 years in support of:

Strategic Priority 1.A

Through the Faculty Mentorship Task Force, improve mentorship of our early, mid, and late career faculty.

• Establish and implement best practices for mentoring of early career faculty. Draft of best practices document to be complete by May 2014.
• Examine how to best support continued or renewed development of mid and late career faculty beginning in the summer of 2014.

Previous wording:
Create a Faculty Mentorship Task Force to develop mentoring opportunities before promotion and support of mid and late-career faculty. Task force to be created by July 1, 2013.

• Improve on-boarding for new faculty. Jan 1, 2014.
• Improve mentorship of junior faculty. Jan 1, 2014.
• Foster the engagement and productivity of mid and late-career faculty. Beyond Jan 1, 2014.

Strategic Priority 1.B

Finalize and implement Search Committee Operation Guidelines to enable our search committees to recruit a more diverse pool of candidates. July 1, 2014.

Previous wording:
Improve the search process and incorporate best practices including training our search committees to recruit a more diverse pool of candidates. Sept 1, 2013.

Strategic Priority 1.C

Hire six to seven new faculty in addition to faculty replacements to increase our total faculty members by 6 to10. Six have been hired and another six will be hired by December 31, 2014. The remaining four should be hired by 2017.

Previous wording:
Hire six to ten new faculty in addition to faculty replacements to increase our total faculty members by 6-10. Three have been hired and another three will be hired by Jan 1, 2014. The remaining four should be hired by 2017.

Strategic Priority 2. A

Through the Clinical Research Task Force, enhance clinical research through resource and infrastructure improvements. Improvements to be implemented over a 1-2 year timeframe.

Previous wording:
Create a Clinical Research Task Force to enhance clinical research through resource and infrastructure improvements. Committee members to be identified by July 1, 2013 Lauren Trepanier as chair. Improvements to be implemented over a 1-2 year timeframe.

Strategic Priority 2.C

Optimize administrative support for research and grants administration. Draft of individual roles and responsibilities to be complete by March 1, 2014. Implementation by December 31, 2014. Links to 0.A

Previous wording
(This was previously Strategic Priority 2.D but an initiative was removed):
Provide additional administrative support for research and grants administration. First set of recommendations to be complete by Jan 1, 2014 and implementation by July 1, 2014. Links to 0.A (broad administrative review.)

Strategic Priority 3.B

Through the Clinical Education Taskforce, achieve the following initiatives:

• Investigate expansion of ambulatory program to include a broader array of clinical experiences.
• Increase students’ experiences practicing clinical skills through an expanded Clinical Skills Training Center and its integration into the DVM curriculum.
• Develop better course evaluation and student evaluation systems. Focus on outcome-based measures. Assess for Accreditation.

Previous wording (This was previously Strategic Priority 3.C but an initiative was removed):
Create Clinical Education Taskforce by July 1, 2013.

• Investigate expansion of ambulatory program to include a broader array of clinical experiences.
• Clinical Skills initiative.
• Develop better course evaluation and student evaluation systems. Focus on outcome-based measures. Assess for Accreditation.

Strategic Priority 5.A

Complete UWVC strategic plan by April 2014.

Previous wording:
Ensure alignment between SVM and UWVC by leadership working to integrate the organizations’ strategic plans. UWVC strategic planning to begin late summer of 2013, completed April 1, 2014. Determine the role the school will play in the creation of UWVC strategic plan.

Strategic Priority 5.B:

Pursue feasibility of new building in Lot 62 to expand the small animal hospital and increase research lab space. Design of the space to be conducted in spring and summer 2014. Target construction date 2017-2019.

Previous wording (This was previously Strategic Priority 5.C but an initiative was removed):
Pursue feasibility of new building in Lot 62 to expand the small animal hospital and increase research lab space. Begin feasibility study end of summer 2013.

Strategic Priority 5.E

Communicate results of the financial analysis of UW Veterinary Care by March 2014.

Previous wording (This was previously Strategic Priority 5.F but an initiative was removed):
Perform a comprehensive audit and financial analysis of UW Veterinary Care. To begin in late Spring 2013 and be completed by Jan 1, 2014.

Strategic Priority 6.A

Implement New Employee Welcome and Orientation Program by June 2014 and establish a process for keeping the orientation content current.

Previous wording:
Expand new employee on-boarding to include discussion of the SVM Strategic Plan, with special focus on Strategic Priority #6. Sept 1, 2013.

Strategic Priority 6.D

Hold SVM Education Day by March 20, 2014 and subsequent monthly forums to interface basic science education and clinical application. Create intranet resource of course itineraries so instructors can identify and reach out to others who teach correlating topics by August 2014.

Previous wording (This was previously Strategic Priority 6.C but an initiative was added):
Develop strategies to interface basic science education and clinical application. Initial meetings with course coordinators done by Sept 1, 2013. Implement in the 2013-14 academic year.

Strategic Priority 7.A

Continue to enhance the support and resources available for clinical research, including faculty and trainee research opportunities, guided by the recommendations of the clinical research taskforce. Links to SP #2.b and #3.

Previous wording:
Increase resources available for clinical research, including faculty and trainee research opportunities. Implement in 2013-14, partially dependent on the recommendations of the clinical research taskforce. Links to SP #2.b and #3.

Strategic Priority 7.C

Expand Clinical Skills Training Center through solar panel remodel. Construction anticipated to be complete by January 2016.

Previous wording:
Improve Clinical Skills Laboratory. Recommendations due Sept 1, 2013 implementation over the 2013-14 academic year. Available by Sept 1, 2014.

Initiatives Removed (Implementation Completed)

Strategic Priority 2.B. (first bullet)

Redefine the role and write a charge for the PI Committee to better support faculty research and mentor/support faculty development. Redraft of Charge to be completed July 1, 2013.

Strategic Priority 2.C

Increase financial support for re-submittable internal grants where SVM funds the resubmitted grants. To be implemented over 2013-14 academic year.

Strategic Priority 2.G

(Note: this initiative was removed from this section only because it isn’t research-oriented, similar initiatives remain under the strategic priorities relating to curriculum and student recruitment)

Replace non-functioning solar panels with roof and remodel, if financially practical, to include educational and/or research space. Initial planning to begin September 2013 along with new building planning. Impacts SP #3.

Strategic Priority 3.A

Initiate the Selectives Curriculum, including the launch of Selectives Week. To be implemented during selectives week of Aug 26, 2013.

Strategic Priority 5.B

Review and optimize UW Veterinary Care Administrative Structure.

Strategic Priority 6.B

Expand dean’s monthly get-togethers to all SVM locations across the UW Campus.

Dean Markel