The Culture of Excellence Project Team was put in place to continue the efforts of the Unit Assessment Working Group to foster an enhanced and renewed culture of professionalism within the Faculty of Medicine.

By ensuring the sustainability and long term success of the implemented Unit Assessment recommendations, the project team will support the Destination Excellence pillar of Empowered People. Likewise, the project team will work to foster effective communication and collaboration among members of the Faculty of Medicine, support leadership and professional development opportunities and celebrate individual and team success.

Mandate (June 2021)

• To foster within the Faculty of Medicine a culture of professionalism which values every individual in environments free of all forms of discrimination, racism, intimidation, and harassment, including sexual harassment and sexual assault.
• To provide an equitable, inclusive, and culturally safe environment within the Faculty of Medicine.
• To support the sustainability of the implemented recommendations from the Unit Assessment.
• To appraise the learning and work environments to inform decision making within the Faculty of Medicine.

Note: Due to the dynamic and evolving environment the Culture of Excellence is located in, the mandate will continue to be re-visited on an ongoing basis.

Actions to Date

• Review of recent Enhancing the Faculty of Medicine Learning and Working Environment: Mistreatment Survey as a guide to informing how we move forward with initiatives and priorities. The Professionalism Research Advisory Group will be disseminating more information in the future through their scholarly work with the survey.
• In collaboration with the Office of Professional and Educational Devleopment, members of the project team helped develop an accredited Professionalism in Practice online learning module for clinical faculty and learners. To complete the module, please click here.

Professionalism in Practice module for staff, graduate learners, and other faculty members are currently under development and will be released soon.

If you have any questions about our activities or would like to provide feedback, please contact us at excellence@mun.ca.  

Team Members (2022-23)