NAP Times Newsletter - February 12, 2018

February 12, 2018

NAP Forum Keynote Speaker Highlight: Jody Hoffer Gittell, Ph.D.

Jody Hoffer Gittell, Ph.D., is a professor of management at Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She founded the Relational Coordination Research Collaborative, bringing scholars and practitioners together to help organizations build relational coordination for high performance. She co-founded a university spinoff called Relational Coordination Analytics Inc., offering measurement and intervention support to organizations seeking to improve their performance and serves as its Chief Scientific Officer.

We are thrilled to have Dr. Gittell serving as Saturday morning’s opening keynote for the upcoming NAP Forum in Atlanta. Her presentation, Supporting Interprofessional Practice Through System Redesign: The Power of Relational Coordination, will speak to one of our core themes of relationship-focused care. Dr. Gittell will explore relational coordination – coordinating work through relationships of shared goals, shared knowledge and mutual respect, and review findings about the impact of relational coordination on quality and efficiency performance, and on job satisfaction.

Learn more about Dr. Gittell and the full Forum agenda on the event website and we hope to see you in Atlanta!

Commitment Statement by the National Academies of Practice on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience

The National Academy of Medicine's Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience called for organizations to formally commit to supporting clinician well-being and combating burnout - and the response has been overwhelming:

With a focus on advocacy, NAP supports putting national attention on clinician well-being and calls us to support each other as interprofessional partners to create healthy and thriving work environments in both academia and practice settings.

NAP is committed in our support of the National Academy of Medicine’s Action Collaborative on Clinician Well-Being and Resilience. We look forward to working with many interprofessional colleagues who are committed to making the healthcare workforce as healthy as possible for the benefit of those we serve.

Image Credit: National Academy of Medicine

View the full commitment statement

Watch for more information coming soon on National Interprofessional Healthcare Month!

Get to Know Your NAP Council

Wendy Duncan, B.Sc. Phm, PHD, Vice Chair of Pharmacy Academy

Title: Senior VP Academic Affairs and Provost

Year Inducted as an NAP Fellow : 2015

Academy: Pharmacy

Education: University of Toronto

Fun fact: From Toronto originally.

Number One Reason you Volunteer for NAP: IP is critical if we are going contain the cost of healthcare and improve quality.