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Join the Movement

Partner with the KNN to Create Cultures of Flourishing at Your Organization

“This work speaks right to my soul. How can I get involved?”

As we talk with leaders, faculty, staff and learners in health each day, words like those are a frequent sentiment. Across the country, there is growing recognition that a movement has the power to unite organizations and individuals with a shared goal of transforming clinical learning and practice environments so those within can flourish.

We are excited to share formal ways to partner with us in the movement toward Flourishing in Health:

  • Become a Catalyst Organization for full institutional involvement. Activate a powerful theory of change toward flourishing organization-wide.
     
  • Join as a Changemaker Group at the department or team level. Make an immediate difference in your sphere of influence.
     


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Not ready to join as a group or organization yet? Email us to explore individual options. 

Learners are complimentary. Click to learn more about the KNN definition of learner.

Catalyst Organizations and Changemaker Groups

These forward-thinking organizations and groups have made a commitment to transforming cultures and systems toward flourishing for all:

 

Catalyst Organizations

  • Belmont University

  • Boston College Woods College of Advancing Studies

  • Carle Illinois College of Medicine

  • Duke University School of Medicine*

  • Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine – Auburn Campus (VCOM)

  • Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth*

  • Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine at the University of Texas-San Antonio

  • Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

  • Kansas University School of Medicine

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

  • Michigan State University Health Sciences

  • NSU Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine (NSU MD)

  • Paul L. Foster School of Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center–El Paso*

  • Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania*

  • Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago*

  • Roseman University of Health Sciences

  • University of California – Riverside School of Medicine

  • University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus

  • University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

  • University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH)*

  • Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine*

  • Wake Forest University School of Medicine*

* = KNN Bridging Demonstration site

 

Changemaker Groups

  • Augusta University and University of Georgia Medical Partnership: Office of Personalized Health and Well-Being

  • Baylor College of Medicine: Center for Professionalism

  • Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell: Women in Medicine and Science

  • LSU Health-New Orleans: Center for Advanced Learning and Simulation (CALS)

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science: Office of Applied Scholarship and Education Science

  • Nuvance Health: Patricia A. Tietjen, MD Teaching Academy 

  • Vanderbilt University: Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunction and Survivorship (CIBS) Center

  • University of Minnesota School of Nursing–Rochester Campus: Center for Flourishing Health Care Communities

Why Get Involved?

As a Catalyst Organization or Changemaker Group, you’ll affirm your commitment and actively contribute to the movement by practically applying the KNN Framework for Flourishing in your setting. At the same time, gain support from the broader network to:

  • Access resources and expertise on innovative practices.
     
  • Learn from others, share accomplishments and enrich national efforts.
     
  • Shape the future of academic medicine as part of a group of forward-thinking organizations.

The Partner Journey

The KNN’s relational approach to partnership begins with a discovery phase, in which visits and conversations serve as a pathway for deep listening and identifying organizational opportunities, aspirations and objectives. From there, the KNN develops a robust findings report that provides contextual analysis of discovery findings, including connections drawn to the evidence-based KNN Framework for Flourishing, as well as unique strengths of the organizations.

The KNN team will then work with partners to identify and prioritize which approaches, practices or principles would best help the organization achieve its goals. Through a scholar-practitioner approach, measurements of outcomes are embedded in the design of next steps for working together to innovate and accelerate progress.

This approach equips KNN partners to foster flourishing within their respective institutions and to create an ever-evolving foundation for transformation that enhances the experiences of everyone who learns, works, receives care, or leads within the health ecosystem.

Join Now

Working together, we will make more sustained progress than as individuals acting alone. Collectively, we are creating a swell of momentum and a true movement at the headwaters of Flourishing in Health.

Join the movement — bring your passion, energy and talent to this important work.

 

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"There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about."


 Margaret Wheatley

 

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