UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Strategic Plan Update September 10, 2024
• Goals from EC members
Agenda
• Intranet redesign
Goals for FY25
Overarching goals/focus areas:
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Improving operational efficiency, productivity, communication, and organizational effectiveness.
Clinical and Research Development
Improving mental health treatment access and research
Faculty and Staff Development
Professional development, advancement, retention, recruitment
Education and Training
Community Engagement and Well-Being
Improving work experience for both trainees and educators
Improving well-being, reducing burnout, increasing morale
Dan Becker, MD
Vice Chair for Strategy
Goal
Leverage the new Dignity locations to develop and implement a strategy for improving access to mental health treatment across the care continuum
Category
Clinical and Research Development
Complete the design and development of an Adult campus-based division structure
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Leverage the division structure to develop and implement a strategy for increasing clinical research productivity at adult UCSF Health sites
Clinical and Research Development
Expand DPBS programming within the FPO by aligning processes and promoting consistent communication and leadership structures
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Dan Becker, MD
Interim Vice Chair for Adult
Psychiatry
Goal
Expand LPPH services to the full capacity afforded by our new construction and by UCSF Health’s Ten-Year Plan
Category
Leverage the division structure to increase Tertiary/Quaternary programming within the outpatient clinics, intensive outpatient programs, and inpatient unit
Clinical and Research Development
Clinical and Research Development
Leverage program growth and operational efficiencies to improve wRVU (work relative value unit) productivity for
Adult clinical faculty
Improve program growth, patient flow, clinician flexibility, and organizational effectiveness through increased service line awareness
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Bryan King, MD, MBA
Vice Chair for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Goal
Clarify an academic and clinical leadership structure and teams that support the departmental vision for the child enterprise
Transition recruitment process to better reflect specific strategic targets, aligned with our longer-term goals
Complete transition of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Portal (CAPP) to California Child & Adolescent Mental
Health Access Portal (Cal-MAP)
Partner with the VC for Strategy to align processes and promote consistent communication and leadership structures with the FPO
Category
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Faculty and Staff Development
Clinical and Research Development
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Andrew Krystal, MD
Vice Chair for Research
Goal
Category
Complete key steps (system issues, a system to obtain scales) to implement a mechanism to offer all patients seeking care in our department the opportunity to be contacted for research
Improve research/clinical integration. As a step toward that, implement mood disorders clinic-based study of a randomized trial of personalized care vs. usual care as a model, and use those learnings to help other clinics interested in integrating research/clinical do so
Clinical and Research Development
Complete addressing all pending issues preventing use of blood-draw and processing rooms in Nancy Friend Pritzker Building and oversee ongoing use
Clinical and Research Development
Clinical and Research Development
Mark Leary, MD
Interim
Vice Chair, ZSFG
Goal
Maintain and, where possible, grow clinical services despite a city budget deficit environment (including transfer of Infant Child and Adolescent Psychiatry funding to the affiliation agreement)
Category
Retention and recruitment: 100% occupancy of UCSF/ZSFG faculty positions and complete transition to new ZSFG VC/Chief
Clinical and Research Development
Make timely progress on intensive child/adolescent services at ZSFG
Faculty and Staff Development
Clinical and Research Development
Shira Maguen, PhD
Interim Vice Chair for the San Francisco VA Healthcare System
Goal
Category
Improve process for and communications about academic advancement Faculty and Staff Development
Ensure VA faculty are getting UCSF communications
Community Engagement and WellBeing
Host community gatherings to increase belongingness
Community Engagement and WellBeing
Provide opportunities to discuss barriers to aligning VA jobs with UCSF missions
Community Engagement and WellBeing
Barbara Krishna Stuart, PhD, ABPP
Vice Chair for Psychology, Clinical and Education
Goal
Change psychology learner observation and billing standards at Nancy Friend Pritzker Building (NFPB) & implement new standard
Update allocation of wRVUs for psychology educators
Establish externships at NFPB & standardize externship administration & oversight across sites
Establish cross-site psychology education experiences between Multicultural Clinical Training Program and BCH Oakland
Enhance coordination between DPBS Psychology Training Programs and Directors to ensure alignment of policies across UC Regents
Establish in-house continuing education & other professional development supports for psychologists
Launch/pilot stay interviews for faculty retention
Establish a forum for psychologists to inform strategic directions (PAC)
Build intensive services for teens at ZSFG
Category
Education and Training
Education and Training
Education and Training
Education and Training
Education and Training
Faculty and Staff Development
Faculty and Staff Development
Community Engagement and Well-Being
Clinical and Research Development
Elissa Epel, PhD Vice Chair for Psychology, Research and Health Equity, Diversity, and Community
Goal
Improve well-being, belonging, and community (Community meetings/PAC, wellness retreats, cross-program post-doc community, collaboration with VC D&HE)
Category
Community Engagement and Well-Being
Improve professional development (research retreats--collaborations & grants, fundraising skills, research process issues, Psychology awards)
Develop a consensus strategy plan of psychology-specific research growth
Faculty and Staff Development
Research Development
Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD
Vice Chair for Community Engagement, Outreach, and Advocacy
Goal
Obtain financial and infrastructural resources for the UC Brain and Behavioral Health Consortium (UCBBHC)
Category
Clinical and Research Development
Develop and implement Vice Chair Community, Engagement, Outreach, and Advocacy substructure of focus area leads, task forces and/or committees
Community Engagement and Well-Being
Host UCSF public psychiatry showcase summit event that includes external partners and collaborators to boost statewide exposure and opportunities for the DPBS (faculty, staff and trainees)
Clinical and Research Development
Descartes Li, MD
Vice
Chair for Medical Education
Goal
Ensure successful transition to new VC of Medical Education and Residency Training Program Director in collaboration with Alissa Peterson
Category
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Align priorities with Education Administrative Team
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Create more robust Volunteer Clinical Professors (VCP) engagement Education and Training
Clarify mission of DPBS Education Council (group of educational leaders) Education and Training
Will Martinez, PhD
Vice Chair for Diversity and Health Equity
Khary Dvorak-Ewell, MBA
Anti-Black Racism Advisor
Category Goal
Raise awareness and dialogue about undoing antiBlack racism, as well as diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) in all levels and areas of the DPBS
Community Engagement and Well-Being
Continue moving the recommendations of the Black Study Group Report and working groups forward
Work in partnership with our Vice Chair for Diversity and Health Equity on opportunities to improve DEIB in our department
Community Engagement and Well-Being
Community Engagement and Well-Being
Jane Czech, MS, MBA
Associate Chair for Finance and Administration
Ensure high functioning of teams to support department needs now and in the future (Finance, HR, Education)
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Review compensation plan and faculty pay
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Implement funds flow 2.0
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Michael Walker Associate Chair for Operations
Goal
Establish a comprehensive support network for DPBS programs in leased facilities to enhance facilities management, IT services, space optimization, and real estate coordination.
Category
Enhance the accuracy of campus space data for DPBS to achieve at least 95% precision in records by the end of FY25
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Develop and implement a comprehensive training program to enhance proficiency in utilizing key campus resources (e.g. Facilities, Central IT, Supply Chain Management, and more).
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Support facility, safety, and other related work for the Saint Francis and Saint Mary's spaces as needed
Organizational Structure and Efficiency
Intranet
Intranet Project Timeline
January–February 2024
DPBS communications survey
March–May 2024
Project scoping and research
May–July 2024
Content and design consultation meetings
July–September 2024
Development and initial build
Intranet Redesign Goals
Create a central hub for department info
Consolidating information from existing intranet, public website, emails, shared drives, and offline sources
Intranet Redesign Goals
Create a central hub for department info
Consolidating information from existing intranet, public website, emails, shared drives, and offline sources
Make it easier to find things
Introducing clean and consistent formatting; Enhancing navigation structure and search functionality
Implementing a simpler editing interface, identifying content partners, and setting up workflows for regular reviews Ensure content remains current
Intranet Project Timeline
January–February 2024
DPBS communications survey
March–May 2024
Project scoping and research
May–July 2024
Content and design consultation meetings
July–September 2024
Development and initial build
September–October 2024
Site testing and review
Mid-October 2024
Site launch
Ongoing
Site revisions and improvements
Our goals for the department are focused on 5 main areas, and will be posted on the intranet
Key take-aways
Our revamped intranet will launch in early October— feedback is welcome as it will be an evolving resource