UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA FACULTY SENATE PASSES RESOLUTION ABOUT INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATE WITHIN UVA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL CENTER
Resolution passed in online balloting with 55 yes votes, 1 no vote and 4 abstentions.
The University of Virginia Faculty Senate’s Resolution on the School of Medicine and Medical Center passed in online balloting with 55 yes votes, 1 no vote and 4 abstentions:
UVA School of Medicine and Medical Center Resolution
RESOLUTION ON THE INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATE WITHIN THE UVA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL CENTER
Whereas the UVA Faculty Senate affirms the right of all faculty to raise concerns about their workplace;
Whereas Senators representing the SOM have detailed the University administration’s awareness of the concerns;
Whereas it is difficult to reconcile President Ryan’s written remarks in support of UVA Health leadership with the actions described by Senators representing the SOM;
Whereas the Board of Visitors has commissioned an investigation into these matters;
Be it resolved that the UVA Faculty Senate:
affirms its support of SOM faculty;
understands the stated scope of the investigation to include 1) clinical care, 2) retaliatory behavior (including bullying, intimidation, threats, and retribution), and 3) spending and financial concerns, and the impacts of these on patients, faculty, staff, trainees and students at the SOM and MC;
encourages the investigation to also include review of all allegations of efforts to silence SOM faculty complaints and delay awareness of institutional climate concerns;
recognizes the voluntary nature of participation in this investigation, encourages members of the SOM and MC community to participate, and requests resources for them to be able to retain their own counsel during participation, if desired;
calls for the Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee of the Board of Visitors to commit to the timely public release of the report of the investigation with anonymity and redactions as required by law; and
calls for Senate and other peer-elected faculty involvement in decision-making regarding how to proceed based on the report.
Feature Date:
Thursday, October 24, 2024
The Daily Progress and Becker’s Hospital Review previously reported about the events that triggered this resolution…
THE DAILY PROGRESS REPORTS: UVA MEDICAL SCHOOL FACULTY SAY JIM RYAN IS LYING ABOUT HOSPITAL COMPLAINTS
THE DAILY PROGRESS REPORTS — UVA MEDICAL SCHOOL FACULTY SAY JIM RYAN IS LYING ABOUT HOSPITAL COMPLAINTS: UVa President Jim Ryan has referred to the complaints of criminal and unethical practices as 'generalized and anonymous claims of wrongdoing'
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