Publications and Presentations

Publications and Presentations

Work with National Organizations
  • American Academy on Communication in Healthcare (AACH)
    Based on the work of the Center for Appreciative Practice, AACH held its 2011 Annual Faculty Development Course (ENRICH) at the University of Virginia. 
  • The Taos Institute
  • Taos is planning a series of summits centered around using Appreciative Inquiry to ignite culture change in healthcare. The Center will co-host the first conference in Spring, 2012, at the University of Virginia
  • The Corporation for Positive Change
  • In partnership with CPC, the Center is developing a series of workshops to teach established groups how to use Appreciative Inquiry to create positive change within their healthcare organization.
Publications
  • Plews-Ogan M, May N, Schorling JB, Becker D, Frankel R, Graham E, Haizlip J, Hostler S, Pollart S, Howell RE.  Feeding the Good Wolf: Appreciative inquiry and Graduate Medical Education.  ACGME Bulletin 2007; Nov:5-8. ** (pdf)
  • Becker, D.  The Hospital Is Its Own Story: Appreciative Inquiry as a Lens into Organizational Culture.  Medical Encounter 2009; Spring/Summer (pdf)
  • Haizlip JA, McDaniel CD, Williams A, Angle JF, Keefe-Jankowski C, May NB, Schorling JB, Whitney D, Plews-Ogan M.  Successful Adaptation of Appreciative Inquiry for Academic Medicine.  AI Practitioner 2010; August ( AIP website)
  • May N, Becker D, Frankel R, Haizlip J, Harmon R, Plews-Ogan M, Schorling J, Williams A, Whitney D.  Appreciative Inquiry in Healthcare:  Positive Questions to Bring Out the Best.  Crown Custom Publishing; Brunswick, OH:  2011 (book website)
Presentations
  • Plews-Ogan M, May N, Schorling J, Becker D, Frankel R, Graham E, Haizlip J* Hostler S, Pollart S, Howell, RE.  Reclaiming the Joy: Appreciative Inquiry and Graduate Medical Education.  ACGME 2008 Annual Education Conference.  February 2008.  Poster presentation.  (Grapevine, Tx) 
  • Plews-Ogan M*, May N, Schorling J, Becker D, Frankel R, Graham E, Haizlip J, Hostler S, Pollart S, Howell, RE.  Reclaiming the Joy: Appreciative Inquiry and Graduate Medical Education.  Society of General Internal Medicine.  April 2008.  Poster presentation.  (Pittsburgh, PA)
  • Plews-Ogan M, May N.  Appreciative Inquiry at UVA.  Relationship Centered Care Initiative Immersion Conference III.  April 2008.  Workshop  (Indianapolis, Indiana) 
  • Frankel R, May N.  Transforming Organizational Culture One Relationship At A Time.  American Academy on Communication in Healthcare Research and Teaching Forum.  Oct 2008.  Workshop  (Madison, WI)
  • Frankel R, May N.  Transforming Organizational Culture One Relationship At A Time.  American Academy on Communication’s International Conference on Communication in Healthcare.  Oct 2009.  Workshop  (Maimi, FL)
  • Haizlip, J, May N, Williams A.  Appreciative Inquiry in Academic Medicine: Changing the Conversation and Cultivating Relationships.  Breakout Workshop.  Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Business Affairs/Group on Institutional Planning/ Group on Information Resources (GBA/GIP/GIR) Joint Meeting.  Scottsdale, AZ.  May 2010
  • Williams, A....  OD Network  Oct 2010
  • McDaniel C, Haizlip J, Williams A, Bell A, Silver A, Wyland P, Angle J.  Improving Communication in Interventional Radiology through Appreciative Inquiry. American Academy on Communication in Health Care Research & Teaching Forum. Scottsdale, AZ. Oct 2010. Breakout Workshop. 
  • Haizlip J, May N, Hess S, McLaughlin S, Murphy S.  Building Bridges in Mental Health Care Using Appreciative Inquiry.  American Academy on Communication in Health Care Research & Teaching Forum. Scottsdale, AZ. Oct 2010. Platform Presentation. 
Invited Presentations and Workshops
  • May, Natalie - University of Kentucky  August 2009
  • May, Natalie - University of Kentucky  April 2010
  • May, Natalie and Williams, Anne - Changing the Conversation in Healthcare.  The Corporation for Positive Change, Foundations of Appreciative Inquiry Workshop.  Chapel Hill, NC.  March 2011
  • Williams, Anne - Appreciative Inquiry: A Process for Positive Change.  American Association of Critical Care Nurses, Region 4 Meeting.  Baltimore, MD.  March 2011
 
Related Presentations
  • Hess S _____.  Patient Satisfaction: Building Bridges with the Community.  American Psychiatric Nurses Association 24th Annual Conference.  Louisville, KY.  Oct 2010
  • Al-Shammaa B, Warburten D, McDaniel L, Haizlip J.  Qualitative Study of the Care of Technology-Dependent Children.  Pediatric Academic Societies & Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting.  Denver, CO. May 2011. Poster Presentation.  (this study used an appreciative interview to understand what factors create a successful relationship between a technology-dependent child’s family and a physician)  
Personal Communications

Our center has been contacted by several other academic medical centers and schools that have become aware of what we are doing and are interested in ways they could bring Appreciative Inquiry into their schools.

  • East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
  • New York University
  • College of William & Mary, Training and Technical Assistance Center
  • University of Nebraska Medical Center, School of Medicine
  • Consultant working with the University of Southern California
  • University of Kentucky
  • Richmond Public School System