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Enhancing Our Culture: 2024 Annual Retraining Kicks Off With Changes Fueled by ‘Less is More’ Initiative

July 30, 2024 by jta6n@virginia.edu

Juliana Bueno, MD

Juliana Bueno, MD

We could all probably use a little more time to focus on the things that we value in our lives. Now, a new initiative — inspired by a UVA Health physician — will provide the first step toward this ideal during UVA Health University Medical Center Annual Retraining, which is open Aug. 1 through Sept. 30, 2024.

The Less Is More initiative was conceived by Juliana Bueno, MD, UVA Health radiologist and UVA School of Medicine professor, with a vision to align the values of our institution with our everyday actions, in order to help build the culture that UVA Health envisions. Through Less Is More, Dr. Bueno aims to reduce the burden of administrative tasks that limit the capacity of physicians and staff to focus on their main missions: educate, take care of their patients, and contribute to research.

She believes being able to focus on the things that we truly value will lead to increased satisfaction and fulfillment with our roles. Dr. Bueno is one of four current culture leads supporting UVA Health’s culture journey initiative, an effort that began in 2021 to enhance the work lives of our faculty and the entire UVA Health community.

Her initiative incorporates concepts of subtractive transformation which are described in the book, “Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less,” by Leidy Klotz, PhD, UVA School of Engineering professor and UVA School of Architecture affiliated faculty member. His research on the science of problem solving explores how “our minds tend to add before taking away” — and why this holds us back.

To learn more about how the Less is More initiative came about, where it’s headed, how team members will benefit, and how everyone can take part read the Connect article that includes an in-depth Q&A with Dr. Bueno.

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