consulting services
Our consulting teams bring expertise, experience, commitment, and a collaborative approach to every engagement.
In the past three years, MSAG has worked with over 25 schools, supporting them through LCME accreditation planning; institutional self-study and mock site visits; response to LCME concerns, including action plan development and new campus development.
In addition, our teams have assisted institutions with continuous quality improvement planning and execution, strategic planning, organizational transformation, and leadership development.
We have also facilitated leadership retreats, advised on board certification, and worked on developing institutional infrastructure.
It has been our privilege to help our clients on their journey toward excellence.
We can do the same for you.
services include:
LCME accreditation support
Accreditation training, team-building, and planning
Document review
Mock site visits
Interim accreditation checkups and Gap Analysis visits to help you stay on track between cycles.
Accreditation-based CQI planning and implementation to streamline your work in the next cycle
Support with additional systems of accreditation, including HLC, SACS, and others
Leadership and strategy
Remote and onsite retreats, workshops, and leadership training
Strategic planning support
CQI strategy and execution
Program planning and startup
Organizational transformation
Deep-dive reviews of program components (e.g., faculty affairs, student affairs, and curriculum) to help you refine or redesign
Assistance with certification processes
Campus startup planning and execution
Keynotes and educational presentations
Community building for accreditation and medical education professionals
how we work
Every program has different needs …
We take the time to understand your challenges. If your needs are a match with our skills, expertise, and services, then we will develop a customized plan for moving forward. As part of this process, we will build a team that pairs the needs and goals of your institution with the right expertise.
Every program can benefit from an outside perspective.
Our hand-selected teams bring:
Deep subject matter expertise.
Experience with the issues you are facing.
An ability to understand your institution’s unique characteristics. Whether you are a large public or private academic health center, a community-based school, or a startup board, we will create a team that reflects your needs and institution.
The skills to help you think differently, see problems in new ways, and find better solutions.
Helping you surmount your own challenges
MSAG serves as your partner, working with you to develop a roadmap to enable you to meet your goals, and we facilitate your strategic thinking to accomplish both your immediate and long-term aims. We consider ourselves part of your team, but with the objectivity to see your challenges and opportunities in a new way.
Together, we’ll make sure you’re better prepared for whatever the future brings.
our commitment
Your success is our mission. We are not satisfied until we have helped you meet — or exceed — your goals.
If we can’t help you, we’ll tell you — and then work to connect you with someone who can.
Your challenges do not define you. We work discreetly as your partner to help you overcome those challenges, so you can instead be defined by your achievements.
While chances are very good that you heard about us from colleagues with whom we have worked, we are pleased to provide references.
Practicing what we preach.
Our teams believe in the value of continuous quality improvement, and as such we are committed to our own CQI. We work with an independent party to assess each of our engagements, and we insist on articulating and applying the lessons we learn.