Certified Physician Executive
A Certified Physician Executive is a licensed MD or DO with one year of significant leadership and managerial experience. Eligible candidates must have also completed coursework in our CPE curriculum or have a graduate management degree and is board certified in a clinical specialty with three years’ experience after residency and fellowship. Additional details can be found here: Certified Physician Executive
CPE candidates must also pass the three-and-a-half-day Certifying Commission in Medical Management Certification Program before being awarded the designation. Additional program and eligibility details can be found here: CPE Capstone
Certified Physician Executive
Foundations of Financial Accounting
Member Price: $428
This course offers insights on how to record business activities and interpret financial statements. Physician leaders who enroll can gain an understanding as to why financial accounting is so often political...
Developing a Business Plan
Member Price: $405
Health care organizations hesitate to invest in initiatives without fully understanding the likely return on investments. It is common for organizations to demand a business plan to justify the expense...
Leading and Managing Strategic Change
Member Price: $446
Gain the tools, techniques and skills required to lead change. The key to thriving as a physician leader is the ability to manage strategic innovation and change. There's a difference...
Advanced Financial Decision Making
Member Price: $568
Physician leaders cannot dismiss the importance of finance in strategic decision making. Consequently, applying financial principles can aid the process and result in improved patient care. Become a stronger physician...
Mastering Physician Engagement
Member Price: $405
Discover how to create stable relationships between physicians and the workplace. Use the strategies here to build physician trust, provide performance feedback and implement change. Explore key elements designed to...
Develop Effective Teams
Member Price: $451
Learning how to work effectively in teams has become a crucial skill in today’s workplace. Those tasked with leading teams are presented with challenges that must be dealt with efficiently....
The Numbers a CEO Needs to Know
Member Price: $405
It’s no secret that CEOs need to maintain a significant level of knowledge about their organization’s financial status, but how much do they really need to know? This course introduces...
Essentials of Health Law
Member Price: $721
If you’ve been searching for a comprehensive education on the most pressing healthcare law issues of today, then this course is for you. The world of healthcare law encompasses a...
Resolving Conflict
Member Price: $631
As a physician leader, effectively addressing and resolving conflict is a primary skill that serves you throughout your career and could be life altering for your employees or patients. This...
Science of High Reliability
Member Price: $901
Defined simply, “high reliability” is the study of human performance in complex systems. Introducing The Science of High Reliability, taught by Jeff Norton, an AAPL DE Self Study in which...
Strengths-Based Leadership
Member Price: $631
Accepting the call to leadership in healthcare involves far more than an extension of responsibilities and the scope of one’s organizational influence. Accepting that call is a conscious decision to...
2025 Vanguard Meeting
Member Price: $807
Date: Friday, April 25, 2025 An exclusive meeting for Vanguard members that includes interactive, engaging discussions, peer-to-peer presentations, and networking opportunities.
Transforming Culture in Healthcare Organizations
Member Price: $631
"This course is designed to help physicians cultivate and lead thriving organizational cultures within healthcare. This course delves into the five distinct stages of cultural transformation. Physicians who take this...