Education

Reserve Your Spot at the 2025 AAPL Annual Leadership Conference. Inspiring Change through Bold Leadership: Celebrating 50 Years and Beyond Boston, MA | April 25 – 27, 2025 Take advantage...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the healthcare landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance clinical decision-making, operational efficiency, and patient outcomes. This 5-hour in-person course is designed specifically for physician leaders...

Guest passess are available in conjunction with a full attendee registration only and includes access to meals, networking breaks, receptions, excursions and general sessions only.

You are invited to experience The Westin Kierland Golf Club in Scottsdale Arizona. Honored as one of the "Top 10 Public Courses in Phoenix/Scottsdale" by Golf Advisor and ranked by...

You are invited to experience pickleball at the Westin Kierland in Scottsdale Arizona. This fun networking activity is for all AAPL Fall Institute attendees.  No experience required! We will offer...

Are you seeking a moment of peace amidst the chaos of daily life? Join us for a transformative 50-minute sound bath session designed to harmonize your mind, body, and spirit....

As a follow up to Managing Physician Performance, this course will take a deeper dive into giving performance enhancing/expectation aligned feedback. Through the lens of the “Inverted Pyramid” of Managing...

Building on the foundational skills and techniques acquired in the fundamental negotiation course, the Advanced Negotiation Strategies course delves deeper into the complexities and nuances of high-stakes negotiations. Designed for...

An overview of health care laws and how they pertain to organizations. Includes an examination of today's hottest health care legal issues: medical error liability, managed care contracting, patient rights,...

Budgeting Application of budgets Characteristics of budgets The budgeting process- dos and don’ts Checks and balances Variance review  Forecasting Forecasting accurately Utilization of budgets as a management tool Meaningful projections How to prevent departmental “sandbagging” 

It takes solid communication skills to gain influence, promote cooperation and engage top performers. And you need to know yourself before you can reach others. Here, you’ll identify your own...

Effective physician leadership is key to improved patient satisfaction, reduced length of stay and better integration of clinical care across service lines. To be effective, physician leaders must master multiple...

Learn proven techniques to use in every negotiation process and come out further ahead than you ever thought possible. Other topics include: Learn how to prepare for a negotiation and determine...

Build a well-rounded foundation of leadership and influence skills by enrolling in the Fundamentals of Physician Leadership: Series. Taught by some of AAPL’s finest instructors, this series is a bundle...

The clinical advances in medicine in the last 25 years have been nothing short of astounding, yet the delivery of healthcare often comes up short. Emergency departments are still crowded,...

In this course, attendees will gain insight into the following key concepts and competencies: -Four Most Frequent Theories The specific characteristics and needs of individuals. The personal consequences of various types...

This course will equip you with the intrapersonal skills and interpersonal strategies to exude greater emotional intelligence in the healthcare context. Through the in-depth analysis of case studies and real-world...

As a physician leader, developing competence and confidence when navigating conflict can profoundly elevate your professional performance. This course will train you to communicate purposefully and strategically by developing your...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the healthcare landscape, offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance clinical decision-making, operational efficiency, and patient outcomes. This 5-hour in-person course is designed specifically for physician leaders...

Inefficient and poorly designed work processes create errors, delays, patient harm and waste. High reliability is the study of human performance in complex systems. Here, you’ll learn systems thinking, analysis...

Health care teams work in an environment which demands uncommon reliability and flexibility, with recurring and unpredictable task demands.  In recent years the science of high-performing teams has surfaced helpful...

The Vanguard Program is designed to provide high-level programming and networking to match seasoned physician leaders’ sophisticated degree of experience in leadership, education, achievement, and dedication to improving the industry....

Date: Friday, April 25, 2025 An exclusive meeting for Vanguard members that includes interactive, engaging discussions, peer-to-peer presentations, and networking opportunities. 

Population health can be defined as the application of public health principles to health care. It is how we improve the health of our patients and their communities- promoting wellness...

Welcome to "A Physician's Journey to Leadership," an immersive online course designed to guide you through the multifaceted process of becoming an effective leader in healthcare. Based on the principles...