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Develop your physician leadership skills online with educational content from the American Association for Physician Leadership. Courses are CME eligible.


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Building and Leading Effective Teams

5 Total CME

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Building and Leading Effective Teams

Self-Study Courses
On Demand
Regular Price: $530

Member Price: $451

Recently refreshed to address the challenges of remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic, this course is one of the most important for Physician Leadership. Building and Leading Effective Teams, taught...

Create Systems for Quality

3 Total CME

Create Systems for Quality

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Regular Price: $286

Member Price: $243

Unlock the step-by-step method for basic system design and gain access to the fundamentals of systems thinking. The course walks through basic system design, testing, and validation, system scaling, system...

Develop Effective Teams

5 Total CME

Develop Effective Teams

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Regular Price: $530

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....

Developing a Business Plan

5.5 Total CME

Developing a Business Plan

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Regular Price: $477

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...

Engaging Physicians for Results

3.5 Total CME

Engaging Physicians for Results

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On Demand
Regular Price: $265

Member Price: $225

While active physician engagement is a common goal, few know how to achieve this ideal high-performing workforce. Learn how to set out a compelling vision to gain physician buy-in for...

Establish a Just Culture

4 Total CME

Establish a Just Culture

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Regular Price: $382

Member Price: $325

Gain access to the simple, fundamental principles required to transform the culture of a team or department. With these principles, leaders can open lines of communication with team members, foster...

Foundations of Financial Accounting

5 Total CME

Foundations of Financial Accounting

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Regular Price: $504

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...

Fundamentals of Physician Leadership: Series

35 Total CME

Fundamentals of Physician Leadership: Series

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On Demand
Regular Price: $2,681

Member Price: $2,279

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...

Improving Communication and Feedback in Health Care Leadership

2.5 Total CME

Improving Communication and Feedback in Health Care Leadership

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On Demand
Regular Price: $239

Member Price: $203

This course is designed for physician leaders who want to be more effective communicators. That starts by learning the types of communication. It involves using feedback to focus on goals and...

Leading and Managing Strategic Change

5.5 Total CME

Leading and Managing Strategic Change

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On Demand
Regular Price: $525

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...

Leveraging the Clinical Team

2 Total CME

Leveraging the Clinical Team

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On Demand
Regular Price: $191

Member Price: $162

Physician leaders who are managing interdisciplinary clinical teams can learn the basics of hiring, leading, and managing new team members. This course provides strategies for effective coaching, defusing disruptive behavior...

Managing Physician Performance

14 Total CME

Managing Physician Performance

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On Demand
Regular Price: $1,484

Member Price: $1,261

Enroll in Managing Physician Performance to learn how to find — and keep — the most talented physicians. This course provides a blueprint for the hiring and talent management process....

Mastering Physician Engagement

5 Total CME

Mastering Physician Engagement

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On Demand
Regular Price: $477

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...

Practical Principles of Change Management

5 Total CME

Practical Principles of Change Management

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On Demand
Regular Price: $530

Member Price: $451

Change is inevitable, adaptation is powerful, and change management is an essential Physician Leadership skill. Introducing Practical Principles of Change Management, taught by Larry McEvoy, an AAPL DE Self Study...

Principles of Financial Decision Making

3.5 Total CME

Principles of Financial Decision Making

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On Demand
Regular Price: $265

Member Price: $225

Gain the skills and knowledge needed to navigate the economic side of health care. Become familiar with the basic principles of finance and understand the documents that reveal the fiscal...

Resolving Conflict

7 Total CME

Resolving Conflict

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On Demand
Regular Price: $742

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...

Strategic Decision Making

2 Total CME

Strategic Decision Making

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On Demand
Regular Price: $191

Member Price: $162

Everyone makes decisions, but are those strategic decisions? This course discusses decision-making from a strategic perspective that helps organizations gain and sustain a competitive advantage and create value. Physician leaders...

Strategic Planning

2 Total CME

Strategic Planning

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Regular Price: $191

Member Price: $162

Strategy development occurs in three interdependent stages: strategic thinking, strategic decision-making, and strategic planning. Strategic thinking is about analyzing and interpreting information. Strategic decision-making is about which strategy to pursue....

Strengths-Based Leadership

7 Total CME

Strengths-Based Leadership

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Regular Price: $742

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...