Physician Leadership Courses
Physician Leadership Courses You Need
Physician leadership is a challenge; whether you’re just starting in a new role or have been leading for some time. Healthcare presents unique challenges every day and AAPL has the courses to help you advance your level of leadership. Check out these curated courses.
Here are recommended courses from the AAPL's course catalog.
Become a Leader:
Engaging Physicians or Leading Physicians – these courses will give you tools to succeed.
The Fundamentals of Physician Leadership Series is the perfect starting point for your journey into leadership.
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Fundamentals of Physician Leadership: Series
Build a well-rounded foundation of leadership and influence. Effective leadership is developed by honing specific skills and behaviors, and in the Fundamentals courses, physicians will explore tactics and strategies to strengthen organizational values, improve team performance, streamline redundant processes and more.
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Building and Leading Effective Teams
Gain the knowledge and support skills needed to build a successful team in a health care organization. Understand not only the principles of change management but also learn to utilize techniques to build buy-in. See how successful leaders recruit, select and retain top clinicians through effective coaching and training. Explore the use of surveys, case studies, and role-playing to apply the skills learned.
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Developing a Business Plan
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 of new projects and ventures. And it is essential for physician leaders to understand business plans; including each key element of a plan. Learn to draft business plans for new programs, projects and ventures for existing organizations -- as well as for new business development.
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Managing Physician Performance
Enroll to learn how to find — and keep — the most talented physicians. This program provides a blueprint for the hiring and talent management process. Registrants will explore strategies for interviewing, hiring, coaching, performance evaluations, and more. By the end of the course, physician leaders will have covered many strategies and tactics required to leverage talent. These same strategies, when applied, can be used to significantly strengthen organizations.
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Develop Effective Teams
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.
This course will introduce leaders to new approaches for improving team performance through effective communication, innovative problem-solving, and conflict management. Strategies and templates discussed in the course will allow learners to evaluate personal team-based experiences while drawing connections to industry examples.
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