Physician Management & Leadership Program

• A Self Discovery Approach to Leadership - Learn, through self-assessment, about your work style and how it relates to problem solving, conflict resolution, decision making and communicating.
• Managing Competing Priorities - Learn techniques on how to shift from one priority to another in the face of dueling pressures of their administrative and clinical roles.
• Project and Change Management - Learn the fundamentals of project and change management, and apply them to real projects they are working on to help meet deadlines and minimize conflict.
• Strategic Planning - Learn the fundamentals of organizational strategic planning and how these processes can guide health service planning and decision-making.
• Organizational Structures – Gain an understanding of the legislative and organizational structures and regulatory processes of the provincial health care system, including governance of regional health authorities.
• Patient Safety - Learn about your role in promoting patient safety, reducing medical error and fostering an organizational culture of quality patient care.
• Public Relations and Communications - Understand your role as a spokesperson for the health board, learn what to say and not to say to media, and understand the impact of social media in public relations.
• Evaluation Methods - Learn about evaluation methods that can be applied to existing programs and services in health care.
• Leading vs. Managing - Learn the difference between management and leadership, gain awareness of you own leadership style, and understand its importance in effective teambuilding and working with a multigenerational workforce.
• Recruiting and Performance Development - Learn the do's and don'ts of formal HR processes in order to attract, hire, develop, and keep the best talent.