Stepping Up to Leadership Training, March 6-8, 2014 November 15, 2013 General IMQ, Institute for Medical Quality, medical staff leaders, PACE Program, Stepping Up to Leadership 0 The Stepping Up to Leadership program was created by the Institute for Medical Quality and the PACE Program at the University of California at San Diego in response to a commonly expressed need for better, more practical hands-on training for medical staff leaders. “For years, physicians asked for a program that would empower them to take on leadership roles,” said William Norcross, MD, founder of the PACE Program and an originator of the conference. A grant from The Physicians Foundation helped the conference’s organizers meet their goal of making the program accessible to a broad spectrum of medical staff leaders. “Thanks to a generous grant from The Physicians Foundation, we are able to offer a hands-on, interactive program at a fraction of the normal registration fee,” said Dr. Norcross. The Stepping Up to Leadership program made its debut in 2011 with a program emphasizing communications skills and addressing issues of disruptive and impaired professionals. Now in its third year, the 2014 conference will cover all of the original content, with an added emphasis on aligning the needs of medical staffs and hospitals and helping both entities work together effectively. The conference embraces hands-on learning opportunities and interactive small-group teaching modalities. It covers the skills and topics most needed by medical staff leaders: effective staff leadership, credentialing and privileging, assessing the needs of the organization, using CME effectively, resolving on-call issues, improved communication skills, using quality measures effectively, legal considerations, and managing disruptive or impaired colleagues. The combination of administrative, communicative, and quality-oriented skills and solutions is intended for medical staff leaders from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences, and entire medical staffs are encouraged to attend. “I went to Stepping Up to Leadership with my medical staff, and I learned so much” said an attendee of the 2012 program. “All of the content was useful for the day-to-day of running a medical staff, but I found the section on privileging for physicians who never or rarely admit especially helpful. I would definitely come back.” The conference also provides a prime networking opportunity: a low student-to-faculty ratio and plenty of discussion time are built into the program. “This is a great opportunity for physicians to ask questions and resolve issues specific to their own facilities,” said IMQ Board President John Kusske, MD. Additionally, the 2014 conference will feature keynote speaker Nancy Dickey, MD, family practitioner and the first female president of the American Medical Association. “Dr. Dickey is a dynamic speaker with real-life experience; she’s unquestionably a leader and a problem-solver,” said IMQ President Jill Silverman. “She walks the walk.” Dr. Dickey shares the podium with specially selected faculty from all corners of medical staff leadership development, including Barbara Paul, MD, Senior Vice President and CMO of Community Health Systems in Nashville, Tennessee; Greg Abrams, Esq., an expert in legal issues confronting medical staff leaders; Carol Havens, MD, President of the California Academy of Family Physicians; and others with expertise in various aspects of medical staff leadership. The 2014 Stepping Up to Leadership program will take place March 6-8 at the Loews Coronado Bay Hotel in San Diego. For more information, visit http://www.imq.org/Education/ConferencesWorkshopsWebinars.aspx or call Leslie Iacopi at 415-882-5167. Call Send SMS Add to Skype You'll need Skype CreditFree via Skype Comments are closed.
