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Professional Development

COTH Senior Leadership Course: The Essentials of Academic Medicine

Date: December 6-7, 2007
Location: The Fairmont Washington, Washington, DC

Major teaching hospitals—whether they are community-based or part of an academic medical center—are complex institutions. Being a successful senior leader requires broad knowledge about the academic enterprise, including a basic understanding of the educational, research, clinical activities, and issues of particular importance to teaching hospitals and health systems.

The course will be structured around the following modules:

The teaching hospital
Medicare and Medicaid payments to teaching hospitals
The research enterprise
The medical school and the continuum of medical education
The academic physician
Discussion about medical school and teaching hospital relationships

Participants will be given an overview of a set of issues that are common to major teaching hospitals and will learn the terminology and basic concepts that are needed in their day-to-day work. This program is directed at CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CMOs and other senior leaders. Institutions may send individuals separately, or as a team. Members of the Board of Trustees also may benefit from this program. Over 1½ days participants will hear a series of expert speakers from AAMC staff, each of whom will address a key substantive area.

For more information, visit:
http://www.aamc.org/meetings/groups/cothseniorleadership07/start.htm

Harvard Medical School Workforce Development Programs

Professional Development and Training for Faculty and Staff given by the Workforce Development and Training staff at HMS. These programs help HMS/HSDM faculty and employees enhance their management, communications, and leadership skills.

Faculty with Harvard Medical School appointments may attend these workshops at no cost.

For more information go to:
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/hr/what_we_do/workforce.htm

Leadership Development for Physicians and Scientists

Dates: March 20 - March 23, 2007
19 CMEs

This course is designed for HMS/HSDM instructors, assistant professors, or associate professors who currently have responsibility for a research grant, laboratory, educational course, or clinical unit. This course is intended for those in the early stages of leadership and not for chairs of departments or divisions. The goal of the Program is to build on participants' knowledge base and skills to enhance their professional development as administrative leaders in academic medicine. Participants will acquire skills in institutional organization, health care economics, legal and regulatory issues, and the full spectrum of communication skills. Women and minorities are particularly encouraged to apply.
For more information, go to http://www.hms.harvard.edu/fa/leadership/index.htm

The Program in Clinical Effectiveness, a Joint Program of BWH, MGH, HMS, and HSPH, is designed for the clinician seeking the quantitative and analytic skills needed for clinical research or interested in health care administration.

The 2006 program runs from July 5 to August 18 and begins with an intensive seven-week, 15 credit summer program, which contains summer-long core courses in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. All participants also select two half-summer courses from offerings in Decision Analysis, Current Issues in Health Policy, Medical Informatics, Health Care Ethics, Quality Improvement in Health Care, Linear and Longitudinal Regression, Survey of Methods and Applications in Health Services Research, Implementing Prevention, and Using Large Databases for Research. For students with previous experience, second level courses are also offered in Analytic issues of Clinical Epidemiology, Principles of Clinical Trials, and Survival Methods in Clinical Research.

Students are limited to 15 credits for a single summer but can take additional courses in a second summer. Before or after completion of the summer program, qualified students may apply to a degree-granting program at the Harvard School of Public Health. Students who are accepted can apply their summer credits to either a Master of Science degree or a Master of Public Health degree.

The application deadline for the 2006 Program in Clinical Effectiveness is February 1, 2006. See our web site at www.hsph.harvard.edu/clineff for more detailed information and an application form. Administrator is Barbara C. Rosen at 617-732-5648 or brosen@partners.org.

Admission Procedures

Admission to the Program in Clinical Effectiveness requires acceptance by an admissions committee from the faculty of the Program. All applicants must submit an application form, a CV, a statement of intention, and three letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with their research potential. Applicants must have a guaranteed position in a clinical department in a Boston teaching hospital. One letter must be from the applicant's department or division head, and it must indicate support for the applicant, including a guarantee for all tuition charges. The application deadline for the Program in Clinical Effectiveness February 1, 2006. Later applications will be considered based on available space. Submissions may be sent by mail, fax or email.

Fellows who wish to meet the requirements for a degree from the Harvard School of Public Health also must complete the usual application process required of all applicants to the School. Catalogues and application forms can be obtained from the Admissions Office, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., Boston MA 02115 or by calling (617)-432-1030. They can also be found online at www.hsph.harvard.edu/admissions. Completed Master's degree (SM and MPH) applications received on or before December 15, 2005 will be considered in the early admission cycle. Applications to the MPH Program will be considered in a second admission cycle if completed by February 15, 2006. Departments and programs may reach enrollment capacity and financial assistance may be depleted with the first admissions cycle. However, students who begin the Program in Clinical Effectiveness as non-degree candidates may apply to the School by December 15, 2006, at which time they may petition to have all credits (up to a total of 20) and tuition charges (for 20 credits) counted towards the requirements for a degree.

Society-Based Professional Development Programs

Click here for a list of leadership development programs compiled by Linda A. Hall at AAMC. The programs are targeted at leaders in medicine, higher education, and health care.

National Leadership Development Programs

Click here for a list of leadership development programs compiled by Linda A. Hall at AAMC. The programs are targeted at leaders in medicine, higher education, and health care.