American Association for Physician Leadership

Advanced Financial Decision Making

Physician leaders cannot dismiss the importance of finance in strategic decision making. Consequently, applying financial principles can aid the process and result in improved patient care. Become a stronger physician leader by understanding how to apply flexible budgeting and alternative…

Interdisciplinary Relationship Management

Managing professional relationships is something that all physicians must do every day. However, this skill isn’t as easy as it sounds. With different personalities, priorities, and approaches to communication, relationships can become complicated in the blink of an eye. This…

Managing Task Forces, Committees and Work Groups

Running a small group is an important undertaking, and leaders have a challenging role to play in coordinating meeting strategies. Leaders must learn to manage their groups effectively and efficiently to encourage the future success of organizational initiatives. Effective meetings…

Assessing the Health of Your Organization

Many leaders hesitate to respond to organizational health concerns because the solutions seem out of reach. Assessing the health of an organization can be a complex undertaking, but the task is far from impossible. Healthy organizations exchange politics and confusion…

Practical Tools for Physician Self-Care

With upwards of 50% of physicians suffering from burnout, having knowledge of the research and theory behind this destructive force may be key to combating these problems once and for all. This course will discuss the theory and research behind…

Leading Complex Organizations

The job of a health care leader is never easy. Those leading complex organizations must be able to successfully manage many moving parts during times of change, crisis, conflict, and uncertainty. This course will explore differences between traditional and complex…

Building Physician Wellness

The physical and psychological tolls of burnout are widely researched today, but what is burnout really and how does it affect physicians? Building Physician Wellness takes a top-down approach to viewing burnout by first allowing physicians to break their prevailing…

Proceed Until Apprehended

Leaders are able to build organizational trust when the workplace is consistent, predictable, and non-threatening. Creating this type of environment might feel impossible at times, but trust within an organization can be achieved with some effort. The “Proceed until apprehended”…

The Numbers a CEO Needs to Know

It’s no secret that CEOs need to maintain a significant level of knowledge about their organization’s financial status, but how much do they really need to know? This course introduces areas of vital importance that every CEO should be aware…

Mastering Physician Engagement

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 promote higher levels of physician engagement and deliver effective solutions….