Overview
What you will study
During The International Leadership Development Program for Physicians offered by Harvard University , participants will engage with each other and expert faculty in small groups, experiential activities, and full-class discussions, allowing for an open exchange of ideas to address the challenges inherent in creating a healthy population, quality health care, and maintaining cost effectiveness.
As a participant, you will:
- Develop a deeper awareness of your own leadership strengths and development opportunities
- Enhance your strategy, negotiation, conflict management, peer and team management and other key leadership skills
- Expand your understanding of responsibilities and options as a manager of a clinical department, service, or program and as a senior institutional leader
- Learn strategies and tactics to lower costs and improve operations while increasing quality and safety
- Advance knowledge and skills in the art and science of improvement, allowing each participant the opportunity to immediately apply the skills they learn to a selected improvement project during the program
- Visit and engage with change agents in high performing health care delivery organizations in the greater Boston area
- All while innovating and developing new and better ways of delivering care to meet the needs of patients and employees
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Evidence-based decision making
- Financial analysis and cost control
- Generating and sustaining innovation
- Leadership
- Creating and managing change
- Negotiation
- Team building and performance
- Organizational strategy
- Patient safety and engagement
- Quality improvement methods and tools
Key information
Start dates & application deadlines
Language
Delivered
Disciplines
Leadership View 247 other Short Courses in Leadership in United StatesAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- This program is designed for physician health care executives and emerging leaders from around the world.
- A Doctor of Medicine (MD) or equivalent (DO, MBBS, MBChB, BMed, etc.) is required for participation in this program.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is also required.
Tuition Fee
Living costs for Cambridge
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.