June 14 - 20, 2009
Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management
Partially sponsored by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education (TSFRE)
Health care delivery systems operate under conditions of turbulence and are the most complex organizations to manage. Never before has the need for multidisciplinary approaches to problem-solving been more apparent. In the United States, it is time for clinicians to re-emerge as influential actors in the arenas of health policy and management.
Since 2004, The Heller School has offered an annual Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management for 30 to 35 physician and surgeon leaders partially sponsored by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and the Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education (TSFRE).
This intensive one-week program trains clinical leaders in health care policy and management. It aims to provide health care professionals with the skills essential to creating innovative and sustainable solutions to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness, and efficiency of health care service delivery.
The program includes sessions offering the latest in national and state health policy, along with business theories and frameworks adapted to the challenges of health care management. Program curriculum and content is developed under the guidance of Jon Chilingerian, PhD, program director and faculty, the Heller School, and Stuart Altman, Ph.D., former dean of the Heller School and Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy. The program draws on the unique strengths of the Heller School and the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy.
Program Goals
The overall goals of the program are as follows:
- To prepare health care leaders who are deeply committed to helping their organizations fulfill their missions;
- To equip these leaders with health policy and management frameworks, techniques, concepts and tools so that they can play significant roles in moving their enterprises forward;
- To create a networking cadre of colleagues in health care policy and management.
By the end of the workshop, participants should be able to:
- Thoroughly comprehend and interpret the complexities of health care policy and management;
- Analyze and interpret health care policy and management issues using tools from both disciplines;
- Analyze policy and programmatic trends;
- Anticipate challenges and manage changes;
- Create opportunities for both organizational and personal/professional growth.
