Program Background

"Great learning experience! The course offered a whole new world for me. It has helped me make a much needed career change and has given me new confidence as a leader at a local level and I hope a more global level in the future." — Shelley Janssen, MD

The Physician Leadership Institute, a UNC certificate program, is specifically designed to provide the physician leader with a broad range of core leadership competencies and tools necessary in today's complex health care system.

Through a series of educational sessions, physicians will have an opportunity to learn new management skills that are integral to successful clinical leadership. This program covers topics such as:

• Strategic Leadership
• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Change Management
• Conflict Management
• Negotiation and Consensus Building
• Quality Management
• Talent Management

The program provides a forum for physicians to get a better understanding of strategic leadership and delivers the critical thinking and creativity tools necessary for managing in today's ever-changing health care setting.

The UNC Kenan-Flagler faculty use a variety of formats that allow physicians to explore ideas and apply subject matter directly to issues faced in their practice or hospital. In small groups, participants will be expected to address and resolve management exercises and case studies designed to challenge their thinking.