January/February 2023
Volume 10, Issue 1
A neonatologist shares the rewards and challenges of her career path.
Any degree or certification that has merit requires considerable time and effort. Obtaining another advanced degree is quite different from pursuing a medical degree.
Procrastination and poor planning can result in the need to continue working in some manner during retirement or reduce the income desired during the retirement years.
How to develop tough-mindedness in the face of criticism.
No one on the verge of retiring wants to suddenly realize they can’t afford to retire. That’s why it’s essential to start planning long before you hang up the stethoscope.
The healthcare industry continues to face an era of seismic change and disruption, one in which the demand for effective physician leadership is rising more dramatically than ever.
Good Samaritan laws are designed to encourage individuals, including physicians, to render medical care gratuitously in emergency situations. Through these laws, physicians who act in good faith to render emergency care gratis are provided immunity f...
The following are excerpts chosen by AAPL editorial staff, plus additional commentary from Peter Angood, MD, president and CEO of the American Association for Physician Leadership.
This article is for the leader who wants to understand followers better: their motivations, their varieties, and their insights.
A physician leader should understand the major components of construct, internal, and external validity not only for their own leadership research, but also for research and data that they consume in their roles as leaders.
Anesthesiologist and behavior management expert Matthew J. Mazurek, MD, MHA, CPE, FACHE, FASA, offers guidance on how to address physician impairment.
Author Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH, discusses self-employment options available for nonclinical physicians.
The objective of this scoping review was to better understand the impact physician leaders have on QI and systems transformation, the factors that affect physicians’ abilities to lead QI, and how these insights may inform strategies to bolster rural ...
Health system leaders are facing a rapidly evolving workforce supply-demand problem in healthcare delivery. It is thus imperative for firms to leverage inclusion and belonging as strategies to navigate this change.
In this article, we discuss the personal traits and key behaviors that physician leaders must adopt to be effective in team-based management models.