Leadership Development Program

for Junior FacultyClinical Chairs

September 10, 2012Oliver Lenz, MD & Sheri Keitz, MD, PhD

Vision

The Miller School of Medicine will have outstanding quality-oriented leadership at all levels providing value to the School and the

community we serve

Goals

• Identification and development of the next generation of faculty leaders

• Establish an experience-based curriculum for leadership development

• Develop a mentorship program facilitating the application of curricular knowledge

Participants

• 10 junior faculty members per year– Less than 10 years of experience– Associate Professor or below

• Nominated by their peers

Program Outline (1)

• 12 months of mentored experiential learningo Evidence-based clinical quality improvement

projecto Education innovationo Improving patients’ experience / customer

serviceo Business projects, for example, billing, revenue

cycle, budgetingo Improvement of the research environment, for

example, pre- and post award, IRB

Program Outline (2)

• 12 monthly one day “classroom” sessionso Time value of moneyo Analysis of financial statementso Introduction to economicso Capital budgetingo Process analysiso Project managemento Performance improvemento Organizational design and strategyo Negotiationo Leadershipo Behavioral and organizational systems

Program Outline (3)

• 1 capstone project– Based on experiential learning

experience– Integrates theoretical knowledge and

practical experience

Program Outline (4)

Faculty Interest (1)

• Survey of 340 faculty:

– 50% interested– 30% established leaders– 20% not interested in leadership

position

– 70% would nominate somebody

Faculty Interest (2)

• Choice of project area:55%: Evidence-based clinical quality improvement

project

51%: Education innovation

34%: Improving patients’ experience / customer service

40%: Business projects, for example, billing, revenue cycle, budgeting

56%: Improvement of the research environment, for example, pre- and post award, IRB

Resources

• Protected time– Experiential learning (projects)– 1 day/month for “classroom” work

• Budget to be developed

Timeline