Course Directors: Sarah Bixby, MD, MBA & William Meehan, MD

Course Consultant: Mathieu Gaulin, CPMSM, CPCS

Course Program Manager: Jay Joynes, CCEP, CHC

This 2-year program is designed for early- to mid-career physicians with either A) prior education in business/leadership (e.g. MBA or other Leadership Development Program) or B) prior administrative/management experience who wish to pursue leadership positions at BCH. The program is open to physicians across the BCH system and provides education, coaching and mentoring in a broad range of aspects of executive leadership, with particular focus on the BCH organization itself. The program consists of both didactic teaching and interactive discussion on a range of topics facing leadership today. Participants will be challenged to offer solutions and ideas, developing skills suited for the next generation of hospital leaders.

The diverse faculty consists of members of the BCH executive leadership team, hospital leaders across the enterprise, as well as guest speakers. Topics include: leadership, strategy, organizational structure and navigation, operations management, financial management and budgeting, human resource management (retention and recruitment), non-clinical missions and funding including philanthropy and research, team-building and negotiation skills, legal considerations and risk-management, communication and marketing, among others.

Candidates who complete the course will be awarded a Certificate of Executive Leadership Training from BCH.

EPLP Session Schedule

The educational goals of the course are as follows:

1. To offer education, coaching, and mentoring in executive leadership for the next generation of leaders through didactic teaching and interactive case presentations, including live cases involving decisions being considered by hospital leadership.  
2. To advise the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs on opportunities and barriers to the development of mid-career professional medical staff.
3. To consider leadership opportunities for active mid-career medical staff across the delivery of medical services at BCH. 
4. To demonstrate effective leadership skills, including communication techniques and professionalism in interaction with colleagues
5. To demonstrate and teach skills that are useful in enlisting and mobilizing a diverse health care team including techniques to build influence.
6. To explore diverse perspectives and listen to new or unfamiliar ideas or perspectives while withholding judgment
7. To increase empathy, knowledge and awareness about the different backgrounds of individuals within the BCH system.