Surgical Leadership Program

A Certificate Program for Executive Skills Development and High-Impact Leadership, Inside and Outside the Operating Room

Apply at HMS.Harvard.edu/SurgicalLeadership

This course provides intensive education for surgeons to build the non-technical, executive skills necessary to successfully lead departments, divisions, programs, and ultimately, organizations.

Drawing from best practices across Harvard Medical School, its major teaching hospitals, as well as the Harvard Business School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, this program offers you the opportunity to:

1. Learn strategies and best practices for leadership within and outside the operating room
2. Identify your personal brand, leadership style(s) and competencies
3. Write business plans and grant applications
4. Enhance expertise in quality, safety and informatics
5. Understand the legal and commercial aspects of innovation in surgery
6. Build and manage highly productive teams
7. Drive better patient outcomes through enhanced teamwork in the operating room
8. Become a more effective negotiator and advocate for your patients, teams, departments and projects
9. Manage change across organizational functions
10. Update your understanding of new surgical technologies and techniques

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR

FALL 2019

Designed to accommodate the schedules of surgeons who currently hold or want to assume a leadership position:

Three 4-Day workshops

40 On-Demand Sessions

10 Live Online Webinars

Personalized Skills-Development Projects