New Leadership AcademyOffering to Debut in Nashville

Level II track created in response to demand

SHM is pleased to announce the expansion of its cutting edge leadership program, with the debut of a Level II track as part of the Leadership Academy Sept. 11-14 in Nashville, Tenn.

Over the course of four days, the Leadership Academy will provide hospitalist leaders with the skills and resources required to successfully lead and manage a hospital medicine program now and in the future.

Topics that will be addressed include:

• Leadership challenges in hospital medicine;
• Finance and the hospitalist;
• Leading recruitment, retention, and staff development; and
• Leading and managing change.

This course was created in response to feedback from previous Leadership Academy attendees and is designed to give them the opportunity to build on the time they’ve spent back at the hospital since attending a Leadership Academy. Level II offers an in-depth look at how to finance a hospital, insight on how to lead recruitment, retention, and staff development. It also presents advanced skills in negotiation.

Because Level II is considered an advanced course, attendees must have participated in a previous leadership academy or have completed an MBA program to be accepted.

As with any SHM educational event, ample time will be set aside for interaction with faculty and participants so you can get answers to your pressing questions and make connections for the future.

“The fact that learning takes place both inside and outside of the classroom is one of the things that makes SHM’s Leadership Academies so powerful,” says Larry Wellikson, CEO of SHM.

According to Scott Enderby, a Leadership Academy graduate, “This is the only medical conference I’ve ever gone to where I went to every meeting and still wanted more.”

The September venue—the Gaylord Nashville Resort & Convention Center in Nashville—offers ample opportunity to relax in the midst of your intense learning experience. From tours aboard the hotel’s Delta Flatboats to the chance to play 18 holes at the Grand Ole Opry Course, there is something for everyone, including your family.

To register for the September Leadership Academy, visit www.hospitalmedicine.org or call (800) 843-3360.

Can’t join us in Nashville? Mark your calendars for our winter Leadership Academy, Feb. 26-March 1, 2007, in Orlando, Fla. TH