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CME Leaders Intitute


“She masterfully combines the scientific evidence that underpins her subject matter with practical management, diagnostic, and therapeutic considerations.  She consistently demonstrates enthusiasm, professionalism, and initiative.  She leads from the lectern.  She is also caring and compassionate.  Her message simultaneously challenges and supports physicians, patients and the public.  

These traits allow her to consistently communicate a love of the subject to her audiences.  The end result is that physicians are inspired and become enthusiastic about the content she teaches.  I have listened to many individuals comment on her skill as a teacher and a leader, but I have been most impressed by how she inspires them to do their very best.” 

-          The penultimate description of a teacher/leader

                                                                                                                              

When people think of “Leadership Development,” they generally think of programs that include Myers-Briggs assessments, advocacy and media training and issues management.  Each of these elements of leadership development is vital – but in our minds, the need for a CME Leaders Institute is also clear.  The need is driven by the multitude of changes in the Continuing Medical Education/Professional Development world:  from ACCME Standards, industry guidelines, evidence based medicine to the need to develop CME leaders who are able to address these topics from the lectern, in the classroom, or in the State Capitol hallways. 

 

Overall Goals

The overall goal of this initiative is to develop and implement a CME Leaders Institute that will ensure a pipeline of family medicine leaders who will be teacher/leaders – teaching high quality clinical and population-based medicine and using their leadership skills to advance the specialty in areas of policy and public health.  Each physician is a “teacher” and each teacher is a “leader” whether in the classroom, residency program, hospital rounds, CME session, or exam room with a patient, or in a state legislative hearing, board of directors meeting, television program, or organized medicine platform.  Each teachable moment is an opportunity to provide the information that will ultimately improve leadership skills.  Our Institute recognizes the expanded role of the “teacher/leader,” thus changing the traditional view of faculty.

This project has the potential to set a precedent and example for other medical associations, including our national organization and its affiliated state chapters, in preparing family physicians to become teacher/leaders.  This project is statewide, with a first class roster of 10 family physicians.

The CME Leaders:

The CCPD/Mentors:

Ashley Christiani, MD

David Bazzo, MD, Co-Chair

Julie Chuan, MD

Tom Bent, MD

Diana Coffa, MD

Chris Flores, MD

Parastou Farhadian, MD

Carol Havens, MD, Co-Chair

Tipu Khan, MD

Geoffrey Leung, MD (now in Washington State)

Pooja Mittal, MD

Lee Ralph, MD

Tiffany Pierce, MD

Norm Jo Waxman, MD

Lauren Simon, MD

 

Catherine Sonquist-Forest, MD

 

William Woo, MD

 


The CME Leaders Institute is supported by an unrestricted grant from The Physicians Foundation.