American Association for Physician Leadership

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September 14, 2020

There are three strategies leaders can use to make decisions more effectively when they’re new to an organization.

September 11, 2020

This SoundPractice podcast episode offers answers to questions like these and covers many other aspects of how the spaces that surround us can help or hinder health and wellness. Our guests are Esther Sternberg, MD, of the Andrew Weil Center for Inte...

September 9, 2020

The typical person makes about 2,000 decisions every waking hour. Most are minor — what to wear to work in the morning, whether to eat lunch now or in 10 minutes. But many of them require real thought and have serious consequences.

Management of hospital operations during Wildfires in northern California is becoming a normal experience in the fall. This field report provides some key tactics that physician leaders can put in place in acute care facilities in the event of a disa...

August 7, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is expected to fundamentally change the way many organizations operate for the foreseeable future. As governments and businesses around the world tell those with symptoms to self-quarantine and everyone else to practice socia...

July 28, 2020

People disagree at work. That’s a given. But what if there’s an all-out war between two of your coworkers? What’s the right way to respond? Try these steps the next time you find yourself in the middle of a coworker battle:

Leadership can provide the necessary resourcefulness to help any organization move forward constructively and successfully — especially in the complex industry of healthcare.

Nine physician leaders share their perspectives on the challenges and lessons of COVID-19.

June 26, 2020

Many of our most destructive habits can be changed through coaching or training. But not all troubling behaviors are so easily solved.

June 20, 2020

With 71% of all nonfatal workplace violence occurring in healthcare settings, healthcare workers are four times more likely to experience violence at work compared to those in the private industry.

June 19, 2020

The reality is that the risks our facilities face today are different from what we imagined a decade ago — and that a rapidly changing climate poses yet unforeseeable hazards for the future. Here’s a case study from Kaiser Permanente.

Medical scribes follow physicians around in their individual fields of practice, keeping detailed notes of every patient, their background, and their diagnosis at the end of the visit. The physician still signs patients out after reviewing each chart...

For over 45 years.

The American Association for Physician Leadership has helped physicians develop their leadership skills through education, career development, thought leadership and community building.

The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) changed its name from the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) in 2014. We may have changed our name, but we are the same organization that has been serving physician leaders since 1975.

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