Description
The Surgical Leadership Program is the Harvard Medical School post-graduate certificate program for surgeons seeking to step into and succeed in leadership positions and acquire skills needed to excel as heads of departments, divisions, projects, and institutions at large. Participants learn directly from Harvard’s leading faculty across all areas influencing surgical leadership, including communication, mentoring, process and quality improvement, change management, financial management, and surgical research and technique.
Dr. Sayeed Malek
Why Choose the Surgical Leadership Program?
With Dr. Sayeed Malek
OVERVIEW
This course provides intensive education for surgeons to build the nontechnical, 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:
Learn strategies and best practices for leadership within and outside the operating room
Identify your personal brand, leadership style(s) and competencies
Write business plans and grant applications
Enhance expertise in quality, safety and informatics
Understand the legal and commercial aspects of innovation in surgery
Build and manage highly productive teams
Drive better patient outcomes through enhanced teamwork in the operating room
Become a more effective negotiator and advocate for your patients, teams, departments and projects
Manage change across organizational functions
Update your understanding of new surgical technologies and techniques
Participants who achieve the program objectives are awarded a Harvard Medical School Certificate of Completion and are eligible to become Associate Members of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard University Alumni Associations.
Program start/ end dates:
Start date: Boston Workshop: September 10-13, 2018, UK Workshop: October 5-8, 2018 End date for all programs: September 15, 2019
Important Deadlines
Early Admissions Deadline: July 28, 2018
Early Admissions Deposit Deadline: August 10, 2018
Application Closes: August 31, 2018
Tuition Due: September 4, 2018
Workshop Dates
Workshop 1
Boston Workshop: September 10-13, 2018 at Harvard Medical School
UK Workshop: October 5-8, 2018 in London
Workshop 2
Boston Workshop: March 11-14, 2019 at Harvard Medical School
UK Workshop: April 1-4, 2019 in London
Workshop 3
Boston Workshop: September 12-15, 2019 at Harvard Medical School
Graduation: September 15, 2019