Sunday, October 16, 2016

Workshop: Physicians in the Lead……Developing Capacity

• Time: 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
• Style: Workshop (session is structured for interaction and/or hands-on learning opportunities)
• Focus: Practical (focus is on how to implement programs and/or practices in the team environment)
• Target Audience: Leadership (ED, clinical lead, board chair, board member, etc.), Clinical providers

Learning Objectives

Physician participants will be introduced to key concepts in leadership and enhance their capacity to impact their own organizations, and ultimately, the system of care. Using case studies, brief exercises and opportunities for discussion, participants will be encouraged to reflect on their own capacity in leadership and learn from colleagues about new strategies.

Summary / Abstract

This workshop is designed for physicians who recognize their need to enhance their leadership capacity, whether a leader with a titled position or not.  Family Health Teams are in the midst of substantial change as the entire system will be influenced by new legislation, regional healthcare restructuring, and an unfolding new type of relationship with Ontario’s doctors. This workshop will provide practical approaches to increase your self-awareness as leader, understand better the dynamics of change and encourage you to use systems thinking in order that you can help to navigate the changing landscape of primary care. Participants should be prepared to be fully engaged in the exercises and contribute to group discussion. You will be able to take new knowledge and strategies for leading more effectively back to your own organizations before you even leave the AFHTO Conference!

Materials

Slides from the presentation have been posted here.

Speakers

Colleen Grady: Colleen is a researcher with a special interest in physician leadership development and complexity science. She brings to her work several years of leadership experience in healthcare, social services and local government and has supported organizations both large and small in how they encourage and cultivate the talent within.  In the last several years her leadership work has been primarily focused around physicians which has been the most fascinating journey of all. She has worked with, and presented to, physicians in B.C. and Ontario in order to support them in the challenges they face working in a complex system with constantly-shifting priorities.  She has had the privilege of working with physicians in both acute care and primary care, including 3 years as Executive Director of a Family Health Team.  Colleen currently holds the position of Research Manager with the Centre for Studies in Primary Care, Department of Family Medicine, at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. 

Marion Howell: Marion serves the Canadian health care sector with a passion for making a difference in the lives of physician leaders.  She is grounded in principles of how to lead in complex systems and works with her client to apply these in challenging real work situations.  Her experience with physician coaching and facilitating has provided her the opportunity to understand the unique roles and constraints associated with physician leadership.

As a facilitator, Marion understands the importance of bringing practical application of academic models in order to enhance the performance of leaders.  The Iris Group’s workshop design is grounded in research that helps leaders better understand how to lead in complex change. As a coach, Marion has logged 3,200 coaching hours and delivered coaching in leadership programs at the Rotman School of Business, the Schulich School of Management, and Interior Health Authority in BC.  In particular, Marion has been a coach and facilitator for all six cohorts of the Physician Leadership Development Program (PLDP).  Marion brought her program design experience to the working group for the CMA’s Coaching Connections pilot and subsequently delivered coaching to physicians across Canada. For more information about other physician education sessions happening around the AFHTO 2016 conference, check out the Physician Clinical Education Sessions. To find out more about what else is on the agenda, check out our conference schedule.