• Medical_Professionals
• Medical_students
• Nurses

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. 

DESIGNED TO WORK WITH SURGEONS’ SCHEDULES

This program was designed with surgeons’ busy schedules in mind. It is anchored by three international 4-day workshops in London, Boston and Shanghai, which aim to create interactive learning using Harvard's case method. Additional core teaching is delivered through interactive webinars delivered by international experts and more than 40 on-demand lectures, which you can view at your convenience. The course culminates with a personalized Capstone Project, enabling you to apply what you have learned in a context that advances your immediate and long-term goals in your home institution.

As a participant, you will improve your ability to:

Lead organizations

Be at the forefront of surgical innovation, research, technology, and process improvement

Advocate and negotiate for resources and funding

Understand and leverage financial information for sound leadership decisions

Improve surgical performance through enhanced teamwork and surgical innovations

Resolve conflicts and negotiate deals

Lead quality and safety initiatives

Promote your ideas and personal brand

Manage crises, both clinical and administrative

Mentor new generations of surgeons and promote surgical education

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Group registrations not allowed

Accompanying persons not allowed

We don’t accept Online Abstracts

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