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Leadership Training

AAHPM is committed to training and developing prepared leaders committed to strengthening not only their organizations' goals but also the subspecialty of hospice and palliative medicine and the field of hospice and palliative care.

AAHPM Leadership Forum

AAHPM Leadership Forum logoThe AAHPM Leadership Forum is an innovative collection of training opportunities developed in partnership with the American Association for Physician Leadership. Its vision is to identify and refine nonclinical but equally critical leadership skills that hospice and palliative medicine physicians increasingly need for success.

The program is designed to offer a variety of learning opportunities and environments, including face-to-face interactive instruction, didactic instruction and web-based self-study. You can create your own customized and flexible learning pathway and select content based on your unique leadership development career goals.

Three distinct programs and types of learning experiences are available, including AAHPM Ignite, AAHPM Ascend, and AAHPM Elevate.

AAHPM Ignite

AAHPM Ignite is offered annually at the Annual Assembly. In 2017, Ignite included two half-day leadership development programs:

  • Utilizing DISC Behavioral Styles to Increase Leadership and Team Effectiveness in Palliative Care and Hospice Settings
  • Using StrengthsFinder Leadership Strategies to Increase the Performance of You and Your Team in Palliative Care and Hospice Settings

AAHPM Ascend

AAHPM Ascend is an intensive two-day program featuring "deeper dives" exploring focused topics and leadership skills that hospice and palliative medicine physicians increasingly need for success.

AAHPM Elevate

AAHPM Elevate is a collection of supplemental web-based, on-demand programs offered through American Association for Physician Leadership at a special rate for AAHPM members. Physicians are able to create and customize their own flexible learning pathway.

Self-study courses include ethical challenges, quality improvement, negotiation tactics, strategic thinking and decision making, and finance in healthcare organizations.

CME Credits

CME credit and a certificate of completion through AAHPM is available, depending upon how much education you chose to pursue. You may select some or all of the content offered based on your unique leadership and career development goals.

Leadership Competencies for Clinicians

Through research and practice, the AAHPM Leadership Committee identified leadership competencies for clinicians moving into leadership roles within a variety of hospice and palliative care settings. The AAHPM Leadership Forum is designed to maximize knowledge transfer and application of these competencies, which include:

  • interpersonal skills
  • communications skills
  • professional ethics
  • clinical excellence
  • ability to convey a clear, compelling vision
  • continuous learning and improvement
  • system-based decision making and problem solving
    • ability to build coalitions of support for change
    • ability to address the needs of multiple stakeholders
  • financial acumen and resource management
  • social responsibility.

Have more questions? Check the AAHPM Leadership Forum Frequently Asked Questions.

Other Leadership Development Opportunities

Learn about more leadership development opportunities from other organizations such as the American Association for Physician Leadership, Center to Advance Palliative Care, and more.