Leadership Defined in a New Age of Health Care
The pandemic has reshaped health care and forced leaders to help their teams navigate the complexities of these uncharted waters. COVID-19 crystallized the importance of leadership and also highlighted what new skills and competencies are needed among health care leaders, such as openness, empathy, resilience, and the ability to communicate as well as core humane skills such as altruism and mindfulness.
The Kanof Institute for Physician Leadership (KIPL) offers three different leadership programs that address the needs of this new age of health care: Leadership College, Health Care Leadership & Management, as well as one program specifically for students called Future Clinician Leaders College. Whether you are looking to expand leadership at the societal or organizational level, KIPL programs build and expand leadership skills, mindsets, and social networks.
As a student, check out the program Future Clinician Leaders College, an interprofessional leadership development program open to students from across healthcare professions. Call for Applications 2023.
About the Kanof Institute for Physician Leadership
Since 2003, the NC Medical Society Foundation has recognized the importance of leadership among clinicians. The Institute’s foundational belief is that clinicians, heading collaborative teams, are best suited to lead clinical transformation that achieves true patient-centered care. Clinicians possess the key clinical knowledge and skills needed to guide and lead these important changes.
Since the launch of Leadership College in 2003 and the Kanof Institute in 2012, the Institute encompasses a statewide network of more than 800 clinician leaders who have successfully completed professional development coursework through one of the programs offered through the Institute. These alumni have successfully applied and implemented their personal and professional leadership roles in the emerging health care system.
The Institute currently includes three open educational programs focusing on leadership fundamentals and also offers customized programs. Learn more about which one is right for you:
KIPL Power Hours
Have you heard of our series Power Hours yet? Every other Friday at 12:00 PM we invite you to join a chat with a range of experts as well as peers and colleagues on a variety of key topics for addressing current hot topics, whether understanding how to lead during crisis, discussing practical aspects of keeping your practice afloat, implementing telemedicine and well-being and self-care.
- April 3, 2020: Telemedicine and COVID-19
- April 17, 2020: Mental Health and COVID-19
- May 1, 2020: Specialist Perspective on COVID-19’s Impact on Practices
- May 8, 2020: Stress, Burnout and Self-Care during COVID-19
- May 15, 2020: The NCMB’s Response to COVID-19
- May 22, 2020: Human Resources during COVID-19
- May 29, 2020: Diabetes and Patient Care
- June 5, 2020: Racism and Health Equity
- June 12, 2020: Future clinician leaders – a conversation with students
- June 19, 2020: How to Keep Your Practice Afloat during Trying Times
- June 26, 2020: International Physician Roundtable
- July 10, 2020: Racism and Health Equity Part 2
- July 24, 2020: Asthma and Allergies during COVID-19
- August 7, 2020: LBTQ+ and Patient Access
- August 21, 2020: Racism and Health Equity Part 3
- September 11, 2020: The Rise of Alcoholism during COVID-19
- September 25, 2020: Racism and Health Equity Part 4
- October 23, 2020: Legislative Leaders on Health Care in NC
- November 6, 2020: Lifestyle Medicine
- December 4, 2020: Racism and Health Equity (Part 5)
- December 18, 2020: Emergency Medicine during Covid-19 (Part 2)
- January 8, 2021: Overcoming Vaccination Hesitancy in Minority Populations
- January 22, 2021: COVID-19 and Mental Health – Patient Impact
- February 5, 2021: COVID-19 and Mental Health – Provider Impact
- February 19, 2021: Team-Based Care
- March 5, 2021: COVID-19 and Schools
- March 19, 2021: Telehealth in the Time of COVID-19 (Part 2)
- April 9, 2021: Black Maternal Health
- April 23, 2021: Healthy Behaviors during and beyond the Pandemic
- May 7, 2021: Lifestyle Medicine and Nutrition
- May 21, 2021: Mental Health and Indigenous Populations
- June 4, 2021 – Equity in Medicine – Palliative Care/End of Life
- October 22, 2021 – Colorectal Cancer Screenings
Additional Resources
If you are a provider who is looking to volunteer, click here for information from the state on how medical volunteers may sign up to help.
The NCMS has also put together a list of resources for your well-being and self-care. Additional resources:
- Physicians Support Line, which is a national and free peer support line for physicians and recently featured on the NBC Nightly News. If you are not a physician, you can call the toll free number and receive number prompts that will guide and connect you to National Disaster Distress Line and more recently to the critical workers for mental health support line.
- Hope4Healers, a newly created option staffed by a large volunteer force of licensed mental health professionals providing pro bono mental health support for health care workers at the front lines and their families.
There are two great meditation apps available: the apps Ten Percent Happier and Headspace both feature readily accessible meditations.
The North Carolina Psychiatric Association has also assembled a list of resources for mental health support: NCPA COVID-19 Resources