Effective leadership is crucial to every private practice’s quality of care, team member well-being and profitability, yet it gets precious little attention in physician training. Experts at the AMA have curated a CME track with essential practice improvement education, including tips to eliminate time-consuming tasks, distribute workloads fairly and provide actionable feedback to members of the care team.
With the “Leading Effective Teams CME Track,” physicians can learn at their own pace and get an exclusive, AMA-members-only certificate upon completion of the three activities.
The course is part of the AMA Ed Hub™ and designated by the AMA for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. The AMA Ed Hub is an online learning platform that brings together high-quality CME, maintenance of certification, and educational content from trusted sources, all in one place—with activities relevant to you, automated credit tracking, and reporting for some states and specialty boards.
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Learn to take the reins
Activities in this curated CME track help physicians learn how to:
- Create a culture of well-being through effective leadership and communication to deliver feedback, foster trust and increase clinician engagement.
- Apply time-saving strategies to eliminate unnecessary work, leading to increased practice efficiency, reduced physician burnout and improved patient care.
- Improve physician productivity. See how collaboration, pre-visit planning and equitable workload distribution provides more time to focus on patient care and interactions.
It takes astute clinical judgment as well as a commitment to collaboration and solving challenging problems to succeed in independent settings that are often fluid, and the AMA offers the resources and support physicians need to both start and sustain success in private practice.
What to do—and what not to do
The “Leading Effective Teams CME Track” track provides microlessons on three professional skills and management topics.
“Stop the Unnecessary Work.” Physician burnout is epidemic in the U.S., and slashing unnecessary workload is vital to to boosting practice efficiency and strengthening culture at the organizational level. This module provides steps to identify and eliminate unnecessary work and saving-time strategies to improve patient care.
“A Team-based Approach to Sharing the Workload.” The key to reducing unnecessary work is to involve the entire care team in sharing the workload. This microlesson provides collaborative strategies to maintain patient care workflows while freeing up physician time to enhance the focus on patient interactions.
“Giving and Receiving Feedback During Annual Reviews.” Wellness-centered leadership emphasizes that leaders' behaviors profoundly influence organizational culture, a key driver of clinician well-being. Providing and receiving feedback shapes a thriving environment, fostering trust, engagement and professional fulfillment. This module equips leaders to model five key behaviors—include, inform, inquire, develop and recognize—during daily interactions and annual review conversations.
Your go-to source for CME
The AMA Ed Hub is a reference that helps fuel your professional growth while also meeting training and state requirements. The AMA Ed Hub features additional, members-only topical CME tracks, including those on thriving in private practice, promoting physician well-being, and emerging topics in clinical guidelines.
Get exclusive access to curated CME and certificates completely free to AMA members.
