What Will I Learn at the Clinicians at the Helm Conference?

Clinicians at the Helm will afford senior hospital leaders the opportunity to learn first hand how to engage clinical talent. Participants will learn what truly motivates clinicians, and how to craft systems and structures that will effectively engage them in quality improvement for years to come.

Learning Objectives

  • Understand why clinicians are not engaged by quality improvement efforts today
  • Learn proven tactics for crafting an influence network of clinical leaders
  • Learn how to craft an engaging quality improvement plan, which clinical leaders will drive
  • Network and share local best practices with peers at Trust hospitals

Agenda
8:30 am Guest Arrival and Registration
Coffee and pastries provided
9:00 am–10:30 am The Mandate for Clinician Engagement
Discuss the origins and context of the clinician engagement imperative and diagnose both executive and clinician missteps in achieving optimal leadership contributions.
10:30 am–12:00 pm Elevating Clinician Participation
Understand the barriers to clinician cooperation with hospital improvement efforts; begin planning the necessary steps to removing those barriers.
12:00 pm–1:00 pm Designing the Engagement Opportunity
Learn about mistaken assumptions around clinicians’ values, start to scope clinician leaders’ contributions and practice surfacing underlying clinician motivators.
1:00 pm–2:00 pm Luncheon
2:00 pm–3:30 pm Building True Clinician Leadership
Diagnose the root causes behind clinician leadership struggles, and plan the support necessary for clinical leaders to drive their leadership agenda forward.
3:30 pm–4:00 pm Charting Course and Speed
Cap the day with a review of key lessons and see case studies of top-performing organisations that have succeeded through a committed practice of core leadership development principles.
4:00 pm Adjournment