Physician Leadership Scholarship Program (PLSP)
Jointly funded by the Specialist Services Committee and the Shared Care Committee, provides physician funding for leadership courses, conferences, coaching programs, and Master’s programs for physicians. More info>
Purpose:
- Developing the skills needed by future physician leaders
- Helping existing physician leaders mature in their skill sets.
- Fostering a culture of continuous quality improvement.
- Providing educational support that prepares physicians to address the issues and challenges of the ever-changing health landscape.
- Understanding and integrating evidence-based practices into leadership roles.
- Developing advocacy skills to advance policies and initiatives that effect positive change in the health care system.
Resources, conferences, forums and self-learning
See the Leadership Development website (for PHC and VCH)
- Self Assessment
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Indigenous Cultural Safety
- Anti-Racism
- Progressive management
- Mastering difficult conversations
- Psychological health and safety for leaders
- Delegating & getting it done
- Finance 101 for medical leaders
- Facilitating successful meetings
- Leading for health care sustainability
…and more! Access resources here.
Physician Leadership Institution for new and aspiring leaders
Aspiring leaders are encouraged to look at courses offered by Joule, the learning subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association. A full course catalogue can be found here: https://joulecma.ca/learn Classroom and on-line learning courses include: Leading Change, Dollars and Sense, Effective Communications and Engaging Others
Leading at Providence Program
- for emerging/new leaders in front line supervisory roles;
- those aspiring to be leaders, who are supported by their supervisor/manager;
- leaders with two to five years’ experience &/or those who are new to operational leadership roles at PHC
Registration is accessible online through the Learning Hub at: http://learninghub.phsa.ca/Learner/Home
Past leadership training events
2019 CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON PHYSICIAN LEADERSHIP
A contingent of Providence physicians headed to Montreal on April 26 and 27 for the CCPL Conference, with the 2019 theme: Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement: the Leadership Challenge. Read Conference highlights here>
What are physicians saying about the conference?
“Accept that the key is NOT intent, it is OUTCOMES.”
“Leaders can intervene if potential bias is recognized (but often do not)”
Su-Yin MacDonell, Department of Anesthesia, SPH, MSJ
PHC physicians at the Canadian Conference on Physician Leadership, Vancouver, BC April 2018