Physician Leadership Course Asynchronous

This 20-session asynchronous physician leadership course is designed for busy clinicians who are expected to lead within increasingly complex healthcare systems. The course provides practical, skills-based learning that fits into demanding clinical schedules, allowing participants to engage on their own time and at their own pace.

Through short, focused modules, participants build capacity in communication, quality improvement, systems thinking, and personal leadership. The emphasis is on practical tools and approaches that translate directly into clinical and organizational settings, supporting physicians and other clinicians to lead effectively, improve team functioning, and advance patient care without disrupting their professional responsibilities.

Why This Course Matters

Healthcare clinicians are routinely called upon to lead teams, manage change, and improve systems of care—often without formal leadership training. At the same time, heavy clinical workloads make traditional, in-person leadership programs difficult to access.

This course addresses that gap. It is intentionally designed for clinicians in active practice and grounded in the realities of healthcare delivery. By offering flexible, asynchronous learning, the course enables participants to build essential leadership skills in ways that are realistic, accessible, and immediately relevant to their work.

Target Audience

All healthcare providers are welcome.

The course is geared toward medical providers, including MDs and DOs, and is also relevant for advanced practice clinicians such as ARNPs and PAs, as well as others interested in leadership development. While the leadership skills taught are broadly applicable across roles and disciplines, many examples and applications are drawn from a clinical provider perspective.

What You’ll Gain

Participants will develop practical leadership skills and tools they can apply in their own clinical and organizational contexts, including:

Communication skills for leading effective meetings, providing feedback, and navigating difficult conversations with colleagues and staff
Quality improvement methods, such as PDSA cycles and measurement strategies, that can be applied to improve workflows, care processes, or patient outcomes
Systems thinking skills to better understand challenges at the system level and address root causes rather than surface-level problems
Change management strategies to guide teams through new initiatives, reduce resistance, and build shared commitment
Personal leadership practices, including reflective practice, emotional intelligence, and habits that support ongoing growth as a leader