2025 APCCMPD ANNUAL CONFERENCE PRE-CONFERENCE FLIGHT ACADEMY: FELLOWSHIP AND GME LEADERSHIP TRAINING March 12, 2025 Philadelphia, PA REGISTER AGENDA DISCLOSURE CME CREDIT
Join the FLIGHT Academy and take your GME leadership to new heights!

 

• We're excited to offer FLIGHT Academy II, but space is limited!
• We're giving our FLIGHT Academy I (February 2024) participants priority registration through December 1, 2024.
• After that, any remaining spots will be open to everyone on a first-come, first-served basis.
• We hope to see you there!

Elevate Your Leadership in Graduate Medical Education
The FLIGHT Academy Education Leadership Certificate program is designed to help current and aspiring fellowship and graduate medical education leaders enhance their leadership capabilities, knowledge, and skills. The certification program provides participants with practical frameworks and approaches to leadership to improve their effectiveness, advance their careers, and make a lasting difference in the lives of those they lead.

Throughout this course, participants will:

• Leadership Principles: Master core principles, explore proven frameworks, develop personalized strategies for communication, conflict resolution, team building and mentorship. Learn from Dr. Richard Winters, author of You're the Leader. Now What?
• GME Administration: Gain practical insights into ACGME requirements, accreditation, Milestones reporting, and communication with the DIO and ACGME. Learn to respond to citations and implement program improvements.
• Finances and Recruitment: Develop effective budget management and trainee recruitment strategies, including holistic review and behavioral interviewing. Explore funding models and secure support for new fellowships and faculty educational time
• Learning Environment: Cultivate a positive learning environment, align actions with core values, and foster resident well-being. Drive program excellence.
• Essential Skills: Enhance time management, public speaking, communication and networking skills.

Pre-conference participants can sign up for a 30-minute, 1:1 mentoring consultation with an experienced peer program director to discuss a specific fellowship program-related question or issue. The ability to reserve a 1:1 mentoring consultation is for pre-conference participants only on a first-come, first-served basis. A waitlist will be started once all 1:1 mentoring consultation sessions are filled. Sessions will be confirmed prior to the pre-conference start date.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course participants should be better able to:

1. Navigate ACGME requirements and communications, address programmatic issues, and implement improvements to ensure compliance and enhance program quality.
2. Apply practical leadership strategies and core competencies for leading from the middle, effectively managing resources, and navigating the intersection of leadership and management within medical education.
3. Understand GME funding models, develop budget management strategies, and secure funding for fellowship programs and faculty development in various settings.
4. Construct actionable strategies for effective leadership within organizations, focusing on the core competencies required for leading from the middle and navigating the intersection of leadership and management in medical education.
5. Enhance their communication skills across various platforms, from leading teams to patient encounters, by applying techniques to improve clarity, engagement, and trust.

TARGETED LEARNERS
This program is targeted towards fellowship and graduate medical education leaders who are serving or aspire to serve in medical education leadership, including participation in the administration of a fellowship program.

• Program Directors
• Associate Program Directors
• Core Faculty
• Fellowship Directors
• Other medical educators seeking to enhance their leadership skills and knowledge

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FLIGHT PRE-CONFERENCE SESSIONS // WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2025
SESSION TIME / TITLE	SPEAKER(S)
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM (EST)	CONFERENCE CHECK-IN AND BREAKFAST
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM (EST) Welcome and Introductions	James Frank, MD, MA
8:05 AM - 8:50 AM (EST) A New Leadership Relationship With the ACGME and Your DIO	Rendell W. Ashton, MD
8:50 AM - 9:50 AM (EST) Keynote Address How to Lead When Experts Disagree	Richard Winters, MD
9:50 AM - 10:05 AM (EST)	NETWORKING BREAK
10:05 AM - 11:05 AM (EST) WORKSHOP How to Coach Colleagues to Find Solutions	Richard Winters, MD
11:05 AM - 11:50 AM (EST) Decoding Fellowship Program and GME Financing: A Practical Guide	John (Jack) D. Buckley, MD
11:50 AM - 12:50 PM (EST)	ATTENDEE LUNCH
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM (EST) CONCURRENT WORKSHOP 1 Leading from the Middle: How to Optimize Influence and Get Things Done	Sakshi Dua, MBBS
12:50 PM - 1:50 PM (EST) CONCURRENT WORKSHOP 2 Winning with Words: Public Speaking Skills for Clinician-Educator Leaders	Mark H. Adelman, MD; Mirna Mohanraj, MD, MA; Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MAEd
1:50 PM - 2:05 PM (EST)	NETWORKING BREAK
2:05 PM - 3:05 PM (EST) CONCURRENT WORKSHOP 3 Trainee Recruitment	Geneva Tatem, MD; Mauricio Danckers, MD, FCCP; Jayna Gardner-Gray, MD; Stella Ogake, MBBCh
2:05 PM - 3:05 PM (EST) CONCURRENT WORKSHOP 4 Time Management Hacks for Educational Leaders: Tips From Busy Medical Educators	Anna Neumeier, MD; Başak Çoruh, MD; Stephanie Maximous, MD, MS
3:10 PM - 3:20 PM (EST) Leading for Culture Change and Ensuring Your Actions Align With Your Values	May M. Lee, MD
3:20 PM - 4:10 PM (EST) PANEL DISCUSSION Reflecting Your Program Values and Creating a Team Culture	Moderator: May M. Lee, MD Panel: Mauricio Danckers, MD, FCCP; David J. De La Zerda, MD; Paru S. Patrawalla, MD; Ziad S. Shaman, MD, MHcM; Geneva Tatem, MD
4:10 PM - 5:00 PM (EST) PARTICIPANT DRIVEN PANEL DISCUSSION Leading With Confidence: Solutions for Program Leadership Challenges	Moderator: James Frank, MD, MA Panel: Gabriel Bosslet MD, MA; Kristin M. Burkart, MD, MSc; Başak Çoruh, MD; Kathleen Doo, MD, MHPE; Jaime Palomino, MD; Effie Singas, MD

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Disclosure Declaration

As a jointly accredited provider, the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) must ensure balance, objectivity, independence, and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Faculty are encouraged to provide a balanced view of therapeutic options by utilizing either generic names or the trade names of several to ensure impartiality.

All speakers, planning committee members and others in a position to control continuing education content participating in a UNMC-accredited activity are required to disclose relationships with commercial interests. A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients. Disclosure of these commitments and/or relationships is included in these activity materials so that participants may formulate their own judgments in interpreting its content and evaluating its recommendations.

This activity may include presentations in which faculty may discuss off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments not yet FDA-approved. Participants should note that the use of products outside currently FDA-approved labeling should be considered experimental and are advised to consult current prescribing information for FDA-approved indications.

All materials are included with the permission of the authors. The opinions expressed are those of the authors and are not to be construed as those of the UNMC.

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CME and MOC Credit

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Nebraska Medical Center and Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of (TBD) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (TBD) Maintenance of Certification Points. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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