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Physician Leadership Course

The WSMA Physician Leadership Course is a 40+ hour hybrid-distance leadership skills-development course for physicians and physician assistants who want to know more about health care leadership.

Once out of residency, many physicians will find themselves leading a multidisciplinary team charged with delivering the highest quality care to our patients. To be an effective team leader, core leadership competencies are required—skills not taught in medical school. Without these skills, physicians may find themselves unprepared and overburdened with unexpected responsibilities—a recipe for burnout.

The WSMA is committed to helping physicians develop the skills they need to thrive professionally in today’s health care environment, regardless of the type or size of your organization. Developing core leadership competencies can strengthen clinician resilience, improve time and stress management, and help you achieve greater workflow efficiency.

The WSMA Physician Leadership Course combines face-to-face and online learning to enable course participants to begin developing and honing their leadership skills at their convenience. Designed with a physician's busy schedule in mind, only three in-person classes are required; the remainder of the course is conducted online.

Course details

The Physician Leadership Course will be held in-person at The Maxwell Hotel, Seattle, Sept. 16-Dec. 2, 2022. The first two days will be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16-17. Course participants will then have 11 weeks of online instruction and interaction, finishing with the final live session on Friday, Dec. 2.

The full curriculum for the WSMA Physician Leadership Course is detailed below. The max capacity for the course is 30 participants. Individuals or group/system teams are encouraged to apply. The tuition for the course is: WSMA Member: $2,250; Non-member: $2,800. A 5% discount is offered for groups of five or more.

Instructor

This course is led by Edward A. Walker, MD, MHA, professor emeritus in the departments of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and health services at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Register for the Physician Leadership Course

Register online for the Physician Leadership Course. Questions? Contact Monica Salgaonkar at 206.956.3641 or monica@wsma.org.

Cancellation Policy

Refunds are available for live event registration depending on when the refund is requested in relation to the start of the course.

91 days or more until start of event: a 100% refund less a $100 processing fee per person
61 – 90 days until start of event: a 75% refund
31-60 days until start of event: a 25% refund
30 days or less until start of event: no refund

WSMA reserves the right to cancel the course. If so, preregistered participants will be notified, and full refunds provided. No shows will receive no refund. Registrations may not be transferred to another person at any time. A participant may transfer registration one time to the next available course if space permits. All subsequent transfers of registration will incur a change fee of $250. All refunds will be issued to the original form of payment.

For in-person courses, the WSMA cannot be held responsible for other costs or expenses, including cancellation/change charges assessed by airlines, travel agencies, or hotels.

Physician Leadership Course Curriculum

This is a course for physicians and physician assistants who want to know more about health care leadership. Many physicians and PAs who take this course will go on to further training and become leaders and managers in their local clinical care settings. The course is a basic "boot camp" to familiarize physicians with the four important components of health care leadership: performance improvement, patient safety, and high reliability; leadership and management of individuals, teams and organizations; planning and finance; and creating and maintaining a personal leadership development plan.

Course philosophy

The course is designed from a social-constructivist point of view, which maintains that experienced adult learners do best when they work in teams to build new understandings of their previous experience by developing new, better-informed mental models. We will work in teams, sometimes face to face and at other times asynchronously, using multimedia resources and health care-oriented case scenarios to acquire a basic understanding of leadership, management, and quality improvement.

Schedule

Unit 1 – Leadership and Management

Week 1 – In-person/Live
Module 1: Managing Yourself and Others: Personal Style and Emotional Intelligence
Module 2: Managing the Organization – Teams and Culture: Working in Teams and Basics of Coaching

Unit 2 – Quality and Patient Safety

Week 2 – Online
Module 3: Performance Improvement Basics

Week 3 – Online
Module 4: Patient Safety, Error Reduction, and High Reliability Organizations

Week 4 – Online
Module 5: Disclosure of Error and Just Culture

Unit 3 – Planning and Budgeting

Week 5 – Online
Module 6: Personal and Short Range Planning

Week 6 – Online
Module 7: Long Range and Strategic Planning

Week 7 – Online
Module 8: Finance 101 – Budgets and Revenue Management

Unit 4 – Synthesis and Application

Week 8 – Online
Module 9: Engaging Physicians in Change

Week 9 – Online
Module 10: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Leadership

Week 10 – Online
Module 11: Capstone Case Formulation

Week 11 – In-person/Live
Module 12: Planning for Next Steps: Communication, Influence, Feedback, Conflict & Negotiation

No partial AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be awarded for the online activity.

CME and MOC Credit

CME Credit

The WSMA is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The WSMA designates this Other (blended course of live and enduring material) activity for a maximum of 40 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This activity meets the criteria for up to 40 hour(s) of Category I CME credit to satisfy the relicensure requirements of the Washington State Medical Quality Assurance Commission.

MOC Credit

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 40 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Disclosure

The content of this activity is not related to products or services of an ACCME-defined commercial interest; therefore no one in control of content has a relevant financial relationship to disclose and there is no potential for conflicts of interest.

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Free AMA Webinar: Foundations of Racism in Medicine

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<div class="col-md-12"> <div class="col-sm-5 pull-right" style="text-align: center;"><img src="/images/Newsletters/MembershipMemo/2022/june/ama-logo-645x425px.jpg" class="pull-right" alt="AMA logo" /></div> <h5>June 24, 2022</h5> <h2>Free AMA Webinar: Foundations of Racism in Medicine</h2> <p>You are invited to attend a free webinar hosted by the American Medical Association on June 29 from 4-5:30 p.m. Dr. Emily Cleveland Manchanda will review basic terminology related to race and racism; explore the manifestations of racism in medicine at interpersonal, institutional, and systemic levels; and outline recommendations for reading and learning for physicians to continue their health equity education.</p> <p>Emily Cleveland Manchanda, MD, MPH, is the director for social justice education and implementation within the Center for Health Equity at the American Medical Association and an emergency physician at Boston Medical Center. At the AMA, she leads and oversees the AMA Center for Health Equity's education portfolio. Her work focuses on coordinating effective action across sectors to promote social justice and equity in health, pushing health systems to address social and structural drivers of health, and creating a pipeline of leaders equipped to effectively advance justice in healthcare for patients, families, staff, communities and populations.</p> <p>This activity has been approved for <em>AMA PRA Category 1 Credit</em>â„¢. <a href="https://meetingregistration.ama-assn.org/mtgregcvent/register/search?ECODE=247019f3-98cd-4b8e-9efe-120b49525aca">Register online</a>.</p> <p>Questions? Please contact Kristina Hancock at <a href="mailto:kristina.hancock@ama-assn.org">kristina.hancock@ama-assn.org</a>.</p> </div>

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Weekly Rounds: June 17, 2022 - Progress and Priorities for the Profession

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<div class="col-md-12"> <div class="col-sm-5 pull-right" style="text-align: center;"><img src="/images/Newsletters/Weekly%20Rounds/Weekly-Rounds-Article-Graphic-2022-645x425px.png" class="pull-right" alt="Weekly Rounds logo" /></div> <h5>June 17, 2022</h5> <h2>Progress and Priorities for the Profession</h2> <p>Jennifer Hanscom, CEO</p> <p> I'm writing this as I fly back to Seattle from the American Medical Association's annual meeting in Chicago. Like many of the participants, this was my first large in-person conference since the pandemic began. It was wonderful to reconnect with WSMA delegates, physicians, and medical association colleagues from across the country, as well as AMA staff. </p> <p> Several physicians from Washington state were in attendance, and two WSMA members were voted into AMA council positions: Sheila Rege, MD, WSMA board member and radiation oncologist from the Tri Cities, was reelected to her position on the Council on Medical Service; and David Cundiff, MD, from Ilwaco, was elected to a position on the Council on Science and Public Health. </p> <p> Along with inaugurating a new president, Jack Resneck, Jr., MD, a practicing dermatologist and health policy expert from the San Francisco Bay Area, the AMA also elected its first openly gay president-elect, Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, an anesthesiologist from Wisconsin. </p> <p> At the meeting the AMA unveiled its <a href="https://www.ama-assn.org/amaone/ama-recovery-plan-america-s-physicians">Recovery Plan for America's Physicians</a> and highlighted its agenda. If you read our biweekly e-newsletter, Membership Memo, or follow us on social media, you know that the AMA's recovery plan mirrors the WSMA's top priorities: </p> <ul> <li>Fixing prior authorization</li> <li>Reforming Medicare payment</li> <li>Fighting scope creep</li> <li>Supporting telehealth</li> <li>Reducing physician burnout</li> </ul> <p> <strong>As a refresher, here is a quick summary of our work in those areas:</strong> </p> <p> <strong>Fixing prior authorization: </strong>As I referenced in a <a href="[@]Shared_Content/News/Weekly_Rounds/2022/weekly_rounds_april_29_2022_prior_authorization_plagues_us_all?_zs=B3aFd1&amp;_zl=aqJQ8">recent Weekly Rounds</a>, addressing prior authorization is a top priority for the WSMA. You may recall that <a href="https://priorauth.wsma.org/?_zs=B3aFd1&amp;_zl=eqJQ8">new rules</a> went into effect in 2018 that were intended to ease the administrative burden you face as you strive to meet the requirements of state-regulated insurers or their third-party administrators when seeking prior authorization of medical services. The rules set specific timelines and communication requirements and are <a href="https://priorauth.wsma.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/WSMA_PA_Navigator-one-pager.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">summarized here</a>. You'll also find guidance on 2015 rules covering prior authorization of prescription drugs. </p> <p> We encourage all of our members who encounter an insurer or third-party administrator out of compliance with Office of the Insurance Commissioner's prior authorization requirements to file a complaint by utilizing the <a href="https://priorauth.wsma.org/file-a-complaint/?_zs=B3aFd1&amp;_zl=IInK8">WSMA's Prior Authorization Navigator's complaint form</a>. </p> <p> <strong>Reforming Medicare payment:</strong> While the WSMA endorses the <a href="https://www.ama-assn.org/practice-management/medicare-medicaid/10-principles-fix-medicare-s-unsustainable-physician-pay">AMA's principles for reforming Medicare</a>, in the short term we are calling on Congress to stop the permanent 2% cut that is due on July 1, which will raise the physician pay cut from 1.75% to 2.75%, barring congressional intervention. Stay tuned for more information on WSMA and organized medicine's advocacy on this front. And keep your eyes on your inboxes for a potential call to action. </p> <p> <strong>Fighting scope creep:</strong> After two years of virtual legislative sessions in Washington state, we anticipate that many groups will be looking to expand their scope of practice when the Legislature (presumably) returns to in-person work in 2023. This past session, the WSMA was successful in defeating attempts at scope expansion by optometrists, naturopaths, psychologists, and others that would have jeopardized patient safety. You can read more about those efforts in our <a href="[@]WSMA/Advocacy/Legislative___Regulatory/wsma_legislative_report/WSMA/Advocacy/Legislative_Regulatory/wsma_legislative_report/wsma_legislative_report.aspx?hkey=cbef4d49-c104-4c3a-96b4-ac866dcbf5e0&amp;_zs=B3aFd1&amp;_zl=uqJQ8">WSMA Legislative Report</a> (WSMA members only - sign in required). We are confident these groups and others will make another attempt at scope expansion in 2023. </p> <p> <strong>Supporting telehealth:</strong> The WSMA has been advocating for laws to facilitate the proliferation of high-value care delivered via telemedicine for nearly a decade, and Washington state is considered a leader across the country in our telemedicine laws. Based on lessons learned around delivering care over telemedicine early in the pandemic, the WSMA championed legislation that generally requires state-regulated insurers to provide the same coverage and reimbursement for audio-only telemedicine services provided to established patients as they would for care delivered in person or via audio-visual telemedicine. More information about this law and more telehealth flexibilities can be found on the <a href="[@]WSMA/Resources/COVID-19_Response/Telehealth/WSMA/Resources/COVID-19/COVID_19_Telehealth/covid_19_telehealth.aspx?hkey=ed7e0075-97a3-489f-b858-92a741fc58ae&amp;_zs=B3aFd1&amp;_zl=1rJQ8">WSMA website</a>. </p> <p> Additionally, as you have read in recent <a href="[@]Shared_Content/News/Membership_Memo/2022/June_10/alaska_updates_telemedicine_licensure_policies_for_established_patients?_zs=B3aFd1&amp;_zl=3rJQ8">Membership Memos</a>, Alaska will join <a href="[@]Shared_Content/News/Membership_Memo/2022/May_13/oregon_updates_telehealth_policy_to_allow_care_by_washington_physicians_and_pas.aspx?_zs=B3aFd1&amp;_zl=4rJQ8">Oregon</a> as the second state in our region to permit follow-up care to established patients without being licensed in those states. </p> <p> We still have work to do to secure continued access to telemedicine services for Medicare patients; a major priority for both the AMA and the WSMA. Stay tuned as those conversations continue with our congressional delegation and in Congress. </p> <p> <strong>Reducing physician burnout:</strong> The WSMA Foundation recently received a $150,000 two-year grant to identify best practices that improve well-being and reduce burnout and have practices and organizations pledge to meet the criteria; and to deliver education on emotional intelligence and peer support. This will be an expansion of our work in transforming practices by introducing efficiencies into care delivery such as <a href="[@]Shared_Content/News/Latest_News/2022/pre_visit_planning_is_increasing_efficiency?_zs=B3aFd1&amp;_zl=7rJQ8">pre-visit planning</a>. </p> <p> As always, we will continue to keep you up to date on the WSMA and the AMA's work in these areas via our Membership Memo and website. </p> </div>

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2022 WSMA Annual Meeting: How to Propose Policy, Serve as Delegate

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Shared_Content/News/Membership_Memo/2022/June_10/2022_wsma_annual_meeting_how_to_propose_policy_serve_as_delegate

<div class="col-md-12"> <div class="col-sm-5 pull-right" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="/images/Newsletters/MembershipMemo/2022/june/AM_2019.10.263-645x425px.jpg" class="pull-right" /></div> <h5>June 10, 2022</h5> <h2>2022 WSMA Annual Meeting: How to Propose Policy, Serve as Delegate</h2> <p>The 2022 Annual Meeting of the WSMA House of Delegates will be held once again at the Historic Davenport in Spokane, in person, Oct. 1-2. WSMA members interested in proposing policy or serving as a delegate should note the following guidance and key dates.</p> <p><strong>Deadlines for submitting resolutions</strong></p> <p>Resolutions, one of the key policy drivers for the association, are considered for adoption by the House of Delegates at its annual meeting each fall. <a href="https://wsma.org/WSMA/Events/Annual_Meeting/How_to_Write_a_Resolution/WSMA/Events/Annual_Meeting/How_to_Write_a_Resolution/How_to_Write_a_Resolution.aspx?hkey=a22cd977-aaed-4445-9ee2-6fc4716a7136">Learn more about resolutions</a> and be sure to mark your calendar for the following resolution deadlines:</p> <p><strong>Aug. 12</strong> â€“ Deadline to submit your resolution for publication in the delegate handbook, the compilation of resolutions and other business to be considered by delegates during the meeting.</p> <p><strong>Sept. 1</strong> â€“ Final deadline to submit your resolution. Resolutions received after this date must have consent of two-thirds of the House at the opening session to be considered. The delegate handbook will be available from the WSMA website for download on this date.</p> <p><strong>Deadline for hotel reservations</strong></p> <p>The 2022 WSMA Annual Meeting will be held at The Historic Davenport in Spokane. Aug. 30 is the deadline to make room reservations and receive the WSMA member discounted rate.</p> <p><strong>How to serve as a delegate</strong></p> <p>The House of Delegates is composed of WSMA members who represent, and are designated by, their respective county society or specialty society, as well as representatives of WSMAâ€™s special sections and board of trustees. If you would like to serve as a delegate at the 2022 WSMA Annual Meeting, please contact your local county society or state specialty society. Learn more about the <a href="javascript://[Uploaded files/Events/Annual Meeting/wsma-2022-delegate-duties.pdf]">responsibilities and the expectations of service as a delegate</a>.<br /> <br /> <a href="[@]WSMA/Events/Annual_Meeting/Annual_Meeting.aspx">Learn more about the WSMA Annual Meeting on the meeting webpage</a>. Registration will be available shortly. For now, save these dates.</p> </div>

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