Goals, Objectives, & Outcome
Goals
This 24-month track will support residents & fellows to gain the knowledge, skills, and methods necessary to: (a) become leaders in healthcare administration; and (b) prepare them for careers that incorporate leadership and administrative responsibilities.
The EHM track’s objectives include providing resident physicians with interests in healthcare management a multifaceted training to develop fluency in healthcare management sciences, strengthen leadership skills, and apply data-driven methodologies to promote innovation in our health care delivery system.
Objectives
It is the goal of Emory’s Healthcare Management Residency Track to develop physician leaders that will:
- Demonstrate best practices in health systems and management in the areas of clinical excellence, leadership skills, and fluency in healthcare management sciences
- Demonstrate scholarship in the design, implementation, and evaluation of innovative healthcare delivery programs.
- By the end of the final year, the resident/fellow will work on either an individual or group presentation based on health policy, management, or leadership.
Outcome
Upon completion of the track, residents will be awarded a certificate of distinction in Healthcare Management from Emory University School of Medicine.
Components
- In-Depth Healthcare System Exposure: residents will have a hospital site focus, so
that they may serve as committee members, work on systems-level projects and actively
participate in the ‘inner workings’ and processes that help an individual hospital or
healthcare system function on a day-to-day basis to forge longitudinal success - Monthly lecture series: residents will participate in evening and lunchtime lecture
series in topics such as health insurance, management, operations, and innovation.
Series topics can be accessed through viewing the course syllabus. - Mentorship and career development: residents will be paired with a senior leader
mentor to provide one-on-one career guidance and development to help residents
successfully prepare for a dual career in clinical medicine and healthcare management,
policy, or innovation. - Birkman analysis: First year track members are required to complete a Birkman Assessment to better understand their leadership style, strengths, and areas for opportunity
- Longitudinal innovation/leadership presentation: Innovation/leadership projects will be conducted longitudinally and presented at the HCM graduation dinner to hospital and track leadership. Projects can also be presented at one or more of the following
conferences: resident noon conference, department or hospital grand rounds, any
regional or national conference.
Track Requirement(s):
- Competitive Application: Personal Statement, Program Director Letter of Support (including Program commitment to focus >70% of the trainee’s rotations at the ‘focus site’ hospital), and Interview(s)
- 80% monthly curricular series attendance: this will be tracked. Failure to meet attendance requirements will result in removal from the track.
- Graduation individual or group presentation
Eligibility & General Requirements
Eligibility
Application to the Healthcare Management Residency Track is open to all rising PGY2 or higher residents or fellows in good standing with their graduate medical education training program.
- Residents and fellows apply to the track 6 months prior to track entry, and complete the track over the following 2 academic years of residency.
- A limited number of Residents/Fellows will be selected based on a competitive application process, including personal statement, Program Director letter of support, and interviews.
General Requirements
- Residents/Fellows in the pathway should anticipate using at least 4 weeks of elective time (distributed over 2 years) to complete pathway requirements.
- Residents/Fellows must remain in good standing with the residency/fellowship program.
- Residents/Fellows must maintain regular attendance at monthly lecture series.
- Residents/Fellows will complete a longitudinal innovation project. This work must be shared through abstract/poster presentations at conferences and/or publications in academic journals. Residents/Fellows will have the opportunity to share their work to hospital leadership at our annual graduation event.
- Residents/Fellows will participate in one or more leadership and communication style self-assessments (e.g. Myers-Briggs, Birkman, others)
- Residents/Fellows must ensure to adhere to residency work-hour policies.
Proposed Topics
YEAR 1
• Introduction to EHM Program – Kickoff
• Health Policy Session 1: Introduction to U.S. Health Insurance
• Health Policy Session 2: Healthcare Payment Model Case: case co-facilitated by EHM senior member
• Emory WHSC, Emory Healthcare and TEC Organization Charts and Vision
• Emory Health Competitive Strategy
• Emory Healthcare Quality Academy training (12-day course, recommended; 2-day course at minimum)
• Understanding your leadership style: personality tests and discussion.
• Transitions of Care – understanding the care continuum
YEAR 2
• Health Policy Session 3: Integration and Consolidation in Healthcare – Systems Transformation
• Value-based Care in the Post-ACA Era
• Patient Centered Medical Home Model
• Hospital Operations Management
• Understanding the Patient Experience
• Health Information and Technology in the Era of Big Data
• Health Innovation Series – speaker series from industry and academic experts
Application Process
The application must include the following components:
- A personal statement describing why you would like to participate in the residency track, your interest in Healthcare Management, your expected goals and outcomes. The personal statement should be limited to no more than 1 page.
- A brief letter of support from the Program Director. A letter of support from the applicant's program director must be included as part of the application process. The letter should indicate support for the resident's participation in the Healthcare Management track including Program commitment to focus >70% of the trainee’s rotations at the ‘focus site’ hospital.
- Applicants will also be expected to attend an interview.
Each year, please submit your application to Dr. Amit Prabhakar no later than February 15 for consideration in the cohort starting in July.
