2024YRA

2025 YRA Tasks and Assignments

Leadership in Action Projects – as part of the curriculum, each participant will also complete at least one Leadership in Action project from a list provided.  Time in projects vary from 30 minutes to 4 hours, depending on the project selected.
 

Date

Tasks/Assignments

Length

January 2025

Leadership Competencies Self-Assessment and Improvement Goals

  • Self-assess current proficiency in seven leadership competency domains
  • Identify areas to strive for improvement and applied skills at the conclusion of the program

Facilitator(s): Leslie Howell

.50 hour

January 23, 2025
7- 8 p.m.

Orientation Intro Webinar – expectations, timelines, technology demonstrations

  • Review overall program monthly tasks/timelines
  • Discuss Capstone project and process
  • Practice with technology platforms

Facilitator(s): Leslie Howell, Catherine Baumgarder, Nirmal Joshi, Marty Martin

1 hour

February 2025

Leadership project topic proposal - online

  • Outline the nature of the problem to be addressed
  • Discuss your role and how you/others are impacted by this challenge
  • Describe the proposed solution and how this will benefit your practice environment/patient care

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Catherine Baumgardner, William Martin

2 hours

February 2025

Online Mini-Course and Study Guide: Project Management for Physicians

  • Assess the key concepts of project management including the PDSA cycle and FMEA
  • Identify key pathways and tools to bring a project from brainstorming to resolution

Facilitator(s) Samuel Hammerman

1 hour

February 2025

Professional development coaching session – online CliftonStrengths Assessment

  • Identify natural talents/strengths

Facilitator(s): Catherine Baumgardner

.50 hour

February 18, 2025
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Virtual Journal Club – review articles, post feedback, webinar discussion

  • Assimilate key management knowledge and skills articulated in literature
  • Apply business concepts to transform health care industry
  • Incorporate management strategies to lead diverse, multi-faceted teams

Facilitator(s) Nirmal Joshi, Leslie Howell

1.5 hours

March 2025

Online Mini-Course and Study Guide: Conflict Resolution and Strategies for Effective Interactions

  • Discuss opportunities for productive results through conflict
  • Use effective communication skills when conflicts arise
  • Recognize different conflict styles so you can adapt accordingly

Facilitator(s): Allison Linney

1 hour

March 2025

Professional development coaching session - CliftonStrengths feedback session #1

  • Review personalized report with coach to discuss professional development opportunities

Facilitator(s): Catherine Baumgardner

1 hour

March 2025

Performance coaching session

  • Identify gaps in performance
  • Discuss strategies to close or narrow gaps in performance

Facilitator(s): William Martin

.50 hour

March 2025

Peer coaching session

  • Peer mentoring/feedback on current challenges or concerns

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi

.50 hour

March 19, 2025
7:30-8:30 p.m.
Ethics in Health Care Virtual Discussion - Race in Medicine

  • Address ethical considerations associated with the topic based on the principles of Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Justice

Facilitator(s): Rebekah Apple
 

April 2025

Project Status – online

  • Discuss implementation/progress made to date

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Catherine Baumgardner, William Martin

1 hour

April 2025

Professional development coaching session - CliftonStrengths feedback session #2

  • Follow up with coach to discuss professional development opportunities/challenges

Facilitator(s): Catherine Baumgardner

1 hour

April 22, 2025
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Virtual Journal Club – review articles, post feedback, webinar discussion

  • Assimilate key management knowledge and skills articulated in literature
  • Apply business concepts to transform health care industry
  • Incorporate management strategies to lead diverse, multi-faceted teams

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Leslie Howell

1.5 hours

April 4, 2025
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

In-person session – New Model of Physician Leadership

  • Review changes in health care that have caused physicians to be cynical about health care, increased the rate of physician burnout and potentially threatened their ability to lead effective health care change
  • Identify 5 core strategies to provide effective leadership in a changing health care environment
  • Discuss potential barriers in implementing the five core strategies and how to overcome them
  • Address concrete action items that physicians can implement immediately in their organizations as first steps toward implementing the core strategies

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi

7 hours

May 2025

Project Status – online

  • Discuss implementation/progress made to date

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Catherine Baumgardner, William Martin

2 hours

May 2025

Online Mini-Course and Study Guide: Building and Managing Virtual Teams for Success

  • Assess the dynamics of team management in a virtual space
  • Utilize appropriate technology platform(s) to keep the team connected
  • Build trust, set clear expectations, hold team accountable

Facilitator(s): Samuel Hammerman

1 hour

May 2025

Peer coaching session

  • Peer mentoring/feedback on current challenges or concerns

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi

.50 hour

June 2025

Project Status – online

  • Discuss implementation/progress made to date

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Catherine Baumgardner, William Martin

1 hour

June 2025

Performance coaching session

  • Enhance goal setting abilities
  • Drive performance based upon goals

Facilitator(s): William Martin

.50 hour

June 17, 2025
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Virtual Journal Club – review articles, post feedback, webinar discussion

  • Assimilate key management knowledge and skills articulated in literature
  • Apply business concepts to transform health care industry
  • Incorporate management strategies to lead diverse, multi-faceted teams

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Leslie Howell

1.5 hours

June 20, 2025
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

In-person session – Teams: Building, Managing & Performing/Food Truck Exercise

  • Review the importance of teamwork/best practices
  • Foster teamwork and collaborative thinking
  • Practice teamwork skills
  • Debrief and discuss ways to improve teamwork

Facilitator(s): Catherine Baumgardner, Staff of Eventive Inc Productions

7 hours

July 2025

Project Status – online

  • Discuss implementation/progress made to date

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Catherine Baumgardner, William Martin

1 hour

July 2025

Online Mini-Course and Study Guide: Ethical Decision Making

  • Explore the framework of how decisions are influenced and made

Facilitator(s): Catherine Baumgardner

1 hour

July 2025

Online Mini-Course and Study Guide: Strategic Thinking

  • Use forecasting for strategic planning 3-5 years in the future
  • Identify strategic planning tools for the planning processes
  • Engage multiple stakeholders and end users in the process

Facilitator(s): William Martin

1 hour

July 2025

Peer coaching session

  • Peer mentoring/feedback on current challenges or concerns

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi

.50 hour

July 16, 2025
7:30-8:30 p.m. 

Virtual Discussion – Ethics of AI in Healthcare

  • Address ethical considerations associated with the topic based on the principles of Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Justice
Facilitator: Rebekah Apple

1 hours

August 2025

Project Status – online

  • Discuss implementation/progress made to date

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Catherine Baumgardner, William Martin

1 hour

August 2025

Performance coaching session

  • Use the coaching platform to try out new behaviors (practice field)

Facilitator(s): William Martin

.50 hour

August 19, 2025
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Virtual Journal Club – review articles, post feedback, webinar discussion

  • Assimilate key management knowledge and skills articulated in literature
  • Apply business concepts to transform health care industry
  • Incorporate management strategies to lead diverse, multi-faceted teams

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Leslie Howell

1.5 hours

September 2025

Project Status – online

  • Discuss implementation/progress made to date

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Catherine Baumgardner, William Martin

1 hour

September 2025

Online Mini-Course and Study Guide: Create Great Presentations

  • Identify the AIM of your presentation
  • Use an ABA structure to build your presentation
  • Identify strategies to connect with the audience

Facilitator(s): Martha Weeks

.75 hour

September 2025

Peer coaching session

  • Peer mentoring/feedback on current challenges or concerns

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi

.50 hour

September 26, 2025
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

In-person session: Health Care Finance

  • Review basic financial concepts
  • Use financial documents to assess financial performance
  • Apply financial principles to decision-making process
  • Complete experiential business simulation designed to increase Business Acumen

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi/Staff of Andromeda Training, Inc.

7 hours

October 2025

Performance coaching session

  • Understand the perceptions of others
  • Manage the perception of others by engaging in respectful, high impact interpersonal relationships

Facilitator(s): William Martin

.50 hour

October 21, 2025
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Virtual Journal Club – review articles, post feedback, webinar discussion

  • Assimilate key management knowledge and skills articulated in literature
  • Apply business concepts to transform health care industry
  • Incorporate management strategies to lead diverse, multi-faceted teams

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Leslie Howell

1.5 hours

November 2025

Review and update initial Leadership Competencies Self-Assessment

  • Self-assess current proficiency in seven leadership competency domains
  • Evaluate success in achieving improvements/skills noted at initial assessment

Facilitator(s): Leslie Howell

.50 hour

November 2025

Performance coaching session

  • Engage in self-reflection and change regarding the costs of leadership such as a lack of sleep, lack of social support, lack of delegation, and lack of constructive coping behaviors placing the leader at risk of burnout

Facilitator(s): William Martin

.50 hour

November 7, 2025
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

In-person session: Leading Change

  • Describe the essence of change.
  • Analyze the steps critical to leading change.
  • Examine how to build a culture that embraces change

Facilitator(s): Catherine Baumgardner

5 hours

November 7, 2025
3 - 5 p.m.

Capstone Project Presentations

  • Present a 5-minute summary of the challenge, implementation plan, and outcome of your project to the cohort.
  • Deliver the presentation using the concepts discussed in the Presentations webinar

Facilitator(s): Catherine Baumgardner

2 hours

November 19, 2025
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Ethics in Health - Crossroads: Patient & Physician Autonomy

  • Address ethical considerations associated with the topic based on the principles of Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, and Justice

Facilitator(s): Rebekah Apple
 

December 2025

Reflection Paper (1-2 pages) - Online

  • Describe what you've learned about yourself throughout the learning experience
  • Include terms of ROI to your practice environment/patient care
  • Include reference to your personal wellbeing

Facilitator(s): Nirmal Joshi, Catherine Baumgardner, William Martin

1 hour

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