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Career Physician and the Child Health Advisory Council are firmly committed to capturing the leadership wisdom of senior and emeritus pediatric chiefs and chairs and to passing it on to current and future generations. With the current shortages in leadership, many young pediatric leaders are being pressed into service early. We have seen firsthand how the Pediatric Insight articles, webinars and conversations are positively impacting the legacies of these leaders and the faculty and patients they serve. Enjoy!

Strategies for Building Clinical Research Infrastructure - Pediatric Insight: Passing Leadership Wisdom To The Next Generation Topic: Strategies for Building Clinical Research Infrastructure This Pediatric Insight Conversation focused on needs, approaches, and strategies for doing the critically essential work of clinical research that is crucial to continuously improving patient care and outcomes in pediatrics. Listen to the Podcast: https://episodes.castos.com/6407ae35b23e84-50118483/1719640/c1e-rkmgvujz9k4a7vowm-xmzokk3ksv2g-iptave.mp3 Duration: 00:31:06 | Recorded on […]
Strategies for Building Clinical Research - Pediatric Insight: Passing Leadership Wisdom To The Next Generation Topic: Strategies for Building Clinical Research Our goal as pediatricians is to improve patient care and outcomes. Our panel discusses how and why clinical research is critical to that goal. We also emphasize how clinical research improves interactions among faculty; extends collaboration to other departments; schools, […]
No Margin, No Mission – Fiscal Focus and Transparency - Pediatric Insight: Passing Leadership Wisdom To The Next Generation Topic: No Margin, No Mission – Fiscal Focus and Transparency The fiscal challenges in academic medicine are apparent to us all — particularly in academic pediatric medicine. The many pressures of increasing complexity of clinical care, decreased reimbursement (especially from government payors such as Medicaid), competing […]
Responsibilities of the Chair of a Search Committee - Pediatric Insight: Passing Leadership Wisdom To The Next Generation Topic: Responsibilities of the Chair of a Search Committee Clarity in understanding the responsibilities of the Chair of a Search Committee is important to a successful process. The goal of the process is to identify the best candidate for the position that is to be filled. This […]
New Leader Engagement: Part 2 - Pediatric Insight: Passing Leadership Wisdom To The Next Generation Topic: New Leader Engagement: Part 2 Making New Leaders Successful Career Physician’s New Leader Engagement Program is a comprehensive leadership development approach that has proven to optimize a leader’s success in his/her new role. An experienced leader in the specialty performs an extensive review of the institution […]
New Leader Engagement: Part 1 - Pediatric Insight: Passing Leadership Wisdom To The Next Generation Topic: New Leader Engagement: Part 1 We are in a challenging time for medicine, particularly academic medicine. Consequently, effective leadership is even more important now than ever before in academic medical centers. Yet unfortunately, the pipeline of up-and-coming physician leaders seems to be less robust. Thus, new […]
The Review Process - Pediatric Insight: Passing Leadership Wisdom To The Next Generation Topic: The Review Process The Child Health Advisory Council members, former senior leaders in academic pediatrics, can provide division, department or institutional reviews as a component of pediatric search strategy and preparation. These reviews provide an opportunity for organizations to establish self-awareness of both challenges and opportunities […]
Creating a Candidate-Centric Interview Process - Pediatric Insight: Passing Leadership Wisdom To The Next Generation Topic: Creating a Candidate-Centric Interview Process Recruitment is one of the most critical responsibilities of leaders to ensure the success of their departments. To avoid unsuccessful recruitment searches, all departments, regardless of their national esteem, must carefully prepare both the candidate and the department. With this preparation, […]
Fostering Healthy Cultures - Pediatric Insight: Passing Leadership Wisdom To The Next Generation Topic: Fostering Healthy Cultures Every leader working with faculty and staff to define the mission and vision for the organization needs to articulate the core values and principles that will ignite and inspire the community. A #1 priority is providing a positive work and learning environment that […]
A Partnership of the Department Chair and Department Administrator is Essential for Financial Success - Pediatric Insight: Passing Leadership Wisdom To The Next Generation Topic: A Partnership of the Department Chair and Department Administrator is Essential for Financial Success Financial management is often an area that physician leaders have not yet developed experience prior to assuming their leadership role. The complexity of clinical reimbursements, research funding sources and institutional compensations has […]

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