Leadership Defined in a New Age of Health Care
The pandemic has reshaped health care and forced leaders to help their teams navigate the complexities of these uncharted waters. The impact of COVID-19 crystallized the importance of healthcare leadership and also highlighted the need for new skills and competencies for healthcare leaders, such as openness, empathy, resilience, and the ability to communicate as well as core humane skills such as altruism and mindfulness.
The Kanof Institute for Physician Leadership (KIPL) offers three different leadership programs that address the needs of this new age of health care: Leadership College, Health Care Leadership & Management, and Future Clinician Leaders College designed specifically for healthcare students. Whether you are looking to expand leadership at the societal or organizational level, KIPL programs build and expand leadership skills, mindsets, and social networks.
Our Future Clinician Leaders College is currently accepting applications for the 2025 cohort. This program is an interprofessional leadership development program open to medical students throughout NC. Complete an application for the 2025 cohort here: Future Clinician Leaders College Program Application.
About the Kanof Institute for Physician Leadership
Since 2003, the NC Medical Society Foundation has recognized the importance of leadership among clinicians. The Institute’s foundational belief is that clinicians, heading collaborative teams, are best suited to lead clinical transformation that achieves true patient-centered care. Clinicians possess the key clinical knowledge and skills needed to guide and lead these important changes.
Since the launch of Leadership College in 2003 and the Kanof Institute in 2012, the Institute encompasses a statewide network of more than 800 clinician leaders who have successfully completed professional development coursework through one of the programs offered through the Institute. These alumni have successfully applied and implemented their personal and professional leadership roles in the emerging health care system.
The Institute currently includes three open educational programs focusing on leadership fundamentals and also offers customized programs. Learn more about which one is right for you:
KIPL Power Hours
- April 3, 2020: Telemedicine and COVID-19
- April 17, 2020: Mental Health and COVID-19
- May 1, 2020: Specialist Perspective on COVID-19’s Impact on Practices
- May 8, 2020: Stress, Burnout and Self-Care during COVID-19
- May 15, 2020: The NCMB’s Response to COVID-19
- May 22, 2020: Human Resources during COVID-19
- May 29, 2020: Diabetes and Patient Care
- June 5, 2020: Racism and Health Equity
- June 12, 2020: Future clinician leaders – a conversation with students
- June 19, 2020: How to Keep Your Practice Afloat during Trying Times
- June 26, 2020: International Physician Roundtable
- July 10, 2020: Racism and Health Equity Part 2
- July 24, 2020: Asthma and Allergies during COVID-19
- August 7, 2020: LBTQ+ and Patient Access
- August 21, 2020: Racism and Health Equity Part 3
- September 11, 2020: The Rise of Alcoholism during COVID-19
- September 25, 2020: Racism and Health Equity Part 4
- October 23, 2020: Legislative Leaders on Health Care in NC
- November 6, 2020: Lifestyle Medicine
- December 4, 2020: Racism and Health Equity (Part 5)
- December 18, 2020: Emergency Medicine during Covid-19 (Part 2)
- January 8, 2021: Overcoming Vaccination Hesitancy in Minority Populations
- January 22, 2021: COVID-19 and Mental Health – Patient Impact
- February 5, 2021: COVID-19 and Mental Health – Provider Impact
- February 19, 2021: Team-Based Care
- March 5, 2021: COVID-19 and Schools
- March 19, 2021: Telehealth in the Time of COVID-19 (Part 2)
- April 9, 2021: Black Maternal Health
- April 23, 2021: Healthy Behaviors during and beyond the Pandemic
- May 7, 2021: Lifestyle Medicine and Nutrition
- May 21, 2021: Mental Health and Indigenous Populations
- June 4, 2021 – Equity in Medicine – Palliative Care/End of Life
- October 22, 2021 – Colorectal Cancer Screenings
Additional Resources
Visit NCMS’s list of resources focused on well-being and self-care below.
- North Carolina Clinician and Physician Retention and Well-being Consortium (NCCPRW) -Join NCMS and other healthcare organizations across NC in addressing clinician and physician retention and well-being in the state of North Carolina.
- Physicians Support Line, which is a national and free peer support line for physicians and featured on the NBC Nightly News. If you are not a physician, you can call the toll free number and receive number prompts that will guide and connect you to the National Disaster Distress Line and to the critical workers for mental health support line.
- Hope4Healers, staffed by a large volunteer force of licensed mental health professionals providing pro bono mental health support for health care workers at the front lines and their families.
There are two great meditation apps available: the apps Ten Percent Happier and Headspace both feature readily accessible meditations.