2025 APCCMPD ANNUAL CONFERENCE PRE-CONFERENCE FLIGHT ACADEMY: FELLOWSHIP AND GME LEADERSHIP TRAINING March 12, 2025 Philadelphia, PA AGENDA
Join the FLIGHT Academy and take your GME leadership to new heights!

• We're excited to offer FLIGHT Academy II, but space is limited! 
• We're giving our FLIGHT Academy I (February 2024) participants priority registration through December 1, 2024.
• After that, any remaining spots will be open to everyone on a first-come, first-served basis. 
• We hope to see you there! 

Elevate Your Leadership in Graduate Medical Education
The FLIGHT Academy Education Leadership Certificate program is designed to help current and aspiring fellowship and graduate medical education leaders enhance their leadership capabilities, knowledge, and skills. The certification program provides participants with practical frameworks and approaches to leadership to improve their effectiveness, advance their careers, and make a lasting difference in the lives of those they lead.

Throughout this course, participants will:

• Leadership Principles: Master core principles, explore proven frameworks, develop personalized strategies for communication, conflict resolution, team building and mentorship. Learn from Dr. Richard Winters, author of You're the Leader. Now What?
• GME Administration: Gain practical insights into ACGME requirements, accreditation, Milestones reporting, and communication with the DIO and ACGME. Learn to respond to citations and implement program improvements.
• Finances and Recruitment: Develop effective budget management and trainee recruitment strategies, including holistic review and behavioral interviewing. Explore funding models and secure support for new fellowships and faculty educational time
• Learning Environment: Cultivate a positive learning environment, align actions with core values, and foster resident well-being. Drive program excellence.
• Essential Skills: Enhance time management, public speaking, communication and networking skills.

Pre-conference participants can sign up for a 30-minute, 1:1 mentoring consultation with an experienced peer program director to discuss a specific fellowship program-related question or issue. The ability to reserve a 1:1 mentoring consultation is for pre-conference participants only on a first-come, first-served basis. A waitlist will be started once all 1:1 mentoring consultation sessions are filled. Sessions will be confirmed prior to the pre-conference start date.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course participants should be better able to:

1. Navigate ACGME requirements and communications, address programmatic issues, and implement improvements to ensure compliance and enhance program quality.
2. Apply practical leadership strategies and core competencies for leading from the middle, effectively managing resources, and navigating the intersection of leadership and management within medical education.
3. Understand GME funding models, develop budget management strategies, and secure funding for fellowship programs and faculty development in various settings.
4. Construct actionable strategies for effective leadership within organizations, focusing on the core competencies required for leading from the middle and navigating the intersection of leadership and management in medical education.
5. Enhance their communication skills across various platforms, from leading teams to patient encounters, by applying techniques to improve clarity, engagement, and trust.

TARGETED LEARNERS
This program is targeted towards fellowship and graduate medical education leaders who are serving or aspire to serve in medical education leadership, including participation in the administration of a fellowship program.

• Program Directors
• Associate Program Directors
• Core Faculty
• Fellowship Directors
• Other medical educators seeking to enhance their leadership skills and knowledge

CME AND MOC CREDIT

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Nebraska Medical Center and Association of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Program Directors. University of Nebraska Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of (TBD) AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ and (TBD) Maintenance of Certification Points. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Agenda
All Times are in EASTERN Time Zone