Ascend Schedule
Week One
Sunday, October 4
5-5:55 pm LIVE (will record and post to event platform)
Welcome and OverviewBethany Cox Snider, MD HMDC FAAHPM
LIVE presentation with Q&A to follow (will record and post to event platform)
Plenary – Accepting What You Can ControlJoanne Wolfe, MD MPH FAAHPM
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the value of knowing yourself as a leader.
- Identify strategies to control what you can within a system.
Dr. Wolfe will reflect on the challenges she faced as an emerging leader and
strategies she developed over time to affect change within an organization. She
will describe how intentionally seeking to better understanding herself, she
learned to leverage her strengths to circumvent barriers. She will also describe
the high value of building a team of individuals with complementary strengths
and developing relationships with sponsors as keys to successful leadership.
5:55-6 pm Break6-7 pm LIVE
Small Group MEETUP (will NOT be recorded)
Led by Ascend Navigators
Learners get acquainted in small groups, share leadership journey and Ascend learning
goals, and debrief on lessons learned from Accepting What You Can Control session.
Tuesday, October 6
11 am-Noon LIVE WATCH PARTYPlenary – Leading Through Fear (recording released earlier that day for on-demand viewing)
Tammie E. Quest, MD FAAHPM and Martha L. Twaddle, MD HMDC FACP FAAHPM
Drs. Quest and Twaddle will be available in the Chat room to answer questions in real time.
Learning Outcomes:
- Acknowledge different approaches to leading a team through fear.
- List the actionable steps that leaders can take when their team is exhibiting fear.
- Reflect on the ways that self-awareness is a key step to leading through fear.
Whether it’s a pandemic or it’s talks of budget cuts, leaders will inevitably find
themselves leading when their teams are in real fear. In this session, we are
reminded that the goal of Ascend is to ask “What do I know about myself and
how does who I am influence how I lead?” To illustrate that point, participants
will hear from Drs. Quest and Twaddle - leaders with different leadership styles.
This session will focus on how leadership styles will differ and will highlight that
all styles can deliver results with insight of the leader. Keys to success include
knowing yourself, your team, your core leadership values and finding others
who will compliment your leadership. We invite you to listen to the wisdom
provided in this session and reflect on your own leadership style, compare your
style and contemplate the lessons you can incorporate in your leadership
journey.
2-3 pm LIVESmall Group MEETUP (will NOT be recorded)
Led by Ascend Navigators
Learners engage in a facilitated small group discussion identifying key take-aways and
reflections from Leading Through Fear session.
On-demand sessions released Week One
Monday, October 5 release datePearls in Passing – Actionable Leadership Amidst Social InjusticeKimberly A. Curseen, MD FAAHPM
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the steps leaders can take, including personal steps and those for the collective, that will attract and retain a diverse team.
Not only are we leading during a viral pandemic, we are leading amidst outcries
for social justice - cries that have been happening for generations in this
country. Our actions and our inactions tell a story of how we value diversity and
inclusion on our teams. Please join Dr. Kimberly Curseen as she shares
leadership pearls for proactive management of the emotions and the internal
conflict that your teams may encounter, especially when discussing topics that
include diversity, bias, discrimination and racism. Dr. Curseen will help us
examine the culture within our teams, the spaces we’ve created for
conversation and the moral authority that our profession touts - and where we
may want to take a different approach.
Thursday, October 8 release datePearls in Passing – Leveraging Social Media for LeadershipChristian T. Sinclair, MD FAAHPM
Learning Outcomes:
- Develop a social media plan to crowdsource information from diverse sources.
While AAHPM’s Past-President Christian Sinclair could share leadership pearls in
multiple areas, we couldn’t think of a better person to discuss Leveraging Social
Media for Leadership with us. Connecting with others is a great way to find new
opportunities, learn from a diverse group of people, and demonstrate your
leadership potential. During this brief session, Dr. Sinclair will cover ways to get
engaged without getting lost in the wide sea of information online.
Week TWO
Wednesday, October 14
6-6:55 pm LIVE (will record and post to event platform)
Plenary: Responding to the Never-Ending Gaping Jaws of NeedVicki A. Jackson, MD MPH FAAHPM and Mihir Kamdar, MD
Learning Outcomes:
- Examine the boundaries that one program implemented and compare those to what may or may not be possible in your own organization.
We know that people in our field embody both the gift and the hazard of being
individuals who care deeply for our fellow human beings. As a HPM leader, you
are called to respond to the needs of your institution, your patients and their
families, your colleagues and your team members, all while having needs
yourself. We know that trying to respond to every one of these needs and/or
allow our team to respond leads quickly to feeling overwhelmed and
overburdened. In this session, leaders will hear ways that boundaries can
strategically be set when thinking about what their teams can and cannot do.
Drs. Jackson and Kamdar will discuss the tension that arises when a leader's actions feel absent or
minuscule in comparison to their team's needs.
LIVE
Small Group MEETUP (will not be recorded)
Led by Ascend Navigators
Learners engage in a facilitated small group discussion identifying key take-aways and
reflections from Responding to the Never-Ending Gaping Jaws of Need
.
6:55-7 pm Break7-8 pm LIVE (will record and post to the event platform)
Plenary: Wellness Amidst a Pandemic Vicki A. Jackson, MD MPH FAAHPM and Mihir Kamdar, MD
Q&A to follow
Learning Outcomes:
- Characterize ways that wellness can be fostered within your teams and within yourself.
In this session, leaders will think through practices that promote team wellness, both
in times of extraordinary stress as well as for the everyday. Drs. Jackson and Kamdar will discuss the stages of a surge and leadership to promote resilience in a crisis.
LIVESmall Group MEETUP (will not be recorded)
Led by Ascend Navigators
Learners engage in a facilitated small group discussion identifying key take-aways and
reflections from Wellness Amidst a Pandemic.
Thursday, October 15
Learners will have the opportunity to engage (via discussion on the Ascend event platform)
in applied learning through
evidence-based literature focused on leadership.
11 am-12 pm LIVE Learning Through Lived Experiences: Ways to Navigate HPM Leadership ChallengesRound One of Three (will not be recorded)
Christopher Collura, MD MA FAAP, Sandra Gomez, MD FAAHPM, Jillian Gustin, MD
FAAHPM, Mihir Kamdar, MD, Christine Khandelwal, DO HMDC, Laura Shoemaker, DO MS FAAHPM,
Lyle Walton, MD MHSA, David Wang, MD
Learning Outcomes:
- Explore the leadership challenge of feeling overwhelmed by requests and underwhelmed by resources.
- Examine conflict that can arise between members of the team and ways to address the conflict.
- Extrapolate experiences leaders have had in other organizations to help with your own leadership challenges.
When AAHPM leadership challenges arise, there are times when it can feel that
no one around us understands the demands that we are facing. Sometimes the
challenge is not having the capacity to meet an organizational demand. Other
times, we question how a team of individuals who skillfully lead patients and
families through conflict can be mired in conflict themselves. And yet, we know
that other leaders in our field have faced situations that are akin to our own. In
this session, leaders within the field of hospice and palliative medicine will share
their stories of challenge as well as the concrete and practical steps they took
during those challenges that you can then apply in your world. To enhance the
learning, participants will break off into smaller groups with the leaders and can
chose the stories they feel are most relevant. To enhance the learning, this session
will be offered in smaller groups.
2-3 pm LIVE
Learning Through Lived Experiences: Ways to Navigate HPM Leadership Challenges
Round Two of Three (will not be recorded)
Christopher Collura, MD MA FAAP, Sandra Gomez, MD FAAHPM, Jillian Gustin, MD
FAAHPM, Mihir Kamdar, MD, Christine Khandelwal, DO HMDC, Laura Shoemaker, DO MS FAAHPM,
Lyle Walton, MD MHSA, David Wang, MD
Learning Outcomes:
- Explore the leadership challenge of feeling overwhelmed by requests and underwhelmed by resources.
- Examine conflict that can arise between members of the team and ways to address the conflict.
- Extrapolate experiences leaders have had in other organizations to help with your own leadership challenges.
When AAHPM leadership challenges arise, there are times when it can feel that
no one around us understands the demands that we are facing. Sometimes the
challenge is not having the capacity to meet an organizational demand. Other
times, we question how a team of individuals who skillfully lead patients and
families through conflict can be mired in conflict themselves. And yet, we know
that other leaders in our field have faced situations that are akin to our own. In
this session, leaders within the field of hospice and palliative medicine will share
their stories of challenge as well as the concrete and practical steps they took
during those challenges that you can then apply in your world. To enhance the
learning, participants will break off into smaller groups with the leaders and can
chose the stories they feel are most relevant. To enhance the learning, this session
will be offered in smaller groups.
On-demand sessions released Week One
Monday, October 12 release datePearls in Passing – A Communication Comparison: How HPM Skills Do and Don’tApply in Difficult Leadership ConversationsKatie Neuendorf, MD FAAHPM
Learning Outcomes:
- Compare the communication skills used in a clinical setting and a leadership setting.
- Identify which of those skills is beneficial in leadership conversations and which are not.
In our clinical roles, we have trained and practiced very specific communication
skills to be able to navigate difficult conversations. In our leadership roles, we
can become nostalgic for that type of training and wonder when someone will
sign us up to work with a standardized colleague! In this session, we will reflect
on how the communication skills we already possess can serve us and how they
can hinder us when having difficult leadership conversations.
Week THREE
Wednesday, October 21
6-6:45 pm LIVE WATCH PARTY
Plenary – Managing Up: Putting Your Best Foot Forward (recording released earlier that day for on-demand viewing)
Jean S. Kutner, MD MSPH FAAHPM and Rodney O. Tucker, MD MMM FAAHPM
Drs. Kutner and Tucker will be available in the Chat room to answer questions in real time.
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe the concept of managing up.
- Identify behaviors that have and have not helped in your interactions with leadership.
- Formulate an action plan in how the concepts of managing up can help the next time you need to advocate for resources.
If you’ve ever felt like leadership talks help you managing those that report to
you when what you really need is help in managing to your leadership, then this
session is for you. Please join Drs. Kutner and Tucker as they have a
conversation to discuss managing up. In this conversation, you will hear them
share their stories of when they have successfully managed up and when they
have stumbled - including how this applies to advocating for resources. They will
also provide perspective as leaders when others manage up to them. Through
their conversation, you will garner concrete steps and approaches that you can
take to effectively manage up.
6:45-6:50 pm BREAK
6:50-8 pm LIVE
Small Group MEETUP (will not be recorded)
Led by Ascend Navigators
Learners participate in a facilitated small group discussion identifying key take-aways
and reflections from Managing Up: Putting Your Best Foot Forward session and engage
in applied learning through
evidence-based literature focused on leadership.
Thursday, October 22
11 am-12 pm LIVE Learning Through Lived Experiences: Ways to Navigate HPM Leadership ChallengesRound One of Three (will not be recorded)
Christopher Collura, MD MA FAAP, Sandra Gomez, MD FAAHPM, Jillian Gustin, MD
FAAHPM, Mihir Kamdar, MD, Christine Khandelwal, DO HMDC, Laura Shoemaker, DO MS FAAHPM,
Lyle Walton, MD MHSA, David Wang, MD
Learning Outcomes:
- Explore the leadership challenge of feeling overwhelmed by requests and underwhelmed by resources.
- Examine conflict that can arise between members of the team and ways to address the conflict.
- Extrapolate experiences leaders have had in other organizations to help with your own leadership challenges.
When AAHPM leadership challenges arise, there are times when it can feel that
no one around us understands the demands that we are facing. Sometimes the
challenge is not having the capacity to meet an organizational demand. Other
times, we question how a team of individuals who skillfully lead patients and
families through conflict can be mired in conflict themselves. And yet, we know
that other leaders in our field have faced situations that are akin to our own. In
this session, leaders within the field of hospice and palliative medicine will share
their stories of challenge as well as the concrete and practical steps they took
during those challenges that you can then apply in your world. To enhance the
learning, participants will break off into smaller groups with the leaders and can
chose the stories they feel are most relevant. To enhance the learning, this session
will be offered in smaller groups.
2-3 pm LIVELearning Through Lived Experiences and Article Discussion Small Group MEETUP (will not be recorded)
Led by Ascend Navigators
Learners participate in a facilitated small group discussion identifying key take-aways
and reflections from Learning Through Lived Experiences: Ways to Navigate HPM
Leadership Challenges sessions and engage in applied learning through evidence-based
literature focused on leadership.
3-3:15 pm LIVEFull Group MEETUPFacilitated discussion - all Ascend participants engage in program debrief identifying key
take-ways, “ah ha” moments, reflections…
On-demand sessions released Week Three
Monday, October 19 release datePearls in Passing – Managing the Message in CrisisBethany Cox Snider, MD HMDC FAAHPM
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognize communication needs in crisis may differ from standard methods
- Identify ways to manage the message amidst crisis for your team through various forms of communication
COVID has created challenges for leaders across the country as they deal with
the burden of the pandemic while also supporting their staff and colleagues.
We’ve had to navigate the timing, the venue and the frequency of
communication to our teams, even when the information changes rapidly.
Team-wide messages amid crisis can require different tools and different
mediums of communication. While this pandemic will eventually be behind us,
we can take the lessons learned as we face future crises, both large and small.
This discussion will provide some reflection on those lessons as well as tips to
manage your next message.