{"id":39703,"date":"2011-05-12T14:41:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T18:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=39703"},"modified":"2011-08-04T13:55:39","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T17:55:39","slug":"physician-leadership-symposium-%e2%80%93-developing-skills-not-taught-in-medical-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/05\/physician-leadership-symposium-%e2%80%93-developing-skills-not-taught-in-medical-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Physician Leadership Symposium \u2013 Developing Skills Not Taught in Medical School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Barry Silbaugh, the CEO of the American College of Physician Executives, at the Physican Leadership Symposium. (Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Health Center physicians went back to school this week to brush up on some skills they likely didn\u2019t learn in medical school. The Physician Leadership Symposium focused on teaching more than 40 doctors from the UConn Medical Group (UMG) how to hone their team management skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cPhysicians are trained to be autonomous in their thinking and actions,\u201d says\u00a0Dr. Adam Silverman<\/a>, the interim medical director of UMG and organizer of the event. \u201cBut health care is a \u2018team sport,\u2019 requiring the ability to be both a team member, and sometimes a team leader.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silverman describes it as teaching physicians \u201chow to play football after years of playing tennis.\u201d These skills are especially important as the country\u2019s health care environment keeps changing.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of us just focus on taking care of our patients,\u201d says\u00a0Dr. Patrick Coll<\/a>,\u00a0UConn Center on Aging<\/a>. \u201cAs the health care system changes, we\u2019ve reacted to the changes rather than being a part of that change. My goal of coming here is to get a sense of what we can do to mold things rather than just react to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(left to right) Drs. Mike Summerer, Barry Silbaugh, and Adam Silverman during the Physician Leadership Symposium. (Tina Encarnacion\/UConn Health Center Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The keynote speakers for the symposium included Dr. Barry Silbaugh, the CEO of the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE), and Kevin O\u2019Connor, an ACPE faculty member who specializes in physician executive leadership, innovation, and organizational development.<\/p>\n

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Key elements of the symposium included:<\/p>\n