Chairs of major clinical departments manage demanding tasks: patient care, teaching, research, and administration. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified their role, requiring deeper involvement in institutional decision-making on staffing, budgets, and collaboration beyond their departments. This shift necessitates new leadership skills. The Program for Chairs of Clinical Services (PCCS) offers an intensive two-week study with interdisciplinary faculty to address these leadership and management challenges. The program curriculum is organized around the following interrelated courses taught by esteemed Harvard faculty:
- Leadership Challenges
- Competitive Strategy
- Health Policy
- Financial Analysis and Control
- Innovative Problem Solving
- Operations Management
- Organizational Issues