Health Systems Leadership
The Health Systems Leadership area of distinction is a specific track designed for residents and fellows at UCSF who are interested in becoming both outstanding physicians as well as future leaders and innovators. HSL supports a wide range of career goals — from those aspiring to clinical and educational leadership roles, as well as those planning to pursue careers in healthcare policy, systems improvement, innovation, or entrepreneurship in healthcare. HSL welcomes participation by residents with prior experience and/or interest in healthcare administration, organizational management, systems or quality improvement, patient safety, health policy, or innovation in healthcare.
The Health systems Leadership Pathway cohort will be meeting in-person for the Friday morning half-day sessions beginning 2025-2026.
Core Elements of the Pathway
Two Year Longitudinal Curriculum
- A 2-year longitudinal curriculum based on the American College of Healthcare Executives core competencies covering the principles and practices of effective leadership, including identifying one’s core values, communication and relationship management, setting organizational direction, aligning and motivating others, negotiation, and business knowledge for the healthcare environment
- Learners are expected to participate and contribute throughout the two years of the curriculum
- Sessions are focused on personal development of leadership skills, core knowledge in quality and safety improvement, and current healthcare policy, and novel frameworks for individual inquiry
Speaker Series
A speaker series featuring invited guests ranging from recent graduates of our program to health systems leaders, digital health entrepreneurs, and healthcare policy researchers designed to expose participants to a variety of career paths and perspectives and provide an opportunity to learn from fellow physician leaders a few years ahead in their careers.
Individualized Project Experience
A challenging, individualized project-based experience that gives participants the opportunity to work with HSL leadership to identify a mentor and develop a project of personal interest. These projects may range from systems improvement efforts to healthcare policy work or traditional academic research, and often lead to journal publications, conference presentations, op-eds, or other meaningful capstone projects.
Previous Projects
| Year | Project Title | Client | Dissemination |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | A Resident Initiative to Increase Use of Naltrexone for Alcohol Use Disorder at a Safety Net Hospital | SFGH | SGIM, IHI, SFGH Medicine Grand Rounds. Resulted in new funding for RN position to screen hospitalized patients for AUD. |
| 2014 | SF CARES: Strategies for Coordinating Access & Resources for Excellence in Specialty Care | SFDPH | SGIM, JHCPU publication |
| 2015 | Discharge Time-out at UCSF Hospital | UCSF | SGIM (manuscript submitted) |
| 2016 | Home-Based Primary Care: Front Line Perspectives in the Era of Value-Based Reimbursement | OPHAC | SGIM. Part of successful proposal to create an Age-Friendly Healthcare System (1.8M) |
| 2017 | Changing the Narrative: Reducing CHF Hospital Readmissions | ZSFGH | SGIM |
| 2018 | Strategies Utilized by Large Academic ACOs Participating in Medicare Shared Savings Programs (MSSP) | OPHAC | SGIM |
| 2019 | Improving Opiate Prescribing at Hospital Discharge | UCSF Health | UCSF Health Quality Symposium |
| 2020 | Discharge Milestones Enhancement | UCSF Health | SGIM |
| 2021 | Health Care Quality Ratings in California's Health Exchange | Covered California | SHM |
| 2022 | Reducing 2AM Blood Glucose Measurements In Hospitalized Adults | UCSF Health | Poster - Rector Symposium |
| 2023 |
Barriers to Adoption of the Enhanced Care Management program of the CalAim Initiative |
CA DHCS | Poster - Rector Symposium |
| 2024 | Improving the Quality of Discharge Instructions Following Hospitalization | UCSF Health | Society of Hospital Medicine Poster Session |
| 2025 | TBD |