Welcome to AAMC CORE Leadership Development

Cultivating Organizational Resilience and Excellence

Change in academic medicine and science is inevitable. But one fact remains. We all share the common goal of having a positive and lasting impact on the communities we serve.

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At the AAMC, our goal has always been to prepare you to be leader-ready for any challenge. Our leadership program is evolving – based on feedback we’ve received from you, we’re prioritizing the skills and capabilities YOU need to lead academic medicine and science now and into the future. Our programming continues to focus on real-life challenges experienced in our community and will prepare you for success in a dynamic and uncertain environment.

What’s Next?

We’re taking an integrated, innovative, and unified approach to your learning and leadership development, and we are committed to making sure leadership training is accessible to everyone – including faculty, professional and administrative staff. Through a series of progressive learning experiences that address your most pressing challenges, our newest suite of CORE Leadership Development programs deliver fundamental leadership skills essential at each stage of career development. CORE will empower and enable you to lead authentically, achieve personal growth, and contribute to the goals of the organization, regardless of role or position, within academic medicine and science.

AAMC CORE Leadership Development focuses on enhancing an individual’s core leadership skills and capabilities through a series of progressive learning experiences at four key levels, effectively addressing their most pressing challenges.

Leading Self

Aspiring leaders
Individual contributors
Experienced leaders without formal leadership training

Leading Others & Teams

Individuals transitioning to project lead, manager, or supervisor
Informal and formal leaders
Supervisors with direct reports
Experienced leaders seeking to sharpen team development skills

Leading Department or Mission

Emerging and established leaders of departments, mission areas or functions
Experienced individuals leading across the institution

Leading Institution

C-suite or executive leaders
Emerging leaders with significant leadership experience

Elevate Your Potential
(Leading Self)

Build a strong foundation for success and empower yourself to lead, knowing that true leadership transcends titles. At the AAMC, we believe that everyone has the potential to make a positive impact on their team, department, and institution.

Join the Elevate Your Potential program for a unique opportunity to connect with a diverse group of peers from across academic medicine and science. Through personal reflection, collaborative discussions, and real-world scenarios, you will gain valuable insights to form your leadership identity, build leadership capabilities, and realize your impact, empowering you to lead with confidence and purpose.

Audience: Individual contributors, new and emerging leaders, and experienced leaders lacking formal leadership training.
Dates: February 27, 2025 (1-hour introductory session), March 4 & 6, and March 11 & 13, 2025 (4-hour sessions per day.) Attendance is mandatory for all sessions.
Location: Online
Format: Virtual
Class Size: 40 – 60 participants
Credentials: CME & CPE
Questions: Email us
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Leading for Impact
(Leading Department or Mission)

By attending Leading for Impact, you will have an opportunity to develop actionable strategies that address your unique leadership challenges related to shaping organizational culture, leading through change, and strategic implementation.

As an organizational leader, you may not be able to rely solely on existing knowledge and experience to lead effectively. Rather, success at this level often means embracing a growth mindset and having the self-awareness to expand the skills, behaviors, and capabilities to achieve organizational goals and advance priorities.

Audience: Experienced leaders, including faculty, professional and administrative staff, who are leading a department, unit, or mission at an AAMC member institution.
Dates: February 4-6, 2025
Location: AAMC Learning Center Washington, D.C.
Format: In-person
Class Size: 40 – 60 participants
Credentials: CME & CPE
Questions: Email us
Register Now: AAMC CORE: Leading for Impact

Why Attend an AAMC Pilot?

Over the next few years, the AAMC will unveil four CORE leadership development programs curated for audiences ranging from new and emerging leaders to experienced leaders. Each program will undergo various stages of testing, including a pilot phase. As a pilot participant, you will experience the full leadership development program at a reduced registration fee, while providing feedback on program aspects for refinement before the official launch. Whether you attend the pilot or a later offering, the program’s impact on your ability to lead successfully remains the same. Sign up to be notified when new programs begin piloting and launching.

Frequently Asked Questions

This suite of programs offers a unique opportunity to connect individuals across academic medicine and science. Our content addresses unique challenges faced at various levels, focusing on personal, people, and organizational leadership. We have partnered with instructional designers, constituent leaders, and thought leaders to create content and curriculum grounded in theory yet highly relevant and applicable. Participants can immediately translate knowledge into action and apply solutions to their most pressing challenges.

Through peer engagement, you'll build a community that helps solve real-world challenges and broadens your understanding of the systems supporting medical education, healthcare, research, and community collaborations. You'll benefit from meaningful interactions with faculty, professional, and administrative staff, enhancing your ability to drive personal, team, and organizational success.

Each program reflects the academic medicine and science environment, empowering participants to create personalized action plans. Attendees will engage in skill enrichment, action planning, and reflection while forging lasting connections with their peers.

CORE programs are available to constituents of an AAMC or AAHC member institution. These programs are registration-based, which means individuals are only required to complete a series of registration questions, submit payment, and provide information about their institution and role. A CV, resume, or letter of support is not required and will not be accepted.

Each CORE program offers essential leadership skills that maximize your leadership impact at various stages of your career journey. Whether you're building a strong foundation, enhancing your capabilities, or addressing current challenges, AAMC CORE leadership programs provide actionable, solutions-based strategies. We encourage you to consider which leadership skills are most beneficial for you now.

To learn more about program themes and focus areas, please contact learningandleadershipdevelopment@aamc.org.

The inaugural launch of the Leading for Impact program, for individuals leading a department, unit, or mission area, will take place on February 4-6, 2025 at the AAMC Learning Center in Washington, D.C. Register Now!

This program will be offered virtually on July 22-24, 2025 from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM ET. Registration will open by March 2025.

Elevate Your Potential, in the Leading Self category, will be piloted virtually as follows:

February 27: 1:00-2:00 PM ET
March 4 & 6: 1:00-5:00 PM ET
March 11 & 13: 1:00-5:00 PM ET

* Program attendance is required for all dates and times as indicated.

This foundational leadership program is designed for individual contributors, new and aspiring leaders, and individuals in formal and informal leadership positions.

The curriculum themes include establishing leadership identity, building leadership capabilities, and realizing impact.

The program will launch virtually in August 2025. An in-person offering will be scheduled in winter 2025. Dates to be announced in the coming months.

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The third program to be developed is the Leading Others and Teams program followed by the final Leading the Institution program. Dates have not been determined and constituent focus groups and surveys have yet to be conducted. If you are interested in learning more about these programs, and your role and responsibilities fall within these categories, please Sign Up to be notified when market research recruitment begins.

Program frequency varies. Sign Up for updates to be notified when additional information becomes available about any of the AAMC CORE leadership development programs.

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