When developing coaching resources for an organization, starting with a pilot is a common approach. Here are the three coaching offerings that we recommend, based on the experience of our graduates who serve as “internal coaches” in their organization. 1. Single coaching session: An “on request”session that of 30-45 minutes. For some physicians this might […]
Physician Coaching Institute (PCI) is proud to announce that our Healthcare Peer Coaching Fundamentals™ program has received approval from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) for 15 hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) in the category of Prescribed* Credit. The Healthcare Peer Coaching Fundamentals training is for physicians, providers, and healthcare team members who […]
A recent discussion with our current cohort centered on a question that comes up for many clinicians as they go through our coach training programs: how is the coaching process different than therapy? As a coach instructor, I always appreciate these thoughtful questions—and this topic comes up periodically in different contexts. For example, during our […]
Cheers to PCI Grad Dr. Chris Miller, an internal medicine specialist with Gundersen Health System, a Board Certified-Addiction Medicine, and Certified Physician Development Coach. Dr. Miller recently published her article in the Gundersen newsletter, “The Vitals,” on the topic of physicians and Imposter Syndrome. We are pleased to share her full article here. Will the […]
When physicians step up for coaching, it’s often because they are not completely happy with their clinical practice, their academic career, or their leadership role. One of the coaching tools in our PCI Physician Coaching Toolkit is informed by the emerging “science of happiness.” This comes from the field of Positive Psychology, which covers a […]
Congratulations to our PCI Grad, Amer Kaissi PhD, a certified executive and physician coach, professional speaker and an award-winning professor of Healthcare Administration at Trinity University, who recently published his new book, “Humbitious: The Power of Low-Ego, High-Drive Leadership”. Dr. Kaissi brings his years of experience as an executive coach together with extensive research to […]
I recently shared a reflection with our current cohort about coaching physicians using a process called Values Clarification. “With the Values Clarification Exercises you are learning to coach one of several structures/processes whose objective is to support client self-awareness. In a few weeks you’ll learn a structure for self-awareness about communication preferences, and then in […]
Kudos to our PCI Grad, Dr. Sue Maclellan-Tobert, whose article “Peer coaching as a burnout buffer” was published on Kevinmd.com Here is what Sue had to say about leading the development of internal coaching resources within her organization: “There is no overnight fix to the mounting pandemic of burnout our providers are facing. It will […]
PCI Grad Dr. Foster Expose, Jr. featured in CEO Today magazine Dr. Foster Expose, Jr., a psychologist, speaker and a coach graduate of our mastery-level Certified Physician Development Coach program , was recently highlighted in the March 2022 Executive Coaching issue of CEO Today magazine. The article features an interview where he shares insights on […]
I am not fond of using the word “burnout” in our coach training programs. Shock!! Why? Because from a coach’s perspective, we want to support the direction our physician clients want to go. Physician clients typically want to go towards fulfillment, joy, satisfaction, energy, balance, or personal growth. While this may seem like trivial word-smithing, […]