Earlybird pricing for the Institute for Medical Quality (IMQ) Stepping Up to Leadership conference ends January 31. The program, offered in conjunction with the University of California at San Diego PACE Program, was developed in response to a commonly expressed need for better, more practical hands-on training for medical staff leaders. Topics covered include communication, problem-solving and improving outcomes for patients and staff.

Stepping Up to Leadership offers unique hands-on and interactive learning opportunities, excellent faculty and course work on effective staff leadership, credentialing and privileging, assessing the needs of the organization, using CME effectively, resolving on-call issues, improving communication skills, using quality measures effectively, legal considerations and managing disruptive or impaired colleagues.

The 2014 Stepping Up to Leadership program will take place March 6-8 at the Loews Coronado Bay Hotel in San Diego. A generous grant from the Physicians Foundation allows IMQ and PACE to offer Stepping Up to Leadership at prices as low as $595. For more information or to register visit www.physician-leadership.org.

Contact: Leslie Anne Iacopi, (415) 882-5167 or liacopi@imq.org.