Virtual Journal Club

New to a leadership role or interested in honing your skills by learning with and from other physicians in leadership roles?

PAMED members are invited to participate in our FREE CME series – Physician Leaders Virtual Journal Club.

Registration for the Journal Club is open. (Course capacity is 100 participants.)

This educational series will be conducted virtually making it easy and convenient to participate from any location.

Invest only two hours of your time quarterly for a potential big payoff as we review articles suited to physicians in both formal and informal leadership roles.

  • Assimilate key management knowledge and skills articulated in literature.
  • Apply business concepts to transform the health care industry.
  • Incorporate management strategies to lead diverse, multi-faceted teams.

“I find the Journal Club an important part of my leadership journey. It is educational for me to pause and reflect on the topics that are presented with each session. I enjoy seeing how the moderator and participants tackle these issues in their corner of the world. These perspectives help me grow professionally. I appreciate the Pennsylvania Medical Society making the Physician Leaders Journal Club available to members! This is just another wonderful example of how our medical society engages its members and encourages professional fellowship. I would recommend this continuing medical education to any member.”

– Timothy D Pelkowski, MD

Leadership Values

November 10, 2026 | 7:30 p.m. ‐ 8:30 p.m. | 1.5 Credit Hours

Faculty - David Lucas, MD, MBA, CPE

David Lucas, MD, MBA, CPEThis month we focus on values in leadership: identifying your values and deciding by them. Physicians make difficult decisions every day, and clinical training supplies a playbook for many of them, but leadership decisions (e.g., allocating scarce resources, responding when policy and patient need collide, or dealing with disruptive physicians) rarely come with one. In those moments, personal core values act as a compass that points one in the right direction for decision-making purposes. Most of us have only an intuitive sense of our values, but deliberately identifying and internalizing them allows us to make sound decisions in a more meaningful and impactful way.

CME

Why Journal Club?

The Pennsylvania Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Pennsylvania Medical Society designates this other activity (virtual journal club) for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Activity Development Team

David Lucas, MD, MBA, CPE

Leslie Howell, CHCP

No one involved in the development or delivery of this activity has any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

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