The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education (TSFRE) is pleased to announce the availability of scholarships to attend the Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management at the Heller School of Public Policy and Management at Brandeis University. 

TSFRE is prepared to provide up to 15 partial scholarships of $2,500 toward the $5,200 cost of the course.  Attendees will be responsible for their own travel and hotel expenses.

If you would like to be considered for a scholarship to attend this outstanding course please send:

1. Your completed application
2. Your Curriculum Vitae
3. A letter describing why you want to attend the course
4. Two letters of recommendation

Application materials must be received before April 15, 2010 and should be submitted to:

 Rebecca Bonsaint
 Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education
 900 Cummings Center,  Suite 221-U
 Beverly,  MA  01915
 Telephone: 978-927-8330
 Fax: 978-524-0461
 Email: rbonsaint@prri.com

Program Overview
This intensive one-week program trains clinical leaders in health care policy and management. It aims to provide health care professionals with the skills essential to creating innovative and sustainable solutions to improve the quality, cost-effectiveness and efficiency of health care service delivery.

The program includes sessions offering the latest in national and state health policy along with business theories and frameworks adapted to the challenges of health care management. Program curriculum and content is developed under the guidance of Stuart Altman, Ph.D., Dean of the Heller School and Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy and draws on the unique strengths of the Heller School and the Schneider Institutes for Health Policy.

Curriculum
The curriculum is based upon the case method of adult learning, as modeled in the training of clinical and business professionals alike. There will be in-class simulations, group work, and class discussions. The program consists of several modules woven together and applied toward the participant's institutional, professional, and personal goals. The modules build upon each other encompassing the themes of health policy and management and application of frameworks.

A unique feature of this program is that in addition to lecture, discussions and case analysis, the program can include an action-learning component post-workshop. If they so wish, participants will identify a strategic issue to work on once they return to their home institutions, and report on it to the group by means of a Brandeis facilitated electronic exchange of materials. During this time, they will have access to core faculty designated to guide them through this process.

Who Should Participate
Enrollment in this program will be limited to ensure a quality learning experience, one in which participants learn from close contact with faculty and each other. Providers of health care with substantial experience in the health care system will benefit most from this program. Every practitioner has already learned much about health care policy and management by virtue of delivering care within this system; this program will help solidify and crystallize these learnings, and enable participants to be effective change agents in these crucial areas.