Instructional Course

Cross-Cutting

IC29: Leadership Development Course Cocktails & Conversations (1317461)

Sponsored By: Shepherd Center 

Presenter(s)

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  Deborah Backus, PT, PhD, FACRM

  Director of Multiple Sclerosis Research
  Shepherd Center
  Atlanta, Georgia
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  Pamela Roberts, pamela.roberts@cshs.org

  Executive Director and Professor
  Cedars-Sinai
  Valley Village, California
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  Stephanie A. Kolakowsky-Hayner, PhD, CBIST, FACRM

  President Elect
  American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
  San Jose, California

Cocktails and Conversation: Grab a cocktail as Pam Roberts, Stephanie Kolokowsky-Hayner and Debbie Backus lead a discussion with the audience about how to move forward with a leadership training program within ACRM.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the need for strong leadership to advance rehabilitation medicine
• Identify their leadership strengths and define their leadership style
• Begin to identify ways to use their style to influence change and innovation in rehabilitation medicine and research
• Describe ways to leverage their leadership style for more effective communication with diverse partners, collaborators, employees, and stakeholders