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0737_SHSO_Manager Accelerator Program - Cohort 25_Live

Sacramento, CA US
November 13, 2025

Description: 

The Manager Accelerator Program (MAP) is a dynamic leadership development experience designed to empower frontline leaders at Sutter Health. Through a series of interactive sessions and practical learning experiences, MAP helps participants cultivate managerial courage, emotional intelligence, and inclusive leadership practices. The program also emphasizes operational excellence, equipping leaders to effectively manage their business units in alignment with Sutter Health’s Mission and Leadership Commitments. Each session includes pre-work and post-work assignments to reinforce learning and encourage reflection. Participants will engage in a structured journey that includes: - Live and/or virtual sessions - On-the-job application (performance/process improvement) projects - Peer learning and collaboration - Access to curated leadership resources MAP is more than a training—it's a transformational experience that supports leaders in becoming confident, compassionate, and capable stewards of their teams and departments.

Target Audience

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Other Healthcare Professionals

Students of Health Professions

Physical Therapist

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
1. Demonstrate awareness of Emotional Intelligence strengths and opportunities around: Self Awareness, Self-Management, and Relationship Management.

2. Identify strategies, such as mindfulness practices, to support your Emotional Intelligence.

3. Create an actionable plan to support your ongoing growth and development in areas of opportunity for your Emotional Intelligence.

4. Create a conversation plan to continually strive to demonstrate inclusive conversation skills that support an inclusive and belonging environment through courageous conversations.

5. Explain and coach others on the change process and underlying concepts of change management.

6. Integrate change management frameworks, such as ADKAR and CLARC, into your SCL2 experiential learning project.

7. Apply a foundational understanding of how habits work, how to create meaningful leadership habits, and create systems to sustain successful leadership practices that are tracked through self-reflection and accountability partners.

8. Summarize various approaches to team problem solving and practice the skill application through coaching demonstrations.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 29.50 ANCC

    Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 29.50 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 29.75 ASWB-ACE

    Social Work Credit 

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Sutter Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 29.75 continuing education credits.

     

  • 29.50 CA BRN

    Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
    This activity is approved for 29.50 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 29.50 IPCE

    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 29.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

     

  • 29.50 PTBC

    Physical Therapy Board of California

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 29.50 PTBC credit(s). Physical therapists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Course opens: 
08/29/2025
Course expires: 
12/13/2025
Event starts: 
11/13/2025 - 8:30am PST
Event ends: 
11/13/2025 - 12:15pm PST
Rating: 
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Patrick Hayes Learning Center - Sutter Health University
2700 Gateway Oaks Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95833
United States
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Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.   

– Provider Designee/Verification: Fozia Ferozali, Ed.D

Committee Member(s)

Catherine Fry

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Casey Olsen, PT, FAAOMPT

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Course Director(s)

Debbie Nereson, Masters of Communication

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Moderator(s)

Debbie Nereson, Masters of Communication

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Peer Reviewer(s)

Kerri Maya, RN, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

J. Laura Van Pelt

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Planner(s)

Catherine Fry

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

BARBARA KIVOWITZ, PFA (patient family advisor) & MSW

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kerri Maya, RN, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Debbie Nereson, Masters of Communication

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Casey Olsen, PT, FAAOMPT

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

J. Laura Van Pelt

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sarah Zimmerman-Lopez, BA - Organizational Leadership

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Ellie Hubbard, Certified Patient Experience Professional

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

BARBARA KIVOWITZ, PFA (patient family advisor) & MSW

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Debbie Nereson, Masters of Communication

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Sarah Zimmerman-Lopez, BA - Organizational Leadership

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Accreditation

 

    In support of improving patie​​​​​​​nt care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (AC​​​​​​​CME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 

Credit Designation Statement

Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 27.25 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses, 27.25 approved general continuing education hours for social workers, 27.25 PTBC credit hours for Physical Therapists and 27.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for additional healthcare professionals. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 29.50 ANCC

    Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 29.50 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

     

  • 29.75 ASWB-ACE

    Social Work Credit 

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Sutter Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 29.75 continuing education credits.

     

  • 29.50 CA BRN

    Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
    This activity is approved for 29.50 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 29.50 IPCE

    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 29.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

     

  • 29.50 PTBC

    Physical Therapy Board of California

    Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 29.50 PTBC credit(s). Physical therapists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

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