Description:

The Leadership Academy is a 10-month, cohort-based program designed to accelerate the growth of senior directors and vice presidents across Sutter Health. This immersive experience equips leaders with the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to tackle the most complex organizational, operational, and clinical challenges across our system. The program aligns leadership development with Sutter’s long-term vision, including Destination 2030, ensuring our leaders are equipped with the critical skills prepared to optimize performance, champion innovation, and foster a culture of collaboration and engagement. Through a multi-modal approach to learning by a multitude of internal and external speakers with dynamic, system-level voices, this series combines interactive learning, Sutter Health-specific case studies, executive coaching, peer collaboration, and applied projects. Participants strengthen their ability to think system-wide, lead with agility, and drive meaningful, measurable results. Leadership Academy not only advances organizational excellence but also enhances the growth, resilience, and impact of every participant.

Target Audience

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Pharmacists (PharmD)

Physicians (MD or DO)

Physician Assistant (PA)

Learning Objectives

After completing this learning activity, participants will be able to:

1.) Strengthen adaptive leadership skills by learning strategies to navigate organizational complexity and competing priorities.

2.) Build effective problem-solving techniques by combining reframing approaches and human-centered design principles to uncover real challenges and create impactful solutions.

3.) Demonstrate strategic thinking and collaboration through applying leadership concepts to a real-world operational challenge, culminating in actionable team-based outcomes.

Course summary

Available credit:

11.00 ACPE
Pharmacy Credit - Accreditation Council of Pharmacy Education (ACPE)
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 11.00 of ACPE credit(s). Credits for pharmacists and technicians will be transmitted to CPE Monitor and will be available within 60 days post-activity pending submission of individual NABP e-PID and DOB (mm/dd only). Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
11.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physician Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 11.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
11.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 11.00 Non-Physician Participation Credit. Non-Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.
11.00 ANCC
Nursing Credit - American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Sutter Health designates this Live activity for a maximum of 11.00 ANCC contact hour(s). Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
11.00 CA BRN
Nursing Credit - California Board of Registered Nursing (CA BRN)
This activity is approved for 11.00 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.
11.00 IPCE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 11.00 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Course opens:

01/08/2026

Course expires:

02/09/2026

Event starts:

01/09/2026 - 8:00am PST

Event ends:

01/09/2026 - 4:00pm PST

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Palo Alto Hearst Conference Center

795 El Camino Real

Jamplis Building - (Conference Rooms A-F)

Palo Alto, CA 94601

United States

+1 (650) 853-2958

Palo Alto Center Michael & Judith Gaulke Center

The Palo Alto Center provides a full range of high-quality primary care services and more than 50 specialty and sub-specialty medical services, including allergy and immunology, audiology, cardiology, dermatology, gastroenterology, geriatric medicine, hand surgery, neurology, OB/Gyn pediatrics, radiation oncology and sports medicine. This location also offers state-of-the-art diagnostic imaging technologies, laboratory services, and adult and pediatric urgent care.

Travel

Next to Town & Country Shopping Center. Across from Stanford University.

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.

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