Management & Leadership Pathway - Internal Medicine Residency Program ::

Application to the MLPR is open to residents accepted into a clinical training program at Duke who have completed at least six months of clinical service, demonstrated excellent clinical skills, and have a graduate degree in management (e.g. MBA, MHA, etc.), or two years or more of relevent management and administrative experience.

Who should apply?

Applicants should have already begun residency training at Duke to qualify for this program. Therefore, most will apply in December of their internship year. Interested trainees should have a record of excellence in his/her training program; a graduate degree in management (e.g. MBA, MHA, etc.) or a minimum of two years management/administrative experience; a sense of maturity with respect to career goals; and a history of taking responsibility and delivering results.

The Application

The MLPR Selection Committee requires the following for application to the program:

- the common MLPR Application form
- original transcripts from all respective institutions (i.e. undergraduate, medical school, and graduate institution)
- a letter of recommendation from your Duke Residency Program Director
- a letter of support from a current or former supervisor that demonstrates your management talents/experiences/interests and leadership potential
- an additional letter of support (optional)
- responses to the three (3) essay prompts denoted in the MLPR Application

The MLPR Application and all supporting documentation must be received by the MLPR office by December 31, 2009. For any assistance with the process, please contact Amy Bus at amy.bus@duke.edu or via phone at 919-681-1464.

Management and Leadership Pathway for Residents Application - July 2010 Entry

Benefits of Participation

Through advanced management and training experiences, residents will:

- Receive exposure to the full breadth and depth of a health system and learn to articulate issues in healthcare beyond a given specialty, hospital, or training program;
- Gain in-depth understanding of how the clinical, research, and educational enterprises of an academic health system function within a framework of financial, managerial, regulatory, and entrepreneurial forces;
- Acquire expanded knowledge of the administrative, financial, and organizational issues related to the management of health at individual, system, community, and population levels;
- Participate in senior-level working groups, meetings, and retreats, representing unprecedented access to the 'nerve center' of a world-class academic health system, its 3 hospitals, numerous Clinical Centers and Institutes, and School of Medicine;
- Interact with other MLP-R trainees and brainstorm about project ideas and other areas of common interest;
- Collaborate with a growing cohort of other MD-MBA's and physician executives at Duke Medicine;
- Receive mentoring by senior leaders at Duke.

By demonstrating excellence during the program, trainees will become a part of Duke Medicine's talent pool and accelerate their course to becoming a physician executive.