The administrative focus provides participants a longitudinal educational opportunity to develop a foundation and familiarity in the elements necessary to assume leadership roles in both community and academic settings. Residents will be introduced to the unique administrative challenges encountered in emergency medicine. This focus is an opportunity to develop a background in areas such as administrative leadership characteristics, operations, finance, staffing, risk management, quality improvement, throughput, and information technology.

South Shore University Hospital and Northwell Health provide a unique experience in which to learn about departmental leadership. Dr.Apterbach and Dr.Yanes both have fellowship in administration. Dr.Apterbach serve as the Vice Chair of the emergency department, the Program Director of Transitional Residency, and the Director of Education for the Emergency Service Line. Dr.Yanes is the Assistant Program Director of emergency medicine residency. Many of our faculty also have additional training in leadership via Northwell Clinical Leadership and Development program.

Residents will have monthly meetings with the faculty director that focus on specific areas of management and current literature. During the first year, residents will develop a foundation in management science, finance in medicine, and quality assurance. The second year will focus on quality improvement and staffing with the resident developing a quality improvement project to be enacted in the department and monitored using the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) methodology. This project may cross over different disciplines. The final year will focus on risk management and leadership style. The PDSA project enacted in the second year will be reviewed for adoption in the Department. Residents are encouraged to design a study in their final two years with the goal of presentation or publication and attend the annual NY ACEP ED Directors Forum.