Program Overview

Program Overview

The program "Successfully Leading and Managing as a Senior Physician" is designed for future and current senior physicians who want to refresh their management knowledge.

TargetGroup

• The program is aimed at future and current senior physicians who want to acquire or refresh their management skills.

Course format

• The program is offered as a presence seminar.

##Location

• The seminar takes place at the Charité Fortbildungsakademie, City Campus, Saatwinkler Damm 42, Buchholzweg entrance, House 2, 7th floor, 13627 Berlin.

Instructors

• The instructors include:
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Daniel P. Wichelhaus
  • Rainer Schmeisser
  • Prof. Dr. Alexa Patzelt -Dr. Moritz Höft
  • Dipl.-Ing. Arne Weber -Dr. Jens Steinbrink -Dr. Andrea Liebenau
  • Michael Andersch -Dr. Ralf Hammerich -Dr. Sibylle Semmler -Dr. Marianne Rabe

Course Duration

• The course lasts for 6 days.

Certification

• Certification by the Berlin Medical Association will be applied for.

###Description The assumption of the position of senior physician involves taking on a particularly high level of responsibility. This task requires not only excellent medical expertise but also outstanding leadership and management skills. The economic aspects of the clinic and the systematics of hospital financing also make specific knowledge and skills indispensable.

Objective

The participants identify with their role as leaders. They reflect on and optimize their own leadership behavior and receive practical and effective leadership tools for their daily clinical work. Within the framework of a hospital simulation game, participants learn how a hospital functions as a company and how it is financed. They also gain more sovereignty in the successful application of relevant leadership and management instruments.

Content

• Leadership skills:
  • Successful communication
  • Self-leadership
  • Leading others
• Business administration and management skills for doctors:
  • Macroeconomic basics of the German healthcare system, DRG system, hospital financing, budget negotiations
  • Microeconomic relationships, balance sheet, contribution margin accounting, quarterly reports, profit and loss account, key figures
  • Hospital simulation game as a practical model
• Process and organizational skills:
  • Medical performance management
  • Strategy as a leadership task the path to new thinking in healthcare
  • Compliance management
  • Prevention of sexual harassment
  • Central quality management and risk management
  • Clinical ethics and case consultation

###Methods

• Lecture
• Moderation
• Interactive presentation
• Teamwork
• Discussion
• Case studies
• Transfer exercises
• Simulation games

Course Code

• F 0049/

Participation Fee (Internal)

• The fee is waived for Charité employees.

Participation Fee (External)

• The fee is 2500.00.

Schedule

• Dates: June 24-26, 2026, and October 2-7, 2026
• Times: Varying, with sessions from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and specific times for individual instructors on October 6-7, 2026.