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Roots of Leadership
Activity description
PLEASE NOTE: These materials are intended ONLY for those who attended the course held on July 10, 2025.
This program is designed for all providers and clinicians interested in leadership development and personal growth. Each pathway provides Optum professionals valuable insights into healthcare business acumen and key leadership competencies.
This program will enhance participants’ clinical oversight of day-to-day patient care management and quality, and their ability to contribute to the growth of physician leadership at Optum and support business development in new markets. Improvements in these areas will foster the development of integrated care plans that address the holistic needs of patients, lead to enhanced patient experiences and increase the growth of front-line physician leadership.
The Roots of Leadership program is a transformative development experience for aspiring and emerging clinician leaders. It aims to address critical gaps in clinical leadership by cultivating self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and professional networking. Through didactic training, practice-based learning, and peer dialogue, participants are empowered to integrate leadership principles into their daily practice.
This activity is designed to meet the educational needs of providers and clinicians interested in leadership development and personal growth.
At the end of this educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Recognize and embrace diverse perspectives within teams and patient populations.
- Develop essential soft skills for effective and impactful leadership.
- Enhance emotional intelligence and identify unconscious bias in clinical and leadership settings.
- Build and maintain a professional network to support ongoing leadership development.
- Apply foundational tools and mindsets to lead oneself and others effectively.
- Commit to continuous personal and professional development as a clinician leader.
- Discuss strategies to collaborate effectively with interprofessional teams to promote overall mental wellness, including engaging in regular team meetings, sharing insights from different disciplines, and developing integrated care plans that address the holistic needs of patients.
Provided by
This activity is provided by Optum Health Education and Optum Behavioral Care.
Commercial support
No commercial support was received for this activity.
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Presenter
Tolulope Ajayi
Senior Learning Consultant
Clinical Excellence, Optum Health
Activity planners
Elizabeth Albert, MD
Clinical Activity Manager
Optum Health Education
Peggy Jones
Instructional Design Manager
Optum Behavioral Care
Regina Owens
Learning and Development Director
Optum Behavioral Care
Disclosures of relevant financial relationships
In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, Optum Health Education (OHE) requires all those in control of educational content to disclose their financial relationships with ineligible companies within the prior 24 months. Ineligible companies are defined by the ACCME as companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care products used by or on patients. Individuals must disclose all financial relationships, regardless of the amount, with ineligible companies and regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. OHE ensures that the content is independent of commercial bias.
The presenters and activity planners have no financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Optum Health Education and Optum Behavioral Care. Optum Health Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Credit designation statements
This activity was planned by and for the health care team, and learners will receive 2.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
Nurses
The participant will be awarded up to 2.50 contact hour(s) of credit for attendance and completion of supplemental materials.
Nurse practitioners
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Social workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Optum Health Education 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. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Optum Health Education maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 2.50 live continuing education credits.
Counselors and/or marriage and family therapists
CA: The Board of Behavioral Sciences has deferred CE course approvals to APA and ASWB for its licensees. See those approvals under Psychologists and Social Workers.
Other States: If your state is not specifically listed, nearly all state Counselor and MFT boards accept either APA or ASWB approval, or are reciprocal with other state licensing board approvals. Check with your board to be sure.
Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided to learners upon completion of activity requirements, enabling participants to register with licensing boards or associations that have not been preapproved for credits. To apply for credit types not listed above, participants should use the procedure established by the specific organization from which they wish to obtain credit.
Available Credit
- 2.50 ANCC - Nurses
- 2.50 Attendance - General Attendance
These materials are intended ONLY for those who attended the course held on July 10, 2025.
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