Gain the skills you need to run your emergency department through interactive workshops and seminars!
Join us in the Leadership Essentials Course and explore the latest challenges and solutions in emergency care! Together with emergency department leaders from around the world, you will gain invaluable training for improving your emergency department.
The original course at IEDLI, Leadership Essentials includes over 35 hours of interactive, in-person seminars and workshops. Participants work in assigned groups with other emergency department professionals to complete activities, discuss lectures, and share experiences from their own emergency departments around the world.
Date & Location
3-7 November 2025
Time: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm CET*
*Subject to change
Iberostar Selection Lisbon, Rua Castilho, 64, 1250-071 Lisbon, Portugal
In the Leadership Essentials Course, participants will learn to:
Establish the ED’s role within the hospital
Improve efficiency and control costs
Decrease overcrowding
Develop quality improvement programs
Educate and motivate a new generation of emergency physicians and nurses
Form a strong administrative structure
The topics included in the Leadership Essentials Course are subject to change and are updated based on feedback from course participants and faculty.
Attendees have extensive one-on-one interaction with faculty to ask questions and gain insight into ED leadership.
Lectures are given on critical leadership topics followed by group discussions.
Attendees participate in groupwork during sessions on a range of leadership and ED topics.
Great course. Really insightful and thorough. I thought I knew a lot about triage before the lecture but was surprised with how much more there was to learn.
IEDLI Attendee
The course has provided strategies in a very structured way which will be used to improve our ED and to continuously work on changes with our entire team at home.
IEDLI Attendee
This course has imparted conscious competence and taught me how to think in a structured manner, approach people with not just problems but also proposed solutions, and most importantly be a LEADER my team needs.
IEDLI Attendee
The lectures brought up some points that are extremely important and unique, with complex analysis of the relationship between leaders of different departments of the hospital.
IEDLI Attendee
Great opportunity to ask questions pertaining to your own department while gaining insight into other department challenges.
IEDLI Attendee
The instructors did a great job of creating a community.
IEDLI Attendee
Compared with other leadership courses I have attended before, IEDLI Leadership Essentials is outstanding! It provides us with a whole toolbox on how to work with ourselves, our team and change within the ED.
IEDLI Attendee
Very often, there is no preparation when someone takes up the role of an ED leader. Leadership for many requires training and education. IEDLI provides the basic training in preparation for one to take up the role without finding the problem too formidable.
IEDLI Attendee
This course gave me good, structured information that will help to educate ED staff and organize processes better.
IEDLI Attendee
It made me think of things that I haven’t considered to be important before. The course has given me tools to start working on improving my ED. It has also given me a lot of inspiration.
IEDLI Attendee
I learned so much from this course that I can use throughout the rest of my career.
IEDLI Attendee
It gave me a lot of good tips on how to be an equal in difficult conversations and negotiations. And it provided good insight into how to implement a good quality program in my own hospital.
IEDLI Attendee
Who Should Participate?
This program is designed for physicians, nurses, and hospital administrators who currently lead or plan to lead Emergency Departments. Attendees join from hospitals around the world. The course is taught in English.
Social Events
In addition to interacting with others within the classroom, Leadership Essentials students have the opportunity to network at social events during the course. Social events are included in the course registration fee and include a Monday night welcome reception and the Wednesday night gala dinner.
Course Directors
Dr. Sean Kivlehan
Harvard Chan School of Public Health | Harvard Medical School
Dr. Paul Chen
Brigham and Women’s Hospital | Harvard Medical School
If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact us.
