Introduction

2026 Pathways Leadership Training Webinar Series

2026 Leadership Training Program:

Modernize Your Medical Staff Bylaws In 8 Hours or Less!
Essential Provisions and Updates That Every Medical Staff Should Be Thinking About in 2026


This Year’s Pathways Leadership Training Program
The 2026 Pathways Training Program will focus on essentials of, and updates to, the hospital’s Medical Staff Governance Documents, including the Medical Staff Bylaws and Medical Staff Credentialing Policy.

We will cover the fundamentals of Medical Staff structure and organization, focusing on Bylaw and policy provisions that have helped countless Medical Staff leaders from large organizations and small to optimize efficiency, effectiveness, and engagement in an era where many clinicians feel less compelled to participate in the Medical Staff as an organization.  This year’s Pathways will also address the ways that Bylaws documents – and particularly the Medical Staff Credentials Policy – can help Health Systems, Hospitals, and Medical Staffs to promote quality, while remaining inclusive and expediting the onboarding process as much as possible.

Pathways Leadership Training Program Schedule
The Pathways Leadership Training Program includes four sessions with 60-day on-demand access. Each individual session is approved for 2 hours of CME/NAMSS credits with a total of 8 credits for the entire series.

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR EACH SESSION COMING SOON!

  • Session 2: The Medical Staff Credentials Policy – Essentials & Updates
    August 14, 2026 | Noon to 2:00 p.m. EST
    Faculty: Lauren Massucci and Ian Donaldson
  • Session 3: The Medical Staff Organization Manual/Committee Manual – Essentials & Updates
    October 9, 2026 | Noon to 2:00 p.m. EST
    Faculty: Susan Lapenta and Mary Paterni
  • Session 4: Bylaws & Policies Addressing Advanced Practice Professionals, Plus HOT TOPIC Updates (Joint Commission 2026, Artificial Intelligence, and More!)
    December 11, 2026 | Noon to 2:00 p.m. EST
    Faculty: Rachel Remaley and Fisher Filippazzo

Sessions Schedule

The Pathways Leadership Training Program includes four sessions with 60-day on-demand access. Each individual session is approved for 2 hours of CME/NAMSS credits with a total of 8 credits for the entire series.

MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON EACH SESSION COMING SOON!

  • Session 2: The Medical Staff Credentials Policy – Essentials & Updates
    August 14, 2026 | Noon to 2:00 p.m. EST
    Faculty: Lauren Massucci and Ian Donaldson
  • Session 3: The Medical Staff Organization Manual/Committee Manual – Essentials & Updates
    October 9, 2026 | Noon to 2:00 p.m. EST
    Faculty: Susan Lapenta and Mary Paterni
  • Session 4: Bylaws & Policies Addressing Advanced Practice Professionals, Plus HOT TOPIC Updates (Joint Commission 2026, Artificial Intelligence, and More!)
    December 11, 2026 | Noon to 2:00 p.m. EST
    Faculty: Rachel Remaley and Fisher Filippazzo

 

Who Will Benefit?

The 2026 program can benefit all of the following:

  • Medical Staff officers
  • Bylaws Committee members
  • Credentials Committee members
  • Medical Executive Committee members
  • Medical Staff Services Professionals (MSSPs) and other hospital or CVO personnel
    who support the Medical Staff
  • Chief Medical Officers
  • In-house counsel
  • Governing Board members
  • Medical Staff members looking to get more involved in Medical Staff leadership

About the Pathways Leadership Training Program

What is Pathways?  It’s online training for hospital and physician leaders who are looking to develop and enhance the skills they need to manage and oversee the hospital’s Medical Staff. Key features include:

FOCUSED
Each Pathways series is focused on a topic – or “theme” – that health system, hospital, and physician leaders have told us is essential and timely.  Avoiding the sound bites and consultant-talk that permeate so many leadership training courses that are on the market, Pathways favors a deeper discussion of the topics at hand and take-home tips that can be implemented right away.

INCLUSIVE
Medical Staff leadership does not occur in a vacuum.  While the “self-governance” of the Medical Staff is largely the purview of the organization’s practicing physicians, a multitude of individuals and bodies support and oversee Medical Staff activities:  Board members, advanced practice clinicians, health system and hospital administrators, quality professionals, medical staff services professionals, HR professionals, executive recruiters, and more!  Pathways web-based format allows organizations to finally make Medical Staff leadership training available to all of these individuals, fostering shared understanding and the implementation of aligned and unified policies, procedures, and leadership strategies across the organization.

ACCESSIBLE
Each Pathways webinar has been designed to require a minimal-to-moderate time commitment and to allow training to be completed from the comfort of your own home or workplace.  With four 2-hour web-based training sessions spread over the course of several months, participation in the Pathways leadership program means not having to forego leadership development when time for training is limited or travel is difficult or impossible.

Webinar Disclaimer

The information presented during a webinar and any supplementary materials provided to registrants are intended for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing contained therein is to be considered as the rendering of legal advice for specific cases or circumstances.

No one should act or refrain from acting on the basis of any information presented during a webinar without seeking the appropriate legal or other professional advice on the particular facts and circumstances at issue from a lawyer practicing as permitted by applicable laws, regulations or rules of professional conduct. No attorney-client relationship is formed by registration for a webinar or the use of the supplementary materials.

Registration

Pricing:

Single hospital webinar session purchase: $595

Single hospital webinar series purchase: $1,850

Participants Will Receive:

  • 2 hours CME/NAMSS credits
  • All supplementary materials
  • 60-day on-demand access

The complete four-part series can be purchased for $1,850 and includes 8 hours CME/NAMSS credits, all supplementary materials, and on-demand access through February 2027.

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