Program Overview & Curriculum
About the Fellowship
The Linde Family Primary Care Fellowship Program is an intensive leadership development experience designed for early- and mid-career primary care physicians. The Fellowship builds the skills, self-awareness, and practical leadership capability required to lead effectively in today’s complex primary care environment—strengthening practice management, advancing innovation, and improving care delivery.
Throughout the year, fellows are expected not only to learn about leadership, but to apply that learning in ways that result in sustained improvement in their leadership effectiveness and impact within primary care. The Fellowship is designed for physician leaders who are actively developing their leadership capacity and seeking to increase their impact over time.
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Fellowship Goals
The Fellowship prepares physician leaders to:
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Build core leadership competencies grounded in self-awareness and feedback
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Lead innovation and transformation within primary care practices and systems
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Join and contribute to a connected network of leaders across BILH with shared values and goals
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Drive change through thoughtful analysis, planning, and resource allocation
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Take on expanded leadership roles within primary care over time
Learning Focus
The curriculum emphasizes leadership development that is both reflective and applied. Fellows develop the capacity to:
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Understand and refine their leadership style, including how their behavior is experienced by others and where targeted change will increase effectiveness
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Lead a strategically aligned improvement or innovation project, applying skills such as scoping, stakeholder analysis, team leadership, data-informed decision-making, and accountability
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Strengthen core leadership skills, including communication, negotiation and influence, feedback, change leadership, and team management
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Understand the policy, financial, and regulatory context shaping primary care and use that knowledge to drive positive change
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Apply practical techniques in interviewing, coaching, facilitation, and project management to enhance leadership impact
Fellowship Structure
Fellows commit approximately 15%FTE (roughly 20–25 hours per month) to a structured set of integrated learning experiences designed to translate insight into action.
Self-Assessment and Learning Group Participation
Linde fellows complete a series of validated leadership assessments, including 360-degree feedback and personality-based tools, to build self-awareness and identify strengths and development priorities. Assessment results are used solely for individual development and to inform individualized development goals and ongoing coaching.
Fellows also participate in a monthly Linde Learning Group that serves as a structured forum for peer feedback, shared problem-solving, and reflection on leadership practice, project progress, and application of program concepts, while fostering a strong sense of accountability, shared learning, and community across the Fellowship.
Workshops
Fellows participate in workshops through two complementary pathways: Linde-specific sessions embedded within the Learning Group experience, and selected workshops offered through the BILH Physician Leadership Program alongside physician leaders from diverse specialties across the system. Workshops are highly interactive and applied, addressing core leadership challenges in primary care and healthcare such as innovation, change management, negotiation and influence, and health policy and finance.
Coaching
Each fellow is paired with an experienced coach who serves as a strategic thought partner in their leadership development. Coaching sessions focus on building self-awareness, strengthening leadership behaviors, and applying learning in real-time workplace challenges. Using data from the 360 assessment, the coach works with the fellow and sponsor to design an individualized development plan and track progress toward measurable leadership goals over the fellowship year.
Applied Leadership Project
Each fellow leads an applied leadership project focused on advancing improvement or innovation within their home practice site. The project serves as a central vehicle for applying learning from workshops, coaching, and peer dialogue to real organizational challenges. Fellows work closely with their sponsor through periodic check-ins to ensure project alignment, receive guidance, and support leadership development, while also benefiting from ongoing coaching and peer consultation through the Linde program. Projects culminate in a system-wide virtual Grand Rounds presentation that integrates measurable outcomes with reflection on leadership growth, decision-making, and lessons learned.
Participation Requirements & Financial Support
Fellows are expected to commit approximately 15% of their total work effort to the Fellowship over the program year. Applicants must submit a letter from their division chief or practice director confirming support for protected time (15% FTE) to attend seminars, participate in coaching, and complete the applied leadership project as outlined.
The Linde Family Institute for Primary Care provides a stipend of $30,000 toward this time commitment. Any additional support required to cover the full 15% FTE is expected to be provided by the fellow’s home practice site. The stipend is disbursed to the fellow’s divisional or practice budget in remuneration for the fellow’s participation in the program.
Graduation
Graduation from the Fellowship reflects sustained engagement and demonstrated leadership growth across the year. Fellows must actively participate in learning groups and workshops, engage consistently in coaching, complete an individualized development plan and scheduled sponsor meetings, and successfully lead an applied leadership project. The Fellowship culminates in two capstone presentations: a system-wide virtual Grand Rounds presentation and an in-person presentation at the annual Linde Fellowship Graduation and Kickoff celebration held each October.