The Portable MBA for Physicians will launch in January at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business. The intensive six-day program will be delivered in three two-day sessions next year (January, February and March) and will develop management and leadership skills in medical professionals.

The program includes topics such as financial management, people management, team building, and business development and strategy with a healthcare focus.

“In today’s healthcare environment, physicians increasingly need to rely on their management skills,” said Mark Mone, associate dean of executive programs at the Lubar School. “This program is designed to enhance physicians’ business acumen by providing a strategic focus on critical managerial issues within the medical profession.”

“The term ‘portable’ refers, in part, to the abbreviated nature of the program, wherein the more practical essentials of an MBA are covered,” said Mone. “The program also is portable in the sense that we will address tools, skills and concepts that can be applied or put into practice immediately. Examples are communication skills enhancements that can be portable from the classroom to the clinician’s office, as well as budgeting and decision-making skills that can be used tomorrow.”

The Lubar School has almost a decade of experience delivering physician leadership development programs with the Medical College of Wisconsin, a long history of high-quality executive education, and is home to Wisconsin’s premier Executive MBA program.

The Portable MBA for Physicians is aimed at physicians, practice partners and managing directors of medical practices. 

It is offered in cooperation with the Medical Society of Milwaukee County.

For more information, visit portablemba.uwm.edu or contact Mark Mone at mone@uwm.edu or 414-229-4355.