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The IHF YEL Initiative

Young executive leaders who have proven outstanding merit in healthcare management can enjoy a chance of a lifetime to exchange with peers on capital healthcare issues as well as to interact with talented thought leaders from all around the world. This is a tremendous personal and professional growth opportunity. Each individual will build sustainable relationships and expand its network internationally. Together, they will discuss current trends, challenges and opportunities for the young healthcare leaders of today, creating an environment for vibrant and exciting dialogue.

Expected benefits and outcomes

  • Join a dynamic and friendly group to grow professionally and personally
  • Get international visibility
  • Disseminate the work resulting from your discussions through the IHF community and beyond
  • Get a free registration to the World Hospital Congress to be held 2-5 November 2020 in Barcelona, Spain
  • Host a session with an international audience at the World Hospital Congress
  • Join the YEL Alumni and enjoy its benefits
  • And much more.

Commitments

Each participant must commit to actively participate to a minimum of two meetings a month, and expects to dedicate at least two hours per week to prepare the content of the meetings and of the posts.

Important Information

  • Applications for 2020 are currently closed.
  • Applications for 2021 will open early January 2021.
  • For more information, feel free to contact the IHF Secretariat.

YEL ALUMNI

Active participants to the YEL initiative can join the YEL Alumni which offers the opportunity to remain involved in IHF’s activites and networks.

 

Click here for more information on the YEL Alumni.

Testimonials

  • I joined YEL to represent the United States in our efforts and opportunities in the provision of healthcare, to form relationships with like-minded young leaders around the world, and to gain a better perspective of what others are doing to improve health of their communities. Have absolutely loved being a part of such an amazing group of global healthcare leaders!

    Scott Mortensen, United States

  • My motivation for joining the YEL was to widen my eyesight to outreach from a clinician to another level — administration. I am excited to get to know this network and build it up worldwide through YEL program.

    Daniel Wong, Hong Kong

  • These opportunities are invaluable for young leaders - we really had no rules or boundaries when we started and we defined what we wanted to do. It is a rare opportunity to have that kind of freedom and also then have a venue to present and celebrate our collective successes and achievements. This program should be nurtured and grown to continue to foster leadership development in health care internationally.

    David Ross, Canada

  • The YEL program was a unique opportunity to build an international network of young senior health managers sharing the same interests and highly committed to improve the health system of their own countries. It was also very interesting to mix people with medical and administrative backgrounds. I especially liked the opportunity to meet each other at the Oman IHF Congress. I plan to stay committed to this program as a YEL alumni.

    Guillaume Duriez, France

  • My motivation for joining the YEL program was to obtain broader exposure to innovation in healthcare in order to help facilitate deeper and different thinking within both my organization and my expanded community of healthcare colleagues to solve more complex issues in a rapidly changing environment. Sharing my learnings and understandings from this experience has benefited not only my personal development, but has created lifelong connections with individuals I now consider friends

    Melinda Bemis, United States