ABEM HALM study plan
ABEM HALM · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Health Care Administration
Map the Health Care Administration domain into a weighted topic outline
Define and contrast the major health care payment and reimbursement models
Summarize budget types and variance analysis methods used by physician leaders
Identify key financial statements and metrics relevant to a hospital medicine group
Your checkpoint
A one-page administration framework sheet linking each topic to a self-quiz question
Health Care Administration & Management
Compare staffing and scheduling models for hospital medicine groups
Explain RVU, wRVU, and compensation structures and their operational effects
Draft the components of a departmental operating budget
Connect coding, documentation, and revenue-cycle concepts to management decisions
Your checkpoint
A written comparison of two staffing models with financial and operational tradeoffs
Leadership
Differentiate leadership styles and situational leadership applications
Outline conflict resolution and negotiation approaches for physician leaders
Describe change management frameworks and how to sequence a change initiative
Explain team development stages and strategies to build psychological safety
Your checkpoint
A leadership scenario response bank of 10 short-answer practice items with model answers
Leadership & Management
Apply feedback and coaching models to underperformance scenarios
Distinguish management functions from leadership functions in concrete cases
Analyze a quality or safety initiative using a change management lens
Practice articulating a vision statement and aligning team goals to it
Your checkpoint
A 1,000-word case analysis of a physician group undergoing a leadership transition
Milestones
Week 4: Score at least 70% on a 40-question self-made mixed quiz across Domains 1-3 and complete the leadership case analysis