Training for leadership

Rughani, Amar; Godden, Andy; Patterson, Dominic; Smithson, Henry

doi:10.3399/bjgp12x616229

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“…Another study of medical leadership and the medical student (O'Sullivan and McKimm, 2011) explains that leadership development is needed for doctors as a life-long learning process. The study on training for leadership (Rughani et al, 2012) explains why the medical education must put focus on leadership training and its distinction from "managerialism." Leadership is more on the individual context on how he/she influences and drives people to achieve the goals, whereas management is more from an organization context.…”

Section: Current Studies On Leadership Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Doctors as leaders – how essential is leadership training for them?

Gayathri

Warrier

2021

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Purpose In the management world, leadership is a quality associated with business leaders, social entrepreneurs and political figures. Doctors are rarely considered as possessing or requiring leadership skills. With doctors, one thinks of skill and knowledge, but for some strange reason, leadership is hardly associated with doctors. This paper aims to highlight the leadership aspects unique to doctors. This study highlights why leadership training is imperative for doctors, outlines current status of leadership training for doctors in India and sets out proposals for effective leadership building. Design/methodology/approach Methodology is based on a two-pronged explanatory approach – the first is review of current literature in the context of leadership training of doctors, and the second is review of circumstances unique to the line of work undertaken by doctors that shed light on the need for leadership. Findings This paper highlights the imperative need for leadership training for doctors in India. It recommends leadership training on a continuous basis in their career life cycle as with the other professions. It also calls for involvement of all stakeholders in the medical community to foster leadership training – medical educational institutions, hospitals, medical councils and members of the medical fraternity. Practical implications Akin to leadership training programs conducted for IT and management professionals, this paper recommends that similar programs be conducted for doctors. Originality/value There are very few studies conducted in the Indian context on leadership training needs for doctors. This paper explains the importance of leadership training for doctors and suggests ways it can be implemented throughout the medical education life cycle of a doctor’s career.

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Section: Current Studies On Leadership Trainingmentioning

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Doctors as leaders – how essential is leadership training for them?

Gayathri

Warrier

2021

XJM

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“…In a BJGP editorial in 2012, four GP educators described the difficulty of embedding learning about leadership into GP training, warning that leadership could simply become: 'a badge that doctors wear, rather than a way of being, in which they believe'. 7 They also commented on the irony of prominence being given to leadership: 'just at the time that the opportunities for self-direction are diminishing', 7 but they did not pursue this idea for fear of being thought cynical.…”

Section: The Badge Of Leadershipmentioning

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“…The call for leadership turns the implementation of policy into everyone's responsibility, a common aim, and even one's sense of self. Rughani and colleagues 7 "A systematic review of the evidence about leadership says politely: 'the concept of leadership … seems not to be fully developed'. "…”

Section: A Sociological Perspectivementioning

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Medical leadership and general practice: seductive or dictatorial?

Iliffe

Manthorpe

2019

Br J Gen Pract

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Leadership has become fashionable in health services around the world. The National Health Service (NHS) has led the way with a Medical Leadership Competency Framework jointly developed by the NHS Institute of Innovation and Improvement and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges in 2010, with the intention of embedding it in undergraduate and postgraduate curricula. According to Warren and Carnall: 'It is indisputable that to deliver high-quality care consistently to patients requires, among many other factors, good medical leadership'. 1 Yet the empirical evidence for the importance of 'leadership' as a distinct characteristic is thin, 2 and the return on investment in leadership training programmes remains largely unmeasured worldwide. 3 A systematic review of the evidence about leadership says politely: 'the concept of leadership … seems not to be fully developed'. 4 A more recent international review of leadership styles, models, and theories, found health services leadership could be evaluated as 'transformational', 'situational', 'servant-leader relationship', or 'authentic'. 5 Less common styles were 'quantum' (reflective), 'charismatic', and 'clinical'. The plethora of leadership styles suggests that medical leadership has multiple meanings, including the 'informal leadership' observed in some Clinical Commissioning Groups. 6

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“…But the idea is nonetheless controversial and contested. A BJGP editorial noted with caution that leadership could simply become 'a badge that doctors wear, rather than a way of being, in which they believe' (Rughani et al 2012). They also noted the paradox of prominence being given to leadership: 'just at the time that the opportunities for selfdirection are diminishing' (Rughani et al 2012).…”

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Innovating Healthcare

Storey¹,

Holti²

2019

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Why is there a need to 'innovate healthcare'? The basic reason stems from the sheer scale of the challenges now facing healthcare provision in the UK and across many other countries. The aim of this book is to interrogate past and current attempts to innovate in this arena and to draw-out the key lessons.Innovating Healthcare: The Role of Political, Managerial and Clinical Leadership presents the latest state of knowledge based on original data from a series of NIHR-funded research projects set in the context of a review of extensive secondary research. The book draws upon first-person verbatim accounts of change attempts made by doctors and other clinicians as well as upon research findings about the roles played by policy-makers and managers. The analysis draws upon theory and practice in leadership, innovation and institution-building. The mutually reinforcing contributions of political, managerial and clinical leadership are at the core of the investigative narrative. This book will be of interest to students and researchers, clinicians and managers in the health and care sectors as well as policy-makers. While the focus in on healthcare, the book has wider relevance for students of management, leadership, innovation and organizational studies.

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Training for leadership

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Doctors as leaders – how essential is leadership training for them?

Doctors as leaders – how essential is leadership training for them?

Medical leadership and general practice: seductive or dictatorial?

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