The Need for an Executive Leadership Curriculum in Scientist-Clinician Training Programs.

The Need for an Executive Leadership Curriculum in Scientist-Clinician Training Programs. Clin Invest Med. 2018 Sep 30;41(3):E144-E147 Authors: Barton KI, Capozzi LC, Aker G, Yipp BG, Hollenberg MD, Rabi DM, Beck PL Abstract The health of Canadians depends on effective leadership among health care providers to facilitate the translation of new health discoveries into clinical practice. Clinician-scientists play an important role in bridging the gap between research and clinical practice, and require effective leadership skills to advance clinical practice successfully. To accelerate the leadership development in clinician scientist trainees, with the aim of developing strong leaders in administration and health advocacy, the Leaders in Medicine (LIM) training program at the University of Calgary created an Executive Leadership Coaching Program involving three phases: 1) an evidence-based evaluation tool, the Core Values IndexTM (CVI), that was used to identify the key drivers behind how individuals can be most effective in making their contribution; 2) small group workshops to debrief the results of the CVI assessment; and 3) one-on-one executive coaching sessions to facilitate the discovery, development and deployment of individual leadership capabilities. Coaching in leadership strategies enables clinician-scientist trainees to lead, influence, manage and deliver science-based improvements into the practice of medicine. We strongly...
Source: Clinical and Investigative Medicine - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Tags: Clin Invest Med Source Type: research