Advancing leadership in surgery: a realist review of interventions and strategies to promote evidence-based leadership in healthcare.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare systems invest in leadership development of surgeons, surgical trainees, and teams. However, there is no agreement on how interventions should be designed, or what components they must contain to be successful. The objective of this realist review was to generate a programme theory explaining in which context and for whom surgical leadership interventions work and why.

Methods

Five databases were systematically searched, and articles screened against inclusion considering their relevance. Context-mechanism-outcome configurations (CMOCs) and fragments of CMOCs were identified. Gaps in the CMOCs were filled through deliberation with the research team and stakeholder feedback. We identified patterns between CMOCs and causal relationships to create a progra

SUBMITTER: Gauly J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10182608 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature