Student Leadership Development Initiative for Medical Students: Lessons Learned From Transitioning to Virtual Modalities.

ABSTRACT: Leadership training is a necessary component of undergraduate medical education. Our group successfully implemented a student-led organization starting from 2016 (Student Leadership Development Initiative; SLDI) that aimed to provide medical students with exposure to physician-leader career paths in an informal, organic, interactive setting. The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a shift to online programming, and given the high prevalence of ZOOM^TM fatigue, we incorporated monthly, freely available, self-directed modules as an additional leadership training opportunity. The goals of this study are to assess the (1) feasibility of and participation in a virtual student organization focused on leadership training, (2) whether students' perceptions of the importance of leadership were

SUBMITTER: SenthilKumar G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10486220 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature