French-speaking Swiss physician's perceptions and perspectives regarding their competencies and training need in leadership and management: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Effective leadership and management (L&M) are essential to the success of health care organizations. Young medical leaders often find themselves ill-prepared to take on these new responsibilities, but rarely attend training in L&M skills. The aims of this study were to evaluate physician's self-perceived competencies and training needs for L&M, to identify available regional L&M training, and to highlight opportunities, challenges and threats regarding physicians' training in medical L&M in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Methods

We conducted a mixed methods study in three steps: (1) a survey on perceived L&M competencies and training needs (5 dimensions) to all physicians of a Swiss University Hospital (N = 2247); (2) a mapping of the Swiss French spea

SUBMITTER: Luchinger R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10571431 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature