Leadership for All: An Internal Medicine Residency Leadership Development Program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Developing effective leadership skills in physicians is critical for safe patient care. Few residency-based models of leadership training exist.

Objective

We evaluated residents' readiness to engage in leadership training, feasibility of implementing training for all residents, and residents' acceptance of training.

Methods

In its fourth year, the Leadership Development Program (LDP) consists of twelve 90-minute modules (eg, Team Decision Making and Bias, Leadership Styles, Authentic Leadership) targeting all categorical postgraduate year (PGY) 1 residents. Modules are taught during regularly scheduled educational time. Focus group surveys and discussions, as well as annual surveys of PGY-1s assessed residents' readiness to engage in training. LDP feasibili

SUBMITTER: Moore JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5058594 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature