Is postgraduate leadership education a match for the wicked problems of health systems leadership? A critical systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

There have been a growing number of leadership education programs for physicians. However, debates about the value and efficacy of leadership education in medicine persist, and there are calls for systematic and critical perspectives on medical leadership development. Here, we review evidence on postgraduate leadership education and discuss findings in relation to contemporary evidence on leadership education and practice.

Method

We searched multiple databases for papers on postgraduate leadership development programs, published in English between 2007 and 2017. We identified 4,691 papers; 31 papers met the full inclusion criteria. Data regarding curricular content and design, learner demographics, instructional methods, and learning outcomes were abstracted and synt

SUBMITTER: Onyura B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6565666 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature