Preparing Medical Students to Be Physician Leaders: A Leadership Training Program for Students Designed and Led by Students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Leadership is an area of education and training that is critical to the development of medical providers as health care professionals, yet few medical school curricula offer formal training in this area.

Methods

We designed and implemented a course to develop and enhance the leadership and teamwork skills of first-year medical students to better prepare them for medical practice. Following a systematic literature review to identify leadership core competencies, the Leadership in Medicine Optional Enrichment Elective (OEE) was developed in accordance with the University of Massachusetts Medical School's course guidelines. The elective included six interactive sessions to advance skills in the areas of recognizing and utilizing effective leadership styles, communi

SUBMITTER: Richard K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7012310 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature