Exploring medical students' perspectives of physician leadership.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Leadership has been recognized as an important competency in medicine. Nevertheless, leadership curricula for Canadian medical students lacks standardization and may not be informed by medical students' perspectives of physician leadership. The purpose of this study was to elicit these perspectives on physician leadership.

Methods

The present study utilized semi-structured interviews to ascertain the views of medical student participants, including students in their first, second and third years of medical school, on physician leadership. Interview questions were based on 'the 3-C model' of physician leadership, which includes three aspects of leadership, namely character, competence and commitment. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed and then coded us

SUBMITTER: Vo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9817360 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature