Multiple faces of narcissistic leadership in Medical Education

Leadership in postgraduate medical education.

their core PG 1–3 training. Although Dr. Kuhn’s suggestions have merit, our past history suggests that attempting to employ the CA3 year to develop perioperative specialization is likely not to be successful. Conversely, our internal medicine colleagues routinely direct individuals into 2and 3-yr fellowships after completion of a 3-yr internal medicine residency. By restructuring the training c...

Training of Leadership Skills in Medical Education

BACKGROUND Effective team performance is essential in the delivery of high-quality health-care. Leadership skills therefore are an important part of physicians' everyday clinical life. To date, the development of leadership skills are underrepresented in medical curricula. Appropriate training methods for equipping doctors with these leadership skills are highly desirable. OBJECTIVE The revie...

Improving medical leadership education through the Feagin leadership program

With little or no formal training in medical school or residency, physicians today are often unprepared for their leadership roles within large interdisciplinary healthcare teams.1,2 These leadership roles range from leading individual patients to larger interdisciplinary organizations. Physicians are expected to lead effectively based on the assumption that the skills that made them successful...

The Multiple Faces of Islamic Education in a Secular Age

Goleman’s Leadership styles at different hierarchical levels in medical education

BACKGROUND With current emphasis on leadership in medicine, this study explores Goleman's leadership styles of medical education leaders at different hierarchical levels and gain insight into factors that contribute to the appropriateness of practices. METHODS Forty two leaders (28 first-level with limited formal authority, eight middle-level with wider program responsibility and six senior- ...

Leadership in Undergraduate Medical Education: Training Future Physician Leaders.

To confront the challenges facing modern health care, experts and organizations are calling for an increase in physician leadership capabilities. In response to this need, physician leadership programs are proliferating, targeting all levels of experience at all levels of training. Many academic medical centers, major universities, and specialty societies now sponsor physician leadership traini...