Student-led leadership training for undergraduate healthcare students.
Leadersh Health Serv (Bradf Engl)
; 30(4): 428-431, 2017 10 02.
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ABSTRACT
Purpose Effective clinical leadership is crucial to avoid failings in the delivery of safe health care, particularly during a period of increasing scrutiny and cost-constraints for the National Health Service (NHS). However, there is a paucity of leadership training for health-care students, the future leaders of the NHS, which is due in part to overfilled curricula. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of student-led leadership training for the benefit of fellow students. Design/methodology/approach To address this training gap, a group of multiprofessional students organised a series of large-group seminars and small-group workshops given by notable health-care leaders at a London university over the course of two consecutive years. Findings The majority of students had not previously received any formal exposure to leadership training. Feedback post-events were almost universally positive, though students expressed a preference for experiential teaching of leadership. Working with university faculty, an inaugural essay prize was founded and student members were given the opportunity to complete internships in real-life quality improvement projects. Originality/value Student-led teaching interventions in leadership can help to fill an unmet teaching need and help to better equip the next generation of health-care workers for future roles as leaders within the NHS.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Grupo Paritario
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Curriculum
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Liderazgo
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Leadersh Health Serv (Bradf Engl)
Asunto de la revista:
PESQUISA EM SERVICOS DE SAUDE
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido