Leadership in Healthcare I

Catalog description

To confront the challenges facing modern health care, experts and organizations are calling for an increase in physician leadership capabilities. The Institute of Medicine describes a need to ‘‘develop leaders at all levels who can manage the organizational and systems changes necessary to improve health... .’’ The mission statement of the Tulane University School of Medicine states "...to deliver the highest quality patient care and prepare the next generation of distinguished clinical and scientific leaders." To meet this need, two consecutive preclinical electives, Leadership in Health Care I and II, will engage with leadership topics starting early in the preclinical stages of training. This course will be guided by the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership revealed by studying the times when leaders performed at their personal best. The five practices of exemplary leadership align with three major leadership theories: transformational, situational, and servant leadership. Each has features that align with expressed beliefs about physician leadership. Students will engage in seminars with leaders to learn to utilize these 5 practices in their own leadership opportunities. This is an experiential course based on participation and student interaction.