A workshop on leadership for senior MD–PhD students

A workshop on leadership for senior MD–PhD students

Leadership skills are essential for a successful career as a physician-scientist, yet many MD-PhD training programs do not offer formal training in leadership. The Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) previously established a 2-day leadership workshop that has been held biennially since 2006 for students in the first and second years of the graduate school portion of combined MD...

A workshop on leadership for MD/PhD students

Success in academic medicine requires scientific and clinical aptitude and the ability to lead a team effectively. Although combined MD/PhD training programs invest considerably in the former, they often do not provide structured educational opportunities in leadership, especially as applied to investigative medicine. To fill a critical knowledge gap in physician-scientist training, the Vanderb...

Sustaining change: a senior leadership perspective.

The authors of “Sustaining Change: Once Evidence-Based Practices Are Transferred, What Then?” offer a rigorous, evidence-based approach to sustaining clinical practice change in healthcare organizations. In addition, they also remind those of us in hospitals – both academic and community – that we may need to revisit whether adequate infrastructure and capacity exist to champion best practices ...

New Challenges for Senior Leadership Enhancement for Improved Public Management

A Leadership Development Instrument for Students: Updated