Impact of a Student Leadership Development Program

The Impact of an Executive Leadership Development Program.

THE ABILITY OF LARGE HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS to respond to the rapidly changing landscape in which they operate is in many ways dependent upon the leadership knowledge and capabilities of those heading up the transformation. Although the central direction and core vision for health system transformation is typically concentrated in a relatively tight circle of a few individuals, it is the broader a...

A journey to leadership: designing a nursing leadership development program.

Nursing leadership development is important in today's changing health care climate. Nurse leaders affect staff satisfaction, patient outcomes, and the fiscal status of most health care organizations. This article delineates why leadership development is important to nursing, how to strengthen nursing leadership, how to design a methodology for building an internal nursing leadership developmen...

Assessing the demand and preferred format of a student leadership development program at Pacific.

Dental students are future leaders of health care and the dental profession. The purpose of this study was to assess the interest in leadership development programs at the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry and compare the results with similar studies. In April 2010, two surveys were administered. Of the 462 students enrolled, 58 percent completed the survey. Of the ...

Designing a leadership development program for surgeons.

BACKGROUND Although numerous leadership development programs (LDPs) exist in health care, no programs have been specifically designed to meet the needs of surgeons. This study aimed to elicit practicing surgeons' motivations and desired goals for leadership training to design an evidence-based LDP in surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS At a large academic health center, we conducted semistructured...

Student Leadership Development Through General Classroom Activities