Clinical leadership development | Quality improvement training | |
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Facilitators | ▸ Commitment to leadership development by seniors ▸ Mentorship and coaching ▸ Visionary role models ▸ Time out from clinical practice ▸ Cross-specialty working ▸ Integration with quality improvement | ▸ Senior executive support ▸ Mentorship ▸ Engaging managers ▸ Accessible expert advice ▸ Flexibility around clinical commitments ▸ Achievable projects integral to clinical work |
Barriers | ▸ Lack of interest and insight ▸ Diminished value placed on leadership ▸ Constraints of frequent rotations ▸ Lack of time | ▸ Organisational culture unreceptive to change ▸ Poor engagement of clinical teams ▸ Lack of mentoring ▸ Lack of time due to clinical commitments |
The factors important for clinical leadership are derived from a semistructured interview conducted with trainee doctors that had completed high-profile leadership development programmes in the UK and abroad. The factors important for quality improvement training are from the experiences of senior staff in a world-leading English hospital. Note the clear consistencies between the factors.