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Abstract
In the UK, leadership and management skills have traditionally not been prominent in medical curricula. Formal leadership training for doctors is usually, undertaken outside their place of work, completed just prior to obtaining a CCT when their focus is on consultant interviews. Learning of knowledge without any practical, experiential application or follow up reduces embedding of the learnt skills in to practice. Benefits of leadership and management training within the workplace increases local networking opportunities and has advantages in breaking down silos and reducing local cultural divides between managers and clinicians. Locally supported leadership and management programs are vital to create a motivated, valued workforce for the NHS of the future and increase the talent pool within the organisation.
Intervention We have developed a 3 day in house cross specialty leadership and management training for senior medical trainees, with a new cohort every 6 months. They are supported to undertake a quality improvement project and they present this to our CMO. Opportunities for the practical application of learning include shadowing chief officers, attendance at patient safety committee, mortality review committee, chief officers’ forum and the strategy and planning unit.
Results Over 80 registrars have undertaken this training over the last 2 years. 100% of the training has been rated as good (42%) or outstanding (58%).
Conclusions Our training highlights the importance of compassionate inclusive leadership, building support networks – increasing the well-being of trainees and resilience that they will take into their consultant careers. Our speakers both clinical and non-clinical have engaged and inspired them; reducing the cultural divide between managers and clinicians; working together for the common goal of delivering high quality safe patient care. This is the key to generating a committed, motivated medical workforce for the future.