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Primary care doctors’ perceived needs for physician leadership development in rural and remote settings of Aceh province, Indonesia
  1. Fury Maulina1,2,
  2. Mubasysyir Hasanbasri3,
  3. Jamiu O Busari4,5,
  4. Fedde Scheele6,7
  1. 1 School of Health Professions Education, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  2. 2 Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Malikussaleh, Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia
  3. 3 Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  4. 4 Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
  5. 5 Pediatrics, Dr Horacio E Oduber Hospital, Oranjestad, Aruba
  6. 6 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  7. 7 Department of Medical Education, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to Fury Maulina, School of Health Professions Education, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands; f.maulina{at}maastrichtuniversity.nl

Abstract

Background Globally, rural/remote health systems fall short of optimal performance. Lack of infrastructure, resources, health professionals and cultural barriers affect the leadership in these settings. Given those challenges, doctors serving disadvantaged communities must develop their leadership skills. While high-income countries already had learning programmes for rural/remote areas, low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Indonesia, are lagging behind. Through the lens of the LEADS framework, we examined the skills doctors perceived as most essential to support their performance in rural/remote areas.

Methods We conducted a quantitative study, including descriptive statistics. Participants were 255 rural/remote primary care doctors.

Results We discovered that communicating effectively, building trust, facilitating collaboration, making connections and creating coalitions among diverse groups were most essential in rural/remote communities. When rural/remote primary care doctors serve in such cultures, may need to prioritise harmony within the community and social order values.

Conclusions We noted that there is a need for culture-based leadership training in rural or remote settings of Indonesia as LMIC. In our view, if future doctors receive proper leadership training that focuses on being competent rural physicians, they will be better prepared and equipped with the skills that rural practice in a specific culture requires.

  • medical leadership
  • doctor
  • primary care
  • development

https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2023-000757

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  • Contributors FM and JOB developed the study concept. FM recruited participants and collected data. Data interpretation and analysis were performed by all authors. JOB, FS and MH revised the manuscript. The manuscript was edited by all of the authors. All authors provided final approval for the manuscript’s publication and are responsible for the overall content.

  • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

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