Student-led leadership training for undergraduate healthcare students. Issue 4 (2nd October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sheriff, Ibrahim Hasanyn Naim; Ahmed, Faheem; Jivraj, Naheed; Wan, Jonathan C.M.; Sampford, Jade; Ahmed, Na'eem
• Is Part Of: Leadership in health services. Volume 30:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 428
• Page End: 431
• Publication Date: 2017-10-02
• Subjects: Health education -- Leadership -- Safety -- Quality -- Leaders; Medical care -- Periodicals; Health services administration -- Periodicals; Health services administration -- Canada -- Periodicals; 362.1068
• DOI: 10.1108/LHS-03-2017-0018
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1751-1879

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: Effective clinical leadership is crucial to avoid failings in the delivery of safe health care, particularly during a period of increasing scrutiny and cost-constraints for the National Health Service (NHS). However, there is a paucity of leadership training for health-care students, the future leaders of the NHS, which is due in part to overfilled curricula. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of student-led leadership training for the benefit of fellow students. Design/methodology/approach: To address this training gap, a group of multiprofessional students organised a series of large-group seminars and small-group workshops given by notable health-care leaders at a London university over the course of two consecutive years. Findings: The majority of students had not previously received any formal exposure to leadership training. Feedback post-events were almost universally positive, though students expressed a preference for experiential teaching of leadership. Working with university faculty, an inaugural essay prize was founded and student members were given the opportunity to complete internships in real-life quality improvement projects. Originality/value: Student-led teaching interventions in leadership can help to fill an unmet teaching need and help to better equip the next generation of health-care workers for future roles as leaders within the NHS.