Part 2 of Series on WiseWolfTalking
The concept of leadership in the medical field is critically important ability for healthcare
providers to demonstrate. The strong and unmistakable correlation
between effective leadership in the medical field and the subsequent
quality of patient care and satisfactory outcomes was established. That
aspect of quality leadership’s immediate impact on patient care was used
to justify educating all levels of healthcare personnel, from students
in a
medical assistant program to those in their first year of their internship. The
diagrammatic tool
developed above by the NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement and the
Academy of Royal Medical Colleges (ARMC) was introduced as a tool to
help professionals self-evaluate their leadership skills and identify
any areas of weakness that might require attention. This visual tool,
deemed The Medical Leadership Competency Framework
, was described
in brief detail. In Part 2 of this series, I turn attention to a single wedge of the pie, “Demonstrating Personal
Qualities” necessary to be an effective and capable medical leader.
Personal Qualities for Medical Leadership
According to the NHS and ARMC’s Medical Leadership Competency
Framework tool, there are four fundamental character aspects necessary
for healthcare workers to demonstrate in order to be considered
effective leaders. These aspects are:
- Developing self-awareness.
- Managing yourself effectively.
- Continuing personal development.
- Acting with integrity.
The four identified characteristics correspond very closely to the
second of three key skill sets for an effective healthcare manager, as
identified by Dr. Len Sperry’s
textbook “Becoming An Effective Health Care Manager: The Essential Skills of Leadership
.”
We can thus dismiss any objections that the Medical Leadership
Competency Framework is applicable only to the U.K.’s socialized
medicine standard as opposed to the U.S. model.
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