RT Book, Section
A1 Weinberger, Steven
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Brotman, Daniel J.
A2 Ginsberg, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 56192235
T1 Chapter 18. Principles of Leadership
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160389-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56192235
RD 2022/05/25
AB Physicians  are  frequently  called  upon  to  take  on  leadership  roles.  These  roles  can  come  in  various  forms,  ranging  from  academic  leadership  roles  (eg,  division  or  department  chief  or  chair)  to  educational  leadership  roles  (eg,  clerkship  or  residency  program  director)  to  leadership  roles  in  a  practice  setting  (eg,  director  of  a  practice  group).  Although  some  of  the  desired  skills  and  competencies  for  the  leader  may  be  specific  to  particular  roles  and  responsibilities,  others  are  more  generic  and  applicable  to  any  of  these  leadership  positions.  In  this  chapter,  I  will  concentrate  initially  on  the  generic  aspects  of  leadership  and  conclude  by  discussing  some  of  the  challenges  that  are  more  specific  to  hospitalists  and  to  the  hospital  environment.  In  addition,  instead  of  trying  to  review  the  voluminous  leadership  literature,  I  will  present  a  personal  perspective,  based  upon  my  own  experiences  in  a  variety  of  leadership  positions  over  many  years.  I  will  divide  the  discussion  of  leadership  into  four  components:  the  personal  attributes  that  a  leader  should  demonstrate,  the  skills  that  should  be  acquired,  a  suggested  approach  for  trying  to  reach  a  goal,  and  leadership  challenges  for  hospitalists  in  the  hospital  environment.