Leadership
- Leadership and Management for All Doctors
- Medical Leadership Competency Framework
- LEADER tool
- Leadership articles
1. Leadership and Management for All Doctors
In February 2012 the GMC issued guidance on Leadership and management for all doctors with the aim of helping doctors understand their responsibilities in relation to employment issues; teaching and training; as well as planning, using and managing resources. Further information is available to download at the bottom of this page.
2. The Medical Leadership Competency Framework
The Medical Leadership Competency Framework (MLCF) was jointly developed by The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement in conjunction with a wide range of stakeholders. The MLCF describes the leadership competences doctors need in order to become effective professionals and more actively involved in the planning, delivery and transformation of health services. It has been incorporated as it stands into some curricula and is the basis of the leadership curriculum in others. As a framework it is useful to highlight individual strengths and development areas through self assessment and structured feedback from colleagues A copy of the MLCF is available to download below.
3. LEADER Tool
Effective clinical leadership is essential for good patient care and leadership is now part of the curriculum for foundation as well as all core and higher specialty training. In response to this, STFS is piloting the addition of a formative, specific leadership skills assessment form to the foundation ePortfolio. This form - LEADER – Clinical Leadership for Work-based Assessment - is now available in the foundation ePortfolio. It can be found under ‘Forms > Work-Based Assessments > Add New Assessment’ within a trainee’s account (in the same way that you would access a CbD, DOPS or Mini-CEX) and can be ticketed by the trainee. A blank version of the form is available from ‘Home > Help > Blank Forms’. Please see below guidance for foundation doctors and for educational supervisors on completing this assessment which includes suggestions of leadership activities which foundation doctors could undertake.
A video example of the LEADER tool in practice will be available shortly.
4. Leadership articles (available to download below)
Developing clinical leadership capacity among UK foundation trainees
Publication: British Journal of Hospital Medicine
Date: July 2011