BMJ LeaderPub Date : 2024-07-11DOI: 10.1136/leader-2024-001008
Praiseldy K Langi Sasongko, Mart Janssen, Martine de Bruijne
{"title":"Building towards organisational resilience and complexity leadership: a case study of impacts and changes in a Dutch blood establishment during COVID-19","authors":"Praiseldy K Langi Sasongko, Mart Janssen, Martine de Bruijne","doi":"10.1136/leader-2024-001008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2024-001008","url":null,"abstract":"Objectives This study examined how one large blood-related establishment coped and adapted during the first 1.5 years of the pandemic by evaluating the impacts and changes on its resources, communication, collaborations, and monitoring and feedback. Furthermore, we explored whether elements of complexity leadership emerged during this time. Design Duchek’s organisational resilience framework was primarily used. We followed a three-step sequential approach: (1) a document analysis of over 150 intranet, internet and internal reports; (2) 31 semistructured interviews with employees and (3) four feedback sessions. Setting Sanquin is known as the Dutch national blood bank and a large multidivisional expertise organisation in the Netherlands. Results Sanquin coped well. Respondents accepted the crisis and catalysed many collaborations to implement solutions, which were communicated to the public. There were many positive aspects related to internal collaborations, yet challenges remained related to its historical siloed structure and culture. Sanquin adapted partially. Many respondents experienced the organisation becoming more connected and flexible during the pandemic. However, Sanquin was not permanently changed due to significant leadership changes and organisational restructuring occurring simultaneously. Respondents reflected on lessons learnt, including the need for continual collaboration and improvements in Sanquin’s culture. An important driver in the successful coping was management’s enabling attitude and the adaptations occurring within and through the collaborative groups. Conclusions Sanquin improved its organisational resilience by exhibiting elements of adaptive spaces, enabling leadership and (temporary) emergence from complexity leadership. This illuminates how the organisation could continue benefiting from complexity leadership for non-crises and for future uncertainties. No data are available. The qualitative data are not publicly available due to the identifying nature of the transcripts and lack of consent from participants to publicly share this data.","PeriodicalId":36677,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Leader","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141588659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ LeaderPub Date : 2024-07-11DOI: 10.1136/leader-2024-001037
Rakhshan Kamran, Andrea S Doria
{"title":"Cultivating the next generation of healthcare leaders: reflections from an established healthcare leader.","authors":"Rakhshan Kamran, Andrea S Doria","doi":"10.1136/leader-2024-001037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2024-001037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dr Andrea Doria is Professor and Vice-Chair of Radiology (Clinical Practice Improvement) at the University of Toronto, Research Director, Senior Scientist and Imaging Lead of Personalised Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Canada. Over the past few decades, Dr Doria has established a track record of healthcare leadership. Based on Dr Doria's extensive leadership experience, she believes it is essential for established healthcare leaders to be involved in cultivating emerging healthcare leaders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An interview was conducted with Dr Doria to learn about key lessons she believes are essential for healthcare leaders to help develop the next generation. Dr Doria reflected on her leadership style and experiences, sharing what has worked to improve the effectiveness of her teams.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Key messages were reflected upon, including practical ways for senior leaders to support the next generation; leadership insights gained from the pandemic; the importance of building diversity in teams and nurturing leaders from underrepresented minorities; challenges to be aware of for the future of healthcare leadership; finding inspiration from team members and essential traits for healthcare leaders.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Through cultivating the next generation of healthcare leaders, established leaders can be involved in establishing a brighter future for healthcare. This article describes reflections and practical takeaways that can help established leaders support emerging leaders and build their leadership skills.</p>","PeriodicalId":36677,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Leader","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141591635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ LeaderPub Date : 2024-07-11DOI: 10.1136/leader-2024-000976
Harry Kingsley-Smith, Christian E Farrier, Daniel Foran, Koot Kotze, Kamal Mahtani, Sarah Short, Anna Mae Scott, Oscar Lyons
{"title":"Leadership development programmes in healthcare research: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-aggregation","authors":"Harry Kingsley-Smith, Christian E Farrier, Daniel Foran, Koot Kotze, Kamal Mahtani, Sarah Short, Anna Mae Scott, Oscar Lyons","doi":"10.1136/leader-2024-000976","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2024-000976","url":null,"abstract":"Background Academic institutions benefit from researchers adopting leadership positions and, subsequently, leadership development programmes are of increasing importance. Despite this, no evaluation of the evidence basis for leadership development programmes for healthcare researchers has been conducted. In this study, the authors reviewed leadership development programmes for healthcare researchers and aimed to identify their impact and the factors which influenced this impact. Methods The authors searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and PsycINFO between January 2000 and January 2023 for evaluations of leadership development programmes with healthcare researchers. The authors synthesised results through exploratory meta-analysis and meta-aggregation and used the Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument (MERSQI) and Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Checklist for Qualitative Studies to identify higher-reliability studies. Results 48 studies met inclusion criteria, of which approximately half (22) met the criteria for higher reliability. The median critical appraisal score was 10.5/18 for the MERSQI and 3.5/10 for the JBI. Common causes of low study quality appraisal related to study design, data analysis and reporting. Evaluations principally consisted of questionnaires measuring self-assessed outcomes. Interventions were primarily focused on junior academics. Overall, 163/168 categorised programme outcomes were positive. Coaching, experiential learning/project work and mentoring were associated with increased organisational outcomes. Conclusion Educational methods appeared to be more important for organisational outcomes than specific educational content. To facilitate organisational outcomes, educational methods should include coaching, project work and mentoring. Programmes delivered by external faculty were less likely to be associated with organisational outcomes than those with internal or mixed faculty, but this needs further investigation. Finally, improving evaluation design will allow educators and evaluators to more effectively understand factors which are reliably associated with organisational outcomes of leadership development. Data are available on reasonable request.","PeriodicalId":36677,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Leader","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141587226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ LeaderPub Date : 2024-07-09DOI: 10.1136/leader-2024-001016
Maximilian Kalyuzhnov, Olena Khlystova, Benjamin Laker
{"title":"Improvisation versus protocol: navigating the benefits and pitfalls of leadership jazz in healthcare settings.","authors":"Maximilian Kalyuzhnov, Olena Khlystova, Benjamin Laker","doi":"10.1136/leader-2024-001016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1136/leader-2024-001016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36677,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Leader","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141564686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ LeaderPub Date : 2024-07-02DOI: 10.1136/leader-2024-001010
Wen Wang, Jennifer Creese, Maria Karanika-Murray, Kevin Harris, Mark McCarthy, Christopher Leng, Christopher King
{"title":"Can compassionate leadership of senior hospital leaders help retain trainee doctors?","authors":"Wen Wang, Jennifer Creese, Maria Karanika-Murray, Kevin Harris, Mark McCarthy, Christopher Leng, Christopher King","doi":"10.1136/leader-2024-001010","DOIUrl":"10.1136/leader-2024-001010","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>High burnout and low retention rates among trainee doctors threaten the future viability of the UK medical workforce. This study empirically examined factors that can sustain trainee doctors.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A total of 323 trainee doctors from 25 National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in England and Wales completed an online survey on their training and employment experiences. A mixed method approach was employed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Structural equation modelling revealed that perceived compassionate leadership of hospital senior leaders (CLSL) (i.e., doctors in senior clinical and management positions, and senior managers) is directly and negatively associated with trainee doctors' burnout and intention to quit. We propose the associations may be indirectly strengthened through two mediating pathways: increased psychological contract fulfilment (PCF) of training/organisational support and reduced worry about the state of the NHS; however, only the former is supported. The model can explain a substantial 37% of the variance in reported burnout and 28% of intention to quit among trainee doctors. Being a Foundation Year (FY) trainee was significantly associated with poor PCF and burnout. Rich qualitative data further elaborated on their experiences in terms of senior leaders' awareness of their training/working experiences, listening to and acting on.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Active and demonstrable CLSL plays a vital role in trainee doctors' retention. It has both direct (through support) and indirect effects through improving trainee doctors' PCF to reduce burnout and intention to quit. This seems particularly valuable among FY doctors. Implications for the development and management of the medical workforce are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":36677,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Leader","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ LeaderPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1136/leader-2023-000851
Anthony J Riley, Sami A AlShammary, Yacoub Abuzied, Rasmieh Al-Amer, Ibrahim Bin-Hussain, Mesfer Alwaalah, Khalil Alshammari, Khalid I AlQumaizi
{"title":"Accelerated transformation programme for healthcare services: structure, function and the lessons learnt.","authors":"Anthony J Riley, Sami A AlShammary, Yacoub Abuzied, Rasmieh Al-Amer, Ibrahim Bin-Hussain, Mesfer Alwaalah, Khalil Alshammari, Khalid I AlQumaizi","doi":"10.1136/leader-2023-000851","DOIUrl":"10.1136/leader-2023-000851","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's (KSA) Ministry of Health's (MOH) healthcare transformation strategy aims to improve the quality of life of Saudi citizens in line with the 'Vision 2030<i>'</i> strategic objectives. The MOH is reforming the way healthcare will be managed in the future and is in the process of transferring healthcare service delivery responsibilities to clusters with ratified boards, while also moving the MOH from a provision of service model to a regulatory one. Several early pathfinding clusters were initiated in the eastern central and western regions. To ensure northern and southern regions were not left behind, the early innovation, while awaiting cluster nomination status, the northern and southern business units of Health Holding Company implemented the accelerated transformation programme (ATP). The ATP's remit was to develop capabilities and stimulate local engagement and ownership in the healthcare transformation process. This paper summarises the process of healthcare transformation undertaken in the northern and southern regions of KSA to date. It reviews the success in engaging with local healthcare professional communities in a standardised way and the learning from previous clusters, and elaborates on emerging implementation issues and how we may overcome them and introduce the lessons learnt from this journey.</p>","PeriodicalId":36677,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Leader","volume":" ","pages":"102-110"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41157449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ LeaderPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1136/leader-2023-000763
Heli Parviainen, Juulia Kärki, Hanna Kosonen, Heli Halava
{"title":"Interest and competence in leadership and management among newly qualified specialists in Finland.","authors":"Heli Parviainen, Juulia Kärki, Hanna Kosonen, Heli Halava","doi":"10.1136/leader-2023-000763","DOIUrl":"10.1136/leader-2023-000763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Medical faculties in Finland are responsible for the quality and content of continuous medical education programmes that also includes compulsory management studies (10 European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System). The aim of this study is to evaluate medical specialists' experiences of the compulsory management studies and their attitudes towards leaders and managers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The Universities of Turku and Tampere conducted a survey among doctors who completed their specialist training between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2019. Of these doctors, 83 completed the survey (response rate 25%). The analysis was carried out using a cross-table, and in the visual analysis, a box plot has been used.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the respondents, 38% were content with management and leadership studies, and they reported a particular need for improving skills in human resources management, healthcare economy, legislation, organisational management, and social and healthcare systems. Most respondents (83%) showed interest in future leadership roles.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The findings of this study show that newly qualified doctors do wish for added education and training in management and leadership.</p>","PeriodicalId":36677,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Leader","volume":" ","pages":"167-170"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50163086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ LeaderPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1136/leader-2022-000724
William Rainey Johnson, Adam M Barelski, John G Blickle, Melanie L Wiseman, Joshua Hartzell
{"title":"Year in review: tips for effective graduate medical education programme leadership and management.","authors":"William Rainey Johnson, Adam M Barelski, John G Blickle, Melanie L Wiseman, Joshua Hartzell","doi":"10.1136/leader-2022-000724","DOIUrl":"10.1136/leader-2022-000724","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Programme leaders in graduate medical education (GME) are responsible for the final stage of physician training, guiding the transition from supervised to independent practice. The influence of GME programme leaders extends beyond clinical practice, affecting trainees' relationship with and attitudes towards the healthcare system, future leadership behaviours, work-life prioritisations and professional identity among others. Given the potential magnitude of GME programme leaders' impact, both positive and negative, on GME trainees, we reflected on our shared leadership model that developed iteratively as a leadership team. We draw on our experiences to emphasise practical leadership behaviours and provide a summary of our observations, leading to nine recommendations for effective GME programme leadership and associated suggestions for implementation. We divide our recommendations into four leadership recommendations and five management recommendations. Throughout, we highlight the process of developing our shared leadership model, recognising that our process and observations will aid leadership teams in evaluating and, potentially, adapting our recommendations to meet their needs. We anticipate that leaders and leadership teams at every level will find value in our recommendations, even if our intended audience is GME leaders from chief residents to programme directors.</p>","PeriodicalId":36677,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Leader","volume":" ","pages":"93-98"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10183372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ LeaderPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1136/leader-2023-000874
Christopher Chew, Lawrence Lin, Nathan Vos, Jade Stevens, Emma Nyhof, Jason Goh
{"title":"Medical Specialty Interest Survey (MSIS): understanding career interest and specialty training in commencing Australian medical interns.","authors":"Christopher Chew, Lawrence Lin, Nathan Vos, Jade Stevens, Emma Nyhof, Jason Goh","doi":"10.1136/leader-2023-000874","DOIUrl":"10.1136/leader-2023-000874","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To assess specialisation interests in commencing interns and create a standardised survey to aid medical schools, supervisors and health services in quantifying, understanding and supporting medical career development to improve medical workforce planning.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The Medical Specialty Interest Survey (MSIS) cross-sectional study was used. Incoming interns at a multisite tertiary hospital network in Melbourne, Australia rated their desire to pursue each specialty as a career using a Likert scale (1-5). 47 Medical Board of Australia Medical Specialties were included in the survey.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Completion rate was 123 of 124 (99.2%). The overall mean desirability was 2.62, suggesting on average more specialties were deemed less preferred. Critical care specialties were most popular, while surgical specialties had least interest. Gastroenterology and cardiology were most popular among internal medicine specialties. General practice had low correlation with other specialties (Pearson correlation mean R coefficient 0.106 compared with overall mean 0.208), suggesting interns interested in general practice exhibit less interest in other specialties, and interest in specialisation confers low interest in general practice. Psychiatry had the lowest mean R coefficient of 0.088.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The MSIS quantifies relative interest in 47 medical specialties and specialty interest correlations among final-year medical students/incoming interns. The MSIS may be a tool for medical schools, healthcare services and government agencies to better understand the career interest among medical students and pre-vocational doctors and therefore improve doctor retention and well-being.</p>","PeriodicalId":36677,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Leader","volume":" ","pages":"134-141"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41118569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BMJ LeaderPub Date : 2024-07-01DOI: 10.1136/leader-2023-000872
Kate Rachel Millar, Christopher James, Hannah Headon, Azka Afzal, Joseph Lipton, Kirsten Armit, Judy McKimm
{"title":"Generic professional capabilities hub: developing leadership and management skills in trainees.","authors":"Kate Rachel Millar, Christopher James, Hannah Headon, Azka Afzal, Joseph Lipton, Kirsten Armit, Judy McKimm","doi":"10.1136/leader-2023-000872","DOIUrl":"10.1136/leader-2023-000872","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>High quality leadership is key to delivering high standards of patient care. For many reasons, doctors in training are not currently well represented in leadership positions and struggle to access opportunities to develop these skills. As a key cohort within the medical workforce, using existing present opportunities within clinical training programmes would allow them to engage in leadership development and support them to lead on projects within their trusts and make sustainable changes within their own organisation.Within our anaesthetic department, we designed the Generic Professional Capabilities Hub (GPC hub)-a framework that aims to address some of the barriers to engagement in clinical leadership. Involvement in the GPC hub can be at three different levels, which allows for flexibility around other training needs. Currently, there are seven workstreams within the framework, with trainees being involved through symposia attendance, leading on projects linked to the hub or becoming a trainee workstream lead. We share our learning from setting up this framework, the benefits it brings to trainees and departments, initial evaluation results and our next steps which include regional roll out to four other anaesthetic departments.</p>","PeriodicalId":36677,"journal":{"name":"BMJ Leader","volume":" ","pages":"171-173"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71427625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}