Each of us has the opportunity to be a leader in medical education, whether it is establishing a vision for a course, an office or modeling behaviors that others may emulate. Our success depends on identifying leadership opportunities within our area of influence. The fast pace of medical education often leaves little time for reflection or for developing and practicing the skills needed to be intentional and authentic leaders. The goal of the session is to offer participants a facilitated opportunity to explore their leadership behaviors. Participants will also be able to identify the styles of their colleagues, a skill that can help further their own growth as a leader. Practical cases will be analyzed in small groups to identify leadership opportunities and explore how different styles can potentially address the described challenge. There will be time to share challenges with the group and seek solutions, in addition to using a worksheet to record consider how they can apply the lessons learned to bring enhanced leadership to their own position. 

 

By the end of the session, participants will be able to consider in a given situation:

Speakers will introduce themselves and the session objectives. A brief activity will allow participants to determine their personal leadership orientation using the Bolman and Deal four frame model (Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership. Bolman and Deal, 2008). Participants will then be broken into groups to practice applying the different frames in scenarios designed to test skills and behaviors related to good practices in educational leadership. To deliver each case, Team-Based Learning (TBL) style application exercises will be used. Focusing on core issues and decision making will be emphasized for each case. Participants will be given short scenarios to further practice and resolve leadership challenges using the four frame model, with a twist on the leader role (coach, mentor, antagonist etc.). The final portion of the session is a debrief for the large group to share and learn from their own experience and also an opportunity for participants to write down a challenge they currently face at their home institution, applied the session lessons to meet them and potentially consult with another participant about solutions and approaches.

 

Participants will leave with new or honed skills, and with a renewed sense of purpose for leading and handling complicated issues at their home institutions.  Participants will receive the four domain model which they can use to analyze their leadership behaviors and identify that of their colleagues more quickly and efficiently. They will be asked to develop their own short "quick reference" card assigning the domains to the different situations identified in the session. This will help participants move towards applying the model to leadership challenges at their own institutions.  

 

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