MEDICAL LEADERSHIP
COMPETENCY
FRAMEWORK
LANDSCAPE OF HEALTHCARE
Lecturer : DR ANILA PAUL MBBS,
MSCAS
Learning Objectives
1. Understanding Clinical Leadership and
skills
2. Barriers and enablers of clinical leadership
3. Medical leadership competenciesFramework
Definitions-Leadership ?
What is leadership?- Process of
•Influencing others
•To help others understand and agree on
what needs to be done
•How it can be done effectively
•Facilitating individual and collective
methods
•Shared outcomes (Yukl, 2002)
Leadership
IS NOT:
•Control, Power, Authority BUT.. To Inspire,
Develop and Empower followers.
Good Leaders:
1.Vision
2.Core Values and beliefs
3.Strategic management skills
4.Ability to see the big picture
5.Manage change
Leadership
6. Recognize and seize opportunities
7. Interpersonal and communication skills
•Resilience
•Emotional Intelligence
•Inspire
•Empower
•Confidence
•Credibility
•Integrity, Charisma, FlexibleTRANSFORMATIONAL
LEADERSHIP
8. Humble
9. Trustworthy
10.Desire to work for reasons beyond money
11. Gain satisfaction guiding the success of
others.
( Jeffreys, A. 2014)
Management VS Leadership
Management
Leadership
Create an agenda
Plan & Budget
Establish Direction
Develop Human
Network
Organizing & Staffing
Aligning people
Execution
Outcomes
Control and Problem
solving
Predictability and
Order
Motivate and Inspire
Change
Management and
Leadership in the
world today is NOT
About Command
and Control
But, COORDINATE
AND CULTIVATE
Role of Medical Education and
Training in Clinical Leadership
• Build core values and behavior that understands
importance of emotionally and behaviorally
intelligent leadership. (Delmatoff, et al 2014)
• Manage the core business of health careDelivery and Receipt of Health Care , funding,
policy and organizational structure.
• Increase engagement with system owners ( Our
patients & Our Communities) ( Phelps,2014)
• Greater safety and Cost effective Treatments.
Medical Leadership Competency
Framework
Framework that describes the leadership
competencies the Doctors need to become active in
the planning and delivery of transformational health
care.
Who is it for? Doctors and Medical Students
3 Main career pathways:
Stage 1: Up to the end of undergraduate training
Stage 2: Up to the end of the Postgraduate Training
Stage 3: Up to 5 years or post-specialist
certification
• FOLLOW UP SLIDES
MLCF
- The development of leadership competence
needs to be an integral part of a doctor’s
training and learning so that he/she can be
• A Practitioner
• A Partner
• A Leader
MLCF
• Whom does MLCF apply to?
- It applies to all medical students, qualified doctors
and dental surgeons.
- The way a doctor demonstrates competence and
ability will vary according to the career path chosen.
- It will vary also according to experience and
training.
- Competences should be capable of being achieved
at all career stages, though in different contexts.
UNDERGRADUATE STAGE
• Undergraduate Stage
• Learning opportunities within a variety of
situations including:
- Peer interaction.
- Group learning.
- Clinical placements.
- Activities and responsibilities within the
university.
- Involvement with charities, social groups and
organisations
Reference
1.Yukl.(2002). Leadership in Organizations. 5 th
Edition, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.
2.Jeffreys, A. (2014). 10 Tips for Clinician
transitioning to a Clinical Manager. Australian
College of Health Service Management. Pp. 3032.
3.Phelps, G. ( 2014). The transition from a clinician
to the Manager- making it easier. Australian
College of Health service Management, Vol 1. No
1, pp. 8-9
References
4. Delmatoff, J., Murrieta, Lazarus, I.A. ( 2014).
The Most Effective Style for the New
Landscape of HealthCare. Journal of Health
Management, Vol. 59, Number 4. pp.245-248