Leading by Design: Physicians in Training and Leadership Awareness
Meridithe Mendelsohn
Antioch University, Graduate Program in Leadership & Change
Meridithe Mendelsohn, MPA, PhD, is the principle of Leading by Design, a consultancy organization dedicated to enhancing communication between providers and patients. She provides leadership coaching to health care leaders through the University of Washington's Foster School of Business, Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking, facilitates provider courses, group retreats, and meetings structured to enhance dialogue and, ultimately, patient care. Her research interest lies in Graduate Medical Education, particularly with medical and surgical chief residents regarding leadership awareness, management skills, and professional identity. She supports the Triple Aim, committed to improving the patient experience of care, improving population health, and containing per capita cost. Meridithe’s roles in oncology health care administration at the University of California, San Francisco, Sutter Health, and Swedish Cancer Institute have led her to identify the important role that communication plays.
Abstract
Patient-centered care requires robust physician leadership in all aspects of healthcare in order to lead organizations to this ideal. Programs in Graduate Medical Education provide inconsistent and limited exposure to formal... [ view full abstract ]
Patient-centered care requires robust physician leadership in all aspects of healthcare in order to lead organizations to this ideal. Programs in Graduate Medical Education provide inconsistent and limited exposure to formal leadership development experiences for physicians in their final year of residency training. Literature addressing leadership training for residents focuses on the scarcity of effective programs that deliver adequate training and provide measurable outcomes. The purpose of this study was to explore how chief medical and surgical residents develop leadership awareness and experience training in leadership and engage chief residents, faculty mentors, and program administrators in a collaborative process, developing a leadership training model within an independent (non-academic) residency training program. To understand the residents’ and the institutional experience in this realm, focused interviews were conducted with chief residents from Family Medicine and Surgery, faculty mentors, program administrators, and regional subject matter experts. Subsequent to the interviews, outgoing and incoming chief residents engaged in collaborative sessions during which peak leadership experiences were discussed. The outcomes of the sessions and analysis of the interviews were discussed with the program directors for future consideration of curriculum change. The findings indicated a change in leadership awareness among chief residents demonstrating that stimulus and subsequent reflection prompted the residents to review their roles as leaders, seeking opportunities to apply leadership awareness to their daily work. Relationship and reflection were identified as the common threads through identity, leadership, education, and organizational behavior. A pilot program training surgical chief residents in the relational model of palliative care and leadership is underway as a catalytic effect of this study.
Authors
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Meridithe Mendelsohn
(Antioch University, Graduate Program in Leadership & Change)
Topic Areas
Shared decision making and patient-reported outcomes , Organizational factors (such as structure and culture) that drive overuse
Session
AS-1B » Abstract Slams: Education & Policy (12:00 - Friday, 5th May, Salons 6, 7, & 8)
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