Coach-Like Skills for Educators: An Engaging and Applicable Workshop.

Equipping students with coach-like skills is one way to motivate and prepare them as future educators. Herein, we describe an engaging and applicable workshop designed to teach five skills to improve interactions with others. Educators who acquire coach-like skills may positively impact learners and enhance their development.

Approaches for Curriculum and Assessment in Leader and Leadership Education and Development Programs in American Medical Schools.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Problem: There is a growing call to add leader and leadership education to undergraduate medical education (UME). Yet, there currently are no established standards, competencies, curricula, or requirements for UME leader and leadership education and development (LEAD) programs. The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine LEAD program hosts annual Summit and Working Group meetings to address issues and to share experiences about LEAD programs. Approach: Based on survey results following the 2017 USU LEAD Summit, working group participants reported that the meeting was valuable, should be repeated, and should address the specific topics of curriculum and assessment. Therefore, the 2018 Summit's goal was for participants to share experiences, ideas, and ways forward regarding leader and leadership curricula and assessment measures for UME. Themes from working groups were compiled and reported. Outcomes: Themes within LEAD curriculum include: (1) what to teach: relevant knowledge, skills, and abilities/attitudes (KSA) for specific topics; (2) when to teach: a life-cycle program woven through UME into graduate medical education and beyond; and (3) how to teach: near peers, development of mentors, and near-term, practical applications of skills. Themes within LEAD assessment include: (1) what to assess: alignment with program goals and curriculum within a positive culture of assessment and trust; (2) when to assess: occur at times that are consistent with the learning objectives and curriculum to provide information on incremental "growth" of students and the program; (3) how to assess: use formative and summative, qualitative and quantitative measures that are reliable and valid. Next steps: Based on feedback from working group participants at the 2018 Summit, the USU LEAD team will host a third Summit in April 2019 focusing on leader and leadership education and development across the healthcare work force life cycle.

Charting a Course for Leader and Leadership Education and Development in American Medical Schools.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Problem: Leadership has been identified as an essential component for success in medicine. Many medical schools have initiated Leader and Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) programs to develop physician leaders. Currently, there is no consensus whether teaching leadership is important, who to teach, what topics to teach, and where leadership fits into the curriculum during medical school. Approach: To address these issues, the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) LEAD team convened an inaugural Medical Student LEAD Summit and Working Group Meeting on April 4, 2017. Participants came from public and private U.S. medical schools engaged in LEAD programs, military service academies, the Veterans Administration, and the Association of American Medical Colleges. The purpose of this meeting was to share opinions, experiences, and current practices regarding medical student LEAD. Outcomes: Participants overwhelmingly agreed that: (1) providing LEAD is an essential component of undergraduate medical education; (2) there currently is no single best LEAD program for all medical schools; (3) a clear purpose, goal, philosophy, and conceptual framework consistent with the mission and vision of each institution is needed; (4) assessment of students, programs, faculty must be incorporated; and (5) research and scholarship are essential for LEAD programs. Next Steps: Based on the positive feedback and interest from participants, the USU LEAD team will host a second Summit in April 2018 to follow up with the inaugural participants and to include representatives from additional institutions who are currently conducting or interested in starting their own medical school LEAD programs.