Leadership development course for creating a learning environment.
This article describes a leadership development course designed to prepare leadership to promote cultural changes in a large health care system undergoing an initiative of patient care redesign. Entitled "Creating A Learning Environment," the course is based on Peter Senge's work. His five disciplines are presented as central concepts with practice examples. Characteristics of a learning environment and strategies to promote the cultural change necessary for its formation are explained.
Inova Learning Network, Inova Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042-3300, USA.
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