title: What skills do physician leaders need now and in the future?
abstract: The role of the physician leader is moving beyond traditional medical staff issues. A recent national survey of physician leaders shows a growing need for education on specific technical, leadership, and practical skills. The results reveal the medical leadership skills that physician executives consider important today, and provide a window to the future about the skills that will be important tomorrow. Physicians say they need training now in quality assurance, clinical benchmarking, decision-making, and strategic planning. And when they gaze into the future and see the rapid changes throughout health care, they say they'll need more training in communication, organizational change, effective listening, and systems thinking.
authors.affiliation: Division of Health Services Administration, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, USA. swilliam@mail.sdsu.edu
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000193:education / Q000592:standards*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States