title: Expert leaders for healthcare administration.
abstract: This commentary explores the role of graduate programs in developing future leaders in health administration. The five-stage Dreyfus model for skill acquisition is applied to graduate education and continuing professional development, and barriers to producing the type of leader capable of transforming the healthcare system are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Stefl
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000193:education*; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004500:Education, Graduate; D006298:Health Services Administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D017145:Models, Educational; D011361:Professional Competence; D014481:United States