Building leadership capacity in medical education: developing the potential of course coordinators.
The School of Medicine at the University of Southampton has undergone a process of consultation and staff development aimed at developing the leadership role of course coordinators. The paper reports on the negotiation of a generic framework of tasks and the development of a successful leadership training programme for course coordinators. The authors recommend a complex adaptive style of leadership based on whole systems theory and argue that leadership training for course coordinators is vital to the success of undergraduate medical programmes.
Hill
Faith
F
School of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK. fhill@soton.ac.uk
Stephens
Chris
C
D000328:Adult; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008875:Middle Aged; D016730:Program Development; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013192:Staff Development; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom