Physician leadership and quality improvement in the acute child and adolescent psychiatric care setting.
Inpatient child and adolescent psychiatry leadership roles are often multifaceted, necessitating strong clinical knowledge and skills, organizational and leadership abilities, and in the academic setting the desire and skill in teaching and research. Early career psychiatrists who do possess these attributes may find themselves unprepared for such challenges as dealing with complex administrative and economic issues, accreditation, legal matters, and multitasking. This article offers a primer addressing these basic issues and in managing change through quality improvement processes.
Malloy
Erin
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Child and Adolescent Inpatient Services, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA. Erin_malloy@med.unc.edu
Butt
Shiraz
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Sorter
Michael
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D000293:Adolescent; D000296:Adolescent Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002648:Child; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007324:Institutional Management Teams / Q000458:organization & administration; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007857:Leadership; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000193:education*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D017749:Total Quality Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload