title: Interprofessional academic health center leadership development: the case of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Healthcare Leadership Academy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study describes the genesis of the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA), highlights the HLA's outcomes, discloses how the HLA has changed, and delineates future directions for academic health center (AHC) interprofessional leadership training.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  While interprofessional training is recognized as an important component of the professional education for health professionals, AHCs have not focused on interprofessional leadership training to prepare future AHC leaders. As professional bureaucracies, AHCs require leadership distributed across different professions; these leaders not only should be technical experts, but also skilled at interprofessional teamwork and collaborative governance.
  
  
  METHODS
  The HLA is examined using the case method, which is supplemented with a descriptive analysis of program evaluation data and outcomes.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The HLA has created a networked community of AHC leaders; the HLA's interprofessional team projects foster innovative problem solving.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interprofessional leadership training expands individuals' networks and has multiple organizational benefits.
authors.affiliation: MISQ Department, School of Business, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294-4460, USA. Electronic address: gsavage@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Grant T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Savage
authors.affiliation: Health Care Organization and Policy Department, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294-0022, USA.
authors.forename: W Jack
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.affiliation: Office of Faculty Development, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294-3412, USA.
authors.forename: Kathy L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Knowles
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Office of Faculty Development, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294-3412, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.affiliation: MIDE Department, School of Business, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294-4460, USA.
authors.forename: Karen N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000407:Alabama; D003479:Curriculum; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D013192:Staff Development / Q000379:methods; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods
keywords: Interprofessional training; Leadership; Networks; Organizational development