title: Leadership training in a family medicine residency program: Cross-sectional quantitative survey to inform curriculum development.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the current status of leadership training as perceived by family medicine residents to inform the development of a formal leadership curriculum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional quantitative survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont, in December 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 152 first- and second-year family medicine residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Family medicine residents' attitudes toward leadership, perceived level of training in various leadership domains, and identified opportunities for leadership training.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 80% (152 of 190) of residents completed the survey. On a Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 4 = neutral, 7 = strongly agree), residents rated the importance of physician leadership in the clinical setting as high (6.23 of 7), whereas agreement with the statement "I am a leader" received the lowest rating (5.28 of 7). At least 50% of residents desired more training in the leadership domains of personal mastery, mentorship and coaching, conflict resolution, teaching, effective teamwork, administration, ideals of a healthy workplace, coalitions, and system transformation. At least 50% of residents identified behavioural sciences seminars, a lecture and workshop series, and a retreat as opportunities to expand leadership training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The concept of family physicians as leaders resonated highly with residents. Residents desired more personal and system-level leadership training. They also identified ways that leadership training could be expanded in the current curriculum and developed in other areas. The information gained from this survey might facilitate leadership development among residents through application of its results in a formal leadership curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Resident in the Palliative Care Enhanced Skills Program at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. erin.gallagher@medportal.ca.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gallagher
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.
authors.forename: Ainsley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Associate Professors in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University.
authors.forename: Inge
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Schabort
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003479:Curriculum; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D000071252:Mentoring; D008875:Middle Aged; D017008:Negotiating; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013663:Teaching / Q000193:education; D055815:Young Adult