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Incorporating Leadership Knowledge and Skills into the Dental Education Community
Author(s) -
Slavkin Harold C.,
Lawrence Lisa
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of dental education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1930-7837
pISSN - 0022-0337
DOI - 10.1002/j.0022-0337.2007.71.6.tb04328.x
Subject(s) - educational leadership , curriculum , nature versus nurture , context (archaeology) , medical education , psychology , neuroleadership , leadership studies , pedagogy , public relations , political science , leadership style , sociology , medicine , paleontology , anthropology , biology
Leadership has been studied for the past four decades with an emphasis upon leadership and the transformation of various cultures, especially within the private sector. It is also becoming evident that leaders and leadership skills are often derived from core personal values and perceptions of what is and what could be . This summary describes an eleven‐week selective course termed “Dean's Leadership Course” at the School of Dentistry at the University of Southern California. This selective course (a non‐credit elective learning opportunity outside the formal curriculum) recruits a modest team of learners consisting of faculty, staff, and students and approaches leadership within the context of a “learning organization” coupled with case‐based and problem‐based learning. At the conclusion of this eleven‐week course, participants are granted continuing education credit. This summary encourages others in dental education to consider the compelling opportunity to nurture and cultivate leadership within the university dental school environs.