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Leadership Development in Dental Education: Report on the ADEA Leadership Institute, 2000–14
Author(s) -
Haden N. Karl,
Ditmyer Marcia M.,
Mobley Connie,
Rodriguez Tobias,
Brallier Lynn Beck,
Valachovic Richard W.
Publication year - 2016
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.0022-0337.2016.80.4.tb06107.x
Subject(s) - dental education , curriculum , medical education , psychology , leadership development , higher education , career development , survey instrument , educational leadership , management , library science , political science , medicine , pedagogy , public relations , applied psychology , law , economics , computer science
The American Dental Education Association's Leadership Institute (ADEA LI) is the association's flagship development program for those aspiring to leadership in dental and higher education. As with previous studies of the ADEA LI, ADEA will use information from the survey described in this report to improve the ADEA LI curriculum and to guide other leadership development efforts. In 2014–15, ADEA distributed a 50‐item online survey via email to all ADEA LI alumni from the classes of 2000 through 2014. The survey included selected‐response questions, closed‐ended questions, and open‐response questions. The survey had an overall response rate of 47% (133/285); response rates to individual items varied. The mean age of the respondents when they participated in the Institute was 48.5 years. Men and women were almost equally represented among the respondents. Nearly half reported their ultimate career goal as department chair, associate dean, or assistant dean, while 20 (15.8%) indicated a goal of becoming dean and 15 (11.8%) aspired to administrative roles higher than dean. Areas the respondents recommended for improvement included more programming in budgeting and financial management, fundraising, and personnel management. Almost 100% of the respondents indicated they would recommend the ADEA LI to others. Overall, the survey respondents confirmed the value of the ADEA LI in their assessment of their fellowship and its subsequent application to their careers. Comparison of elements from this study to previous studies of ADEA LI alumni demonstrates the effectiveness of past changes made to the Institute and the creation of additional ADEA leadership initiatives.