Open AccessSuccessful Leadership in Medicine
Author(s) -
Anthony Augusto Zehetner
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
children and teenagers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-3717
pISSN - 2576-3709
DOI - 10.22158/ct.v2n1p1
Subject(s) - hierarchy , leadership style , health care , assertion , function (biology) , public relations , style (visual arts) , perspective (graphical) , psychology , political science , sociology , medicine , management , history , law , art , archaeology , economics , visual arts , biology , programming language , evolutionary biology , computer science
Leaders remain as visible, influential and controversial in today’s society and media as ever. Twenty-first century doctors are called to be inherent leaders, dependent and determined by their surrounding team of staff, organizational hierarchy and health care system structure. This paper examines today’s clinician as leader: through differing leadership styles, workplaces, function, how they relate to (and are constrained by) the practice of medicine under the Australian health care system and asks what makes a good medical leader. The unique setting of General Practice and a woman’s perspective are also considered. Sections on Medical Leadership’s Contribution to Change, Risk-taking and Tolerating Chaos cover the concepts of unpredictability in medicine and if and how doctors as medical leaders attempt to cope with this eventuality. Each assertion raised is supported by current business and medical literature referenced data. The reader is encouraged to ponder their own workplace committee practices, leadership style and consider areas which they may wish to address and improve upon.