ABC of Clinical Leadership / ABC Series (PDF)

This new title in the ABC series is written by clinicaleducators involved in running leadership programmes for doctors andother healthcare professionals, and defines the scope of clinicalleadership, emphasising its importance in the clinical context. Itdevelops and explores the key principles of leadership andmanagement, and outlines the main leadership theories that haveinfluenced healthcare practice.

Through the use of short illustrative case studies, the bookconsiders the challenges and skills in leading multi-disciplinaryhealth care teams as well as the key factors involved in theleadership and management of change both at an individual andorganisational level. It explains the running of departments, unitsand practices and considers the healthcare system as part of widersocial systems and structures.

The ABC of Clinical Leadership is written with referenceto the Medical Leadership Competency Framework - co-developed bythe NHS and all UK Medical Royal Colleges - and considers asystematic approach to leading clinical services, strategicplanning, and the management of people and resources. It alsocovers educational leadership, collaborative working and theimportance of leading ethically and with integrity. The bookconcludes by asking the all important question - does leadershipdevelopment make a difference?