Our goal with the LEAD (Lead. Engage. Accelerate. Drive) in Surgery course is to create an elective that allows general surgery residents to develop leadership skills in addition to clinical knowledge. This is aligned with the Department of Surgery’s goal to train academic leaders in Surgery. This course is directed to PGY 2-5 (including lab residents) and will require a time commitment of one Sunday per month for one-year long course. The course is directed by Daniel Eiferman, MD and Mary Dillhoff, MD- Elective Directors.
- Integrity/Honesty
- Interpersonal Skills
- Continual Learning
- Resilience
- Communication
- Flexibility
- Problem Solving
- Political Savvy
- Wellness/Time Management
- Team Building
- Accountability
- Decisiveness
- Negotiating
- Conflict Management
- Developing Others
*A needs assessment will be given to assess the needs of the particular group and the competencies and classes adjusted accordingly for the group.
Residents will apply for the program and be invited to participate; maximum group size is 15. Applications will be required with a short response to “Why are you interested in taking a leadership elective?” Applications will be reviewed by leadership team and class selected.
Residents are expected to attend and participate in each session; they will be excused from clinical duties during the meeting time. Meetings will occur on one Sunday evening 4-6 pm at an attending’s home, unless an exception is made for guest faculty.
Residents are expected to provide a reflective assignment in response to the content of each session that will be done at the end of each session prior to leaving for the evening. Residents will also be expected to provide one critique that would improve the session.
If a resident fails to attend two sessions without prior arrangement, they will be removed from the elective and will not be eligible to reapply in subsequent years.
Facilitator will provide all materials in ample time for the residents to read and prepare for each session.
Visiting faculty will be utilized for the elective as appropriate. This may result in adaptation of the schedule as proposed.
Residents who complete the elective will have a letter documenting their participation placed into their residency records by the facilitator.
- Residents will consider leadership from a variety of perspectives
- Residents will create a definition of leadership consonant with their level of experience
- Residents will appraise their leadership styles, strengths, and challenges
- Residents will design methods for setting and attaining goals as an individual and within a group
- Residents will construct plans for developing and maintaining effective teams
- Obtain skills that develop and differentiate leaders in surgery by learning core competencies throughout the course
Sessions
Reading: Goleman, D. "Leadership That Gets Results" (HBR, March-April 2005).
Session:
00:00-00:05--Stand next to the poster of the leadership style you identify with the most
00:05-00:15--Introduce yourself to another person who chose the same style as you.
Each person should answer the following 2 questions:
When has this style served you well?
When has this style NOT served you well?
00:15-00:30--Summary of the styles and overview of resonance/dissonance
00:30-00:40--Move to the leadership style poster that you most want to develop
Introduce yourself to a person at your poster and each person answer the following 2 questions:
What would be the benefit if you developed this style?
What would be the benefit to your team?
00:40-00:50--Feed forward activity.
Ask each individual which leadership style describes them the best. Ask, "How can I be more of a _______ style leader?". One-two sentence answer.
00:50-00:60--Share results of each style's effect on climate
BREAK for dinner
2nd hour:
Complete Course Needs Assessment (paper copy will be provided to you)
Describe a "not primary to you" leadership style that would serve you well to develop and lay out a plan for developing that style
Please provide at least one critique that could have improved this session
Competencies Addressed:
Integrity/honesty, interpersonal skills, continual learning, resilience, communication
Take the teamwork quiz
Reading: Lencioni, Patrick. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. Pages 185-190 and 195-207.
Session:
00:00-00:10--In groups of 3, compare your answers from the teamwork quiz.
Come up with your top 3 reasons why teams fail
00:10-00:25--Share results with group.
Build the 5 dysfunctions pyramid
00:25-00:35--Discuss outcomes when unsuccessful at each level of the pyramid
00:35-00:50--Strategies to achieve success at building the base of the pyramid
00:50-00:60--Discuss quiz answers
BREAK for Dinner
2nd hour:
Reflective assignment: Please provide at least one critique that could have improved this session
Please write down 1-2 specifics things that you could do this week to improve your service teams function.
Competencies Addressed:
Team building, accountability, decisiveness, negotiating
00:00-00:15- Review of leadership styles and high functioning teams
00:15-1:15- Interactive session on physician resiliency (led by Dr. Eiferman)
01:15-1:45- Dinner
01:45-2:00- Feedback and Wrap
Journal Reflection:
What tenets from today's session can you integrate into your everyday work that will help you build your resilience as well as help your colleagues.
Pre work: TBD
00:00-00:05- Introduction of guest
00:05-00:30- Negotiation exercise
00:30-00:40-Data analysis
00:40-00:60-Negotiation strategies
BREAK for dinner
2nd hour:
Please provide at least one critique that could have improved this session
Reflective assignment:
Describe a situation that you have been involved in or that you have observed first-hand where both parties wanted the same thing but the outcome was sub-optimal. What skills/tools did you learn tonight that could have resulted in a better resolution?
Remainder of classes for the 2020 academic year:
January 12 – Giving an effective presentation
February 16 – Leadership styles
March 15 – How adults learn/becoming an effective teacher
April 19 – Running a meeting
May 17 – Party
Our Leaders
Our First Graduating Class
Dathe Benissan-Messan
Apeksha Dave
Joe Drews
Paco Guzman
Ahmad Hamad
Melissa Hornor
Dahlia Kenawy
David Koller
Ingrid Woelfel