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Creating Opportunities for Organizational Leadership (COOL): Creating a Culture and Curriculum that Fosters Psychiatric Leadership Development and Quality Improvement

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The authors describe the Harvard South Shore Psychiatry Residency Training Program curriculum “Creating Opportunities for Organizational Leadership,” an innovative, multitiered, resident-driven, outcome-focused set of experiences designed to develop residents’ leadership skills in personal leadership, organizational leadership, negotiation, strategic thinking, and systems redesign.

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Dickey, C., Dismukes, R. & Topor, D. Creating Opportunities for Organizational Leadership (COOL): Creating a Culture and Curriculum that Fosters Psychiatric Leadership Development and Quality Improvement. Acad Psychiatry 38, 383–387 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-014-0082-2

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