Abstract
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.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Ellis AR, Konrad TR, Thomas KC, Morrissey JP. County-level estimates of mental health professional supply in the United States. Psychiatr Serv. 2009;60(10):1315–22.
Barry CL, Huskamp HA. Moving beyond parity—mental health and addiction care under the ACA. The New England journal of medicine. 2011;365(11):973–5.
Faulkner LR, Juul D, Andrade NN, Brooks BA, Colenda CC, Guynn RW, et al. Recent trends in American board of psychiatry and neurology psychiatric subspecialties. Academic psychiatry. 2011;35(1):35–9.
Gunderman R, Kanter SL. Perspective: educating physicians to lead hospitals. Academic medicine. 2009;84(10):1348–51.
Wilson J. The flight of the wild goose: the psychiatrist as a leader. The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry. 2000;34(1):1–7.
Gillam S. Teaching doctors in training about management and leadership. BMJ. 2011;343:d5672.
Kotter JP. What leaders really do. On leadership. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation; 2011. p. 37–56.
Hallinger P. Leading educational change: reflections on the practice of instructional and transformational leadership. Cambridge Journal of Education. 2003;33(3).
Ackerly DC, Sangvai DG, Udayakumar K, Shah BR, Kalman NS, Cho AH, et al. Training the next generation of physician-executives: an innovative residency pathway in management and leadership. Academic medicine. 2011;86(5):575–9.
Allio RJ. Leadership development: teaching versus learning. Manag Decis. 2005;43(7/8):1071–7.
Tobin M, Edwards JL. Are psychiatrists equipped for management roles in mental health services? The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry. 2002;36(1):4–8.
Appointments and Promotions. 2010; Available from: http://www.fa.hms.harvard.edu/administrator-resources/appointment-and-promotion/.
Updated Appointment and Promotion Guidelines for Voluntary Faculty of the Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine. 2004; Available from: http://medicine.yale.edu/intmed/Images/Appointment%20and%20Promotion%20Guidelines%20for%202011_tcm309-81166.pdf.
Ciampa EJ, Hunt AA, Arneson KO, Mordes DA, Oldham WM, Vin Woo K, et al. A workshop on leadership for MD/PhD students. Medical education online. 2011;16.
Robins L, Ambrozy D, Pinsky LE. Promoting academic excellence through leadership development at the University of Washington: the teaching scholars program. Academic medicine. 2006;81(11):979–83.
Goldstein AO, Calleson D, Bearman R, Steiner BD, Frasier PY, Slatt L. Teaching Advanced Leadership Skills in Community Service (ALSCS) to medical students. Academic medicine. 2009;84(6):754–64.
Stergiopoulos V, Maggi J, Sockalingam S. Teaching the physician-manager role to psychiatric residents: development and implementation of a pilot curriculum. Academic psychiatry. 2009;33(2):125–30.
Dickey C, Dismukes R, Topor D. Creating Opportunities for Organizational Leadership (COOL): A four-year curriculum for resident leadership development through participation in quality improvement projects. Faculty Guidebook. 2013.
Campbell N, Stuck C, Frinks L. Spirituality training in residency: changing the culture of a program. Academic psychiatry. 2012;36(1):56–9.
Mechanic D. Seizing opportunities under the Affordable Care Act for transforming the mental and behavioral health system. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012;31(2):376–82.
Disclosure
On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
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
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-014-0082-2