LEADER

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LEADER Interim resultsLiz EyreRod
HughesPeter Reynolds
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LEADER The LEADER tool study

• Pilot study across 2 directorates
• 7 consultants involved
• Interim results only
• 2 cbd
• 4 cbd-L

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LEADER LEADERSHIP - issues discussed

• Leadership in a team using a team, awareness of
  team members roles, delegating tasks
• Enabling improvement problem solving, process
  of following up patients
• Acting in team using team members, managing
  trainees in difficulty, dealing with conflict

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LEADER Issues discussed

• Direction setting decision making about
  resuscitation, dealing with difficult colleague
• Effective services guidance on when to call for
  senior help, getting feedback from patients
• Reflection cbd itself, dont be too harsh on
  yourself!

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LEADER Trainee feedback
CBD-LEADER CBD
Did your assessment evaluate your medical leadership? 4,4,4,3 3,2
Did your assessment contribute to your understanding of medical leadership? 4,4,3,3 3,2
Overall how would you rate the usefulness of your assessment? 4,4,4,3 4,3
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LEADER Trainee feedback CBD-L
Were you able to identify areas of strength in terms of your medical leadership? 4,4,3,3
Were you able to identify areas for development in terms of medical leadership? 4,4,4,3
How valuable was the leadership aspect of your assessment? 4,4,4,3
Has this assessment raised your awareness of medical leadership? 4,4,4,4
How do you rate the tool overall? 4,4,3,3
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LEADER Trainee Feedback -comments

• Useful to talk about leadership skills
• Valuable to talk about leadership
• Very useful advice and feedback
• I was asked to put myself in more senior role and
  how I would manage situation
• Very different approach
• Clearly demonstrated areas I need to focus on

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LEADER Assessor feedback
Was the form easy to use? 4,4,3,3
Did the form help to identify areas for discussion regarding medical leadership? 4,4,4,4
Do you feel the assessment was useful for the trainee? 4,4,4,3
Did the assessment evaluate medical leadership skills? 4,3,3,3
How do you rate the tool overall? 4,4,3,3
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LEADER Assessor comments

• Positives
• Useful prompts for discussion
• Adds structure
• Good structure to expand the cbd
• Rewarding for the trainee
• Different focus for discussion
• Raises issues of process
• Development areas
• Takes longer
• Trainee often comes with their own agenda
  (clinical)
• Some overlap in areas for discussion

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LEADER Time taken for assessments
CBD CBD-Leader
20 40
25 75
30
51
Mean 22.5 49
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LEADER - Summary

• Positive feedback so far
• Trainees especially positive
• CBD-L takes longer
• Overlap in some areas
• Early days

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LEADER - Bringing Leadership into Assessment
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LEADER - Bringing Leadership into Assessment