Intentional interprofessional leadership in maternal and child health.

Purpose: This paper aims to describe an interprofessional leadership training program curriculum implemented by a new maternal and child health leadership training program, its collaboration with a well-established leadership consortium, the measures taken to evaluate this training and implications for other leadership programs.

Design/methodology/approach: The intentional leadership program weaves together the complementary core threads to create strong sets of skills in the areas of personal leadership, leading and influencing others and creating effective interprofessional partnerships with others around women and children's health.

Findings: The strong emphasis on the incorporation of leadership competencies coupled with evidence-based leadership training strengthens students' clinical skills, enhances workforce development and increases interdisciplinary health care practices.