Medical Student Leadership Development through a Business School Partnership Model: A Case Study and Implementation Strategy.

Background: There is an ongoing call for leadership development in academic health care and medical students desire more training in this area. Although many schools offer combined MD/MBA programs or leadership training in targeted areas, these programs do not often align with medical school leadership competencies and are limited in reaching a large number of students.

Methods: The Leadership Initiative (LI) was a program created by a partnership between a School of Medicine (SOM) and Business School with a learning model that emphasized the progression from principles to practice, and the competencies of self-awareness, communication, and collaboration/teamwork.

Peak Performance: A Communications-Based Leadership and Teamwork Simulation for Fourth-Year Medical Students.

Background: Medical education has traditionally been rooted in the teaching of health and disease processes, with little attention to the development of teamwork and leadership competencies.

Objective: In an era of value-based health care provided by high-functioning teams, new approaches are needed to develop communication, leadership, and teamwork skills for medical students.

Design: We designed and piloted a simulation-based educational activity called that linked a workbook, which focused on self-reflection on communication and leadership skills, with professional coaching.