Crafting study tasks among medical students: the role of authentic medical teachers.

Background: Though leadership has been highlighted as a salient skill for medical teachers in the medical education literature, the role of authentic leadership style among medical teachers in activating medical students' learning behaviors has not been explored. Our study seeks to examine the effects of medical teachers' authentic leadership on study task crafting behaviors among medical students.

Methods: Our study adopted a mixed-methods research design comprising observations of 100 surgical operations and 100 ward conferences led by medical teachers, and surveys on authentic leadership, study task crafting, and promotion focus.