EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP AND ITS EFFECT ON HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

This course addresses the development of leadership skills applied to the clinical and hospital setting. Effective leadership skills have an important potential impact on the quality of health care, and modern society expects physicians and specialists to exhibit this competence in practice, as leaders of health teams.

Effective leadership in health professionals focuses on satisfying the organization's goals and ensuring a healthy coexistence among peers, to establish a harmonious and effective work environment. Within leadership, values such as being responsible, detail-oriented, critical and courageous stand out.

The four types of maturity among followers are analyzed, ranging from the most incapable to the most daring, and serve so that the leader can adapt his or her leadership style to each situation, including the ability to order, persuade, participate or delegate as appropriate.