LEAD FACULTY
LTC Robert Federigan, USA
HMC Ashley Person, USN
Erin S. Barry
Hannah G. Kleber
Laferrel Evans
“I have participated in many leadership workshops throughout my military career, but this was by far the most educational, engaging, and enjoyable! The summit taught me new educational leadership techniques and expanded on ones that I was already aware of. I thoroughly enjoyed the interactive dialogue that occurred between all the participants.”
UNIQUE LEADERSHIP CURRICULUM
The leadership curriculum is woven and integrated throughout all four years of undergraduate medical education starting on the first day. It focuses on professional identity formation, development of relevant knowledge and skills, and learning through experience. Specific topics include: leadership types; personality and leadership; emotional intelligence; effective communication; self-assessment and peer support; crisis communication; leaders, managers, and followers; team building; performance under stress; effective leadership in context; organizational systems and leadership. Each session is based on at least one element of the conceptual framework. Various pedagogical styles and venues are used, including interactive plenary sessions, flipped classrooms, small group exercises, group discussions, applied clinical and field settings. “Near peers” (more senior medical students) and core faculty facilitate small group discussions about leadership in health care settings. This curriculum forms a foundation for leader and leadership education and development post medical school.
MILITARY MEDICAL LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENT
Military medical leadership is assessed throughout the four years of the SOM curriculum. Self-, peer-, and faculty assessments of students are designed to help students develop as leaders. Assessments of knowledge and skills relevant to leader performance are based on quizzes; self-reflections; formative and summative feedback in applied settings. All students participate in several medical field exercises during the four years where they are evaluated by faculty in applied settings. Students are provided with information about their leader performance. This information includes leader performance within each cohort of medical students, as well as leader performance across several years of USU medical student cohorts.