Tobin Margaret, Edwards Julie L
Department of Human Services (Mental Health), 8th floor Citi Centre Building, 11-13 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2002 Feb;36(1):4-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.00983.x.
To promote the discussion of leadership and management skills development among psychiatrists in Australia and New Zealand.
A key informant survey of fellows of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists was conducted via a semi-structured interview. This canvassed views about leadership and management issues including levels of confidence and needs for additional skills.
There was widespread support for psychiatrists to be in management roles in mental health services; however, on entering management positions, psychiatrists often felt inadequately trained and prepared for their new role. Furthermore, many who had made the transition to management perceived a lack of support from their clinical colleagues. Clinicians appeared to believe that management was not difficult to learn and could be done by any experienced clinician. The provision of short courses and mentoring programmes is the preferred option for most psychiatrists seeking to acquire leadership and management skills.
For psychiatrists to maximize their potential as leaders in Australian and New Zealand mental health services, greater attention to promoting the acquisition of relevant skills throughout training and in the post-fellowship years is required. Psychiatrists need to be supported and encouraged to pursue further education, training and research in this area. Failure to address this issue risks psychiatrists continuing to feel disadvantaged in management roles and hence reluctant to undertake the challenge.
促进澳大利亚和新西兰精神科医生之间关于领导力和管理技能发展的讨论。
通过半结构化访谈对澳大利亚和新西兰皇家精神科医学院的成员进行了关键信息人调查。该调查征求了关于领导力和管理问题的意见，包括信心水平和对额外技能的需求。
精神科医生在心理健康服务中担任管理角色得到了广泛支持；然而，进入管理岗位后，精神科医生常常觉得自己在新角色方面缺乏足够的培训和准备。此外，许多已过渡到管理岗位的人认为缺乏临床同事的支持。临床医生似乎认为管理不难学，任何有经验的临床医生都能胜任。对于大多数寻求获得领导力和管理技能的精神科医生来说，提供短期课程和指导计划是首选方案。
为使精神科医生在澳大利亚和新西兰心理健康服务中充分发挥其领导潜力，需要在整个培训期间以及获得研究员资格后的年份更加重视促进相关技能的获取。需要支持和鼓励精神科医生在这一领域继续深造、培训和开展研究。不解决这个问题可能会使精神科医生在管理角色中继续感到处于劣势，因此不愿接受挑战。
