Cancer Prevention Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Health Education and Health Promotion, Student Research Committee and Department of Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
BMC Med Educ. 2024 Jan 17;24(1):71. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05033-w.
Leadership in health system is a universal challenge. The Young Innovative Leadership Program (YILP) designed for undergraduate and postgraduate medical sciences students, implemented at the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, aimed to cultivate leadership capacities through a 16-week training program. This program comprises ten modules covering innovation, change leadership, and management skills, with mentor-facilitated group discussions. This study aimed to provide a qualitative report of the experiences of participants in the YILP.
A qualitative study was conducted in 2022, three months after the end of the training program, to investigate the participants' perspectives. Data was extracted through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 14 participants.
In this study 14 undergraduate and postgraduate medical sciences students who had participated in the YILP the previous year were included. Four main categories emerged from the interviews: "emergence of new horizons", "values as beacon", "an expanded toolbox", and "program's structure: a learning atmosphere".
The results of our study indicated that medical science students would benefit from leadership development programs. In this regard, the framework utilized to implement YILP could serve as a role model.
领导医疗卫生系统是一项全球性的挑战。青年创新领导力计划(YILP)专为医学生本科和研究生设计,在伊朗伊斯法罕医科大学实施,旨在通过为期 16 周的培训计划培养领导力。该计划包含十个模块,涵盖创新、变革领导力和管理技能,通过导师指导的小组讨论进行。本研究旨在提供 YILP 参与者经验的定性报告。
2022 年进行了一项定性研究,在培训计划结束三个月后,调查参与者的观点。通过对 14 名参与者的深入、半结构化访谈提取数据。
本研究纳入了 14 名前一年参加 YILP 的医学生本科和研究生。访谈中出现了四个主要类别:“新视野的出现”、“价值观如灯塔”、“扩展的工具箱”和“计划的结构:学习氛围”。
我们的研究结果表明,医学生将从领导力发展计划中受益。在这方面,实施 YILP 所使用的框架可以作为一个榜样。