The Dire Need to Include Leadership Education in the Medical School Curriculum

Abstract

The medical education curriculum is traditionally
designed to educate the students about the
fundamentals of basic and clinical medical sciences.
For centuries, the educational curriculum has
produced excellent physicians. With increasing focus
on healthcare delivery over the past few decades,
physicians have learned that while traditional
education has successfully made outstanding
clinicians, it has failed to prepare them for healthcare
delivery challenges. As a result, healthcare
executives worldwide have filled the vacuum in
healthcare leadership. According to a recent survey,
less than 5% of healthcare chief executive officers in
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the US are physicians . It has been increasingly
recognized that the healthcare business differs from
other markets as it involves empathy for ailing
humanity.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.51273/esc22.25182