Abstract
Responding to the demands for high quality, efficient, and adaptable health care delivery systems, health care professions are depending on leadership skills more than ever before. Physician assistants (PAs) are leaders, whether in guiding an individual patient to the best personal health care decisions, managing a team of health care providers, leading a health care committee, or overseeing community health programs. Research shows that leadership skills are not necessarily innate and can be learned. This article explores the teachable dimensions of leadership as applied to the role of the PA. Among several models of leadership, the model of servant leadership is proposed as most appropriate for PA education. Servant leader attributes are aligned with the leadership qualities described in the PA competencies. Specific applications for teaching the five reliable servant leader characteristics of altruistic calling, emotional healing, wisdom, persuasive mapping, and organizational stewardship are described.
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