Faculty Of Medical Leadership And Management Research Articles

Medical leadership training varies substantially between UK medical schools: Report of the leadership in undergraduate medical education national survey (LUMENS)

Background Doctors are increasingly expected to demonstrate medical leadership and management (MLM) skills. The Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) has published an indicative undergraduate curriculum to guide the development of MLM content at UK medical schools. Method Students from 30 medical schools were surveyed to determine their understanding of MLM teaching at their school. Timetables for 21 schools were searched for MLM-related keywords. Student-reported teaching and timetabled teaching were coded according to predefined themes. Aggregated demographic and postgraduate performance data were obtained through collaboration with the Medical Student Investigators Collaborative (msico.org). Results Whilst 88% of medical students see MLM teaching as relevant, only 18% believe it is well integrated into their curriculum. MLM content represented ∼2% of timetabled teaching in each 5-year undergraduate medical course. Most of this teaching was dedicated to teamwork, performance/reflection and communication skills. There was minimal association between how much of a topic students believed they were taught, and how much they were actually taught. We found no association between the volume of MLM teaching and performance in postgraduate examinations, trainee career destinations or fitness to practice referrals. Conclusion Our findings demonstrate limited and variable teaching of MLM content. Delivery was independent of broader teaching and assessment factors.

View from the faculty: the importance of membership and fellowship of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management

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Ten minutes with Mr Peter Lees, CEO, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM)

![Graphic][1] ### Biography Peter Lees is the Chief Executive of the UK Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM). In 2011, he led the establishment of FMLM which became an...

Supporting junior doctors’ leadership: a trilogy of work

The seminal 2013 report by Sir Robert Francis1 and those by Keogh and Berwick2 3 emphasised the important role junior doctors have as clinical leaders to drive improvement within the...

Future Hospital: chief registrars

The chief registrar project has been developed by the Future Hospital Programme (FHP) and Education Department of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP). The purpose of the project is to embed a new junior doctor leadership role, within the organisational leadership of NHS trusts, to develop a bespoke development programme for the role, and to formally assess the impact of the role on the trainee, patients and the service. The focus of the pilot is on physicians in training (ST5+) involved in care of patients in the acute hospital setting, especially the acute medical take. The education and training programme was developed by the Education Department of the RCP and the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM). A working group comprising senior educationalists, …

Senior clinicians must stop discouraging trainees from taking on leadership roles, says FMLM

The behaviour of some senior NHS managers and clinicians towards junior doctors who want to take on leadership roles is unacceptable, the chief executive of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) has said. …