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Find us on Twitter on 1/27 at 8PM ET #AASChat – ing about “Defining Your Inner Leader”

Join us on Thursday, January 27th at 8 PM ET on Twitter @AcademicSurgery, #AASChat to discuss! Moderated by Dr. Anthony Villano (@AMVillanoMD), Dr. Lesly Dossett (@Leslydossett) and Dr. Luke Funk (@lmfunk2)

#AASChat Questions – Here’s what we’ll chat about:

Question 1: Good leadership takes on many forms. What do you think are important qualities of good leadership? Why?

Question 1a: If a leader could have just one defining quality, what would it be?

Question 2: For the trainees and early career surgeons, how do you identify and reach out to leaders you admire for mentorship?

Question 3: Effective leadership is time consuming. What strategies do you employ to keep yourself on-task?

Question 4: Sometimes once in a position of leadership it can be challenging to illicit honest feedback from your team. How do you go about getting meaningful feedback to foster self-improvement?

    • Recent study in J Surg Educ by the Michigan group addresses this very issue in surgical residency training (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31492642/)
      • Vu JV, Harbaugh CM, De Roo AC, Biesterveld BE, Gauger PG, Dimick JB, Sandhu G. Leadership-Specific Feedback Practices in Surgical Residency: A Qualitative Study. J Surg Educ. 2020 Jan-Feb;77(1):45-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2019.08.020. Epub 2019 Sep 3. PMID: 31492642; PMCID: PMC6944744.
    • Implementation of a multi-tiered education platform with 360-degree feedback has demonstrated quantitative improvement in “leadership index” amongst surgeons (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32773278/)
      • Hu J, Lee R, Mullin S, Schwaitzberg S, Harmon L, Gregory P, Elkin PL. How physicians change: Multisource feedback driven intervention improves physician leadership and teamwork. Surgery. 2020 Oct;168(4):714-723. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2020.06.008. Epub 2020 Aug 6. PMID: 32773278.

Question 5: There is increasing interest in incorporating leadership training into surgical education. What do you think would be most valuable for leadership education?

Question 5a: Do you have a formal curriculum at your institution? What have you found works best for your trainees? Trainees, what have you found most useful for your leadership education?

Check out these resources:

      • Review of Leadership curricula in General Surgery residency.
        • Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34116793/
        • Torres-Landa S, Wairiri L, Cochran A, Brasel KJ. Evaluation of leadership curricula in general surgery residency programs. Am J Surg. 2021 Nov;222(5):916-921. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.05.012. Epub 2021 Jun 4. PMID: 34116793.
      • Review by Drs. Dimick and Mulholland outlining design principles for a leadership curriculum
        • Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28708634/
        • Dimick JB, Mulholland MW. Design Principles for Building a Leadership Development Program in a Department of Surgery. Ann Surg. 2018 Jan;267(1):39-41. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000002424. PMID: 28708634.

#AASChat Twitter Topic for Jan 27th “Defining Your Inner Leader”

Anthony Villano, MD

Anthony Villano, MD

Dr. Villano is an academic Surgical Oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center. He currently serves on the Leadership Committee for the AAS.