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It has been widely recognized that effective leadership is essential for healthcare organizations and healthcare systems to provide high quality care and financial success. It has been realized that the quality of leadership is crucial to how work gets done in an organization. People who are managing healthcare organizations and healthcare systems need leadership ability and skills because they depend on their employees for effective work execution. The lack of adequate understanding of the essentials of medical leadership and healthcare leadership may make healthcare professionals and doctors who are not having obvious managerial responsibilities unable to take leadership roles in medicine and healthcare resulting in the creation of a gap between them and the managers. The aim of this book is to describe an accredited training course entitled Medical and Healthcare Leadership which will serve as a compendium and a useful guidebook for professional trainers working in this field. The knowledge and skills acquired during the course will help the participants to think and work to improve the medical practices and health services in their organizations and institutions.
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IntechOpen eBooks, 2023
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International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS), 2022
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