Is flattened hierarchy disrespect?
Think about this scenario: a nurse criticises one of the consultants for not having handled a young patient gently. The consultant defends himself but the nurse tells him off and storms out of the...
By Navjot Kaur Gill
Blog
6 May 2016
How real leaders lead – showcasing the best of trainees’ BTBC projects
Junior doctors operate on the shop floor of healthcare organisations and are consistently dealing with systems that can improve. They, with their fellow shop-floor MDT colleagues, are best placed to...
By James Somauroo
Blog
11 Feb 2016
A look at Quality Improvement with GP trainees
I was very pleased to hear that my poster was accepted at the FMLM Cambridge QI Conference 2015, which took place last November. The study we conducted looked at the perception of Quality Improvement...
By Navjot Kaur Gill
Blog
25 Jan 2016
Junior doctor-led QI – developing an online dynamic triage system
The FMLM Cambridge QI Conference 2015 took place late November 2015 and I was given the great opportunity to present a junior doctor-led project to develop a new referral system from A&E to...
By elinor.shuttleworth
Blog
25 Jan 2016
Geriatricians as leaders and managers to improve care
Last year I became the first trainee in geriatrics selected onto the National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow Scheme, and spent 12 months on ‘out of program experience’ completing this fellowship.
By Louise Southern
Blog
25 Jan 2016
Learning through doing – making sense of a new cultural context
Hello, I’m back and I’m excited to be writing again – this time from ‘up country’ in Kailahun District where it’s 40 degrees and I have three hours’ generator electricity per day, bucket water and...
By Helena Posnett
Blog
21 Jan 2016
I want to be one of the architects of the future
We all know that in another ten years’ time, the NHS won’t be delivering care in the same way it does now. At that point, I don’t want to be standing on the sidelines shrugging my shoulders...
By Miriam Fine-Goulden
Blog
11 Jan 2016
As a junior doctor, why am I interested in medical leadership?
My journey began in 2007 at Bristol University’s Faculty of Medicine. I had applied to read medicine on the back of a few experiences as a student that had inspired me to want to make a difference to...
By Luc Bugeja
Blog
14 Dec 2015
Where are we now – making a decision to strike? #juniorcontract
The junior contract rally on 16 October marked an unprecedented time in the history of the National Health Service. Tens of thousands of junior doctors protested against changes to contracts which...
By Judith Tweedie
Blog
20 Nov 2015
Living leadership
This is about being a good leader and in particular a good medical leader. It’s a personal view based on observation and experience in the NHS at local, regional and national levels. I believe...
By Celia Ingham Clark
Blog
18 Nov 2015
My reason for attending the #juniorcontract rally on 16 October
A great deal has been written about the junior doctor contracts in the last few months. The heart of the matter, though, can be simplified to ‘safe patients, safe doctors’. The proposed contract...
By Judith Tweedie
Blog
30 Oct 2015
I will not always get it right
I'd first heard of the National Medical Director's Clinical Fellow Scheme way back in FY1 and on returning to the UK it was my clear next step.
By Claire Greszczuk
Blog
21 Aug 2015
The golden ticket
I felt like I had just won the golden ticket when I heard I got a place on the National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow Scheme. I was full of a sense of excitement and magic, I had heard one of...
By Aoife Molloy
Blog
14 Aug 2015
A foray into the 'dark side'
When I embarked on the National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow Scheme, I don’t think I was cognisant of the journey I was about to undertake. Looking back now, there are certain reflections which...
By Sanjay Krishnamoorthy
Blog
13 Aug 2015
Learning from each other
As I come to the end of my 12 months on the National Medical Director's Clinical Fellow Scheme, I can't help but reflect on all the experiences, opportunities and memories that I've collected. It has...
By Ahmed Rashid
Blog
13 Aug 2015
Being a clinical fellow in the North
There were five fellows this year based in the mysterious land of “The North”, wonderfully supported by Professor Jacky Hayden CBE, Dean of Postgraduate Medical Studies. I’m really passionate about...
By Katie Smith
Blog
12 Aug 2015
Learning from afar
I am an Australian public health physician working as Director of Medical Services at a medium-sized public facility in Newcastle, New South Wales.
By Rosemary Aldrich
Blog
23 Jul 2015
Kind acts of leadership
Having combined General Practice with a range of medical leadership and management roles over the past 20 years, I am now embarking on a new venture and further diversifying my portfolio career.
By Jane Povey
Blog
5 Jun 2015
Female GP representation in local leadership roles
Join the #wedocs Twitter chat on diversity in leadership today 17 June at 8pm.
By Ahmed Rashid
Blog
3 Jun 2015
Medical students and trainees ‘fix bed-blocked hospital’ at the FMLM national conference
This year’s FMLM national conference in Manchester didn’t simply serve to educate and enthuse the healthcare professional masses on the merits of effective leadership in the NHS, it also provided...
By Kaanthan Jawahar
Blog
29 Apr 2015
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