Minding the Leadership Gap: Identifying Educational Activities to Bridge Leadership Skills Development and Professional Identity Formation Among Internal Medicine Residents

Date of Award

8-1-2024

Degree Name

Ed.D. in Leadership for Organizations

Department

Department of Educational Administration

Advisor/Chair

Ricardo García

Abstract

The development of leadership skills and promotion of Professional Identity Formation (PIF) are expected among residents who will soon enter the field of medicine as practicing physicians. This action research study aimed to bridge the gap among what is taught and what leadership skills are expected of Internal Medicine residents in the Multispecialty Residency Program (MRP) as well as enable the promotion of PIF to take place. This study engaged in qualitative data collection and analysis to identify what leadership focused educational activities could be used to develop leadership skills and promote PIF among MRP residents. Through purposeful convenience sampling, one observation, two focus groups, and two 1:1 interviews, participants expressed what leadership skills and PIF mean to them. A combination of in vivo coding, open-coding, axial coding, and selective coding occurred, and a deductive analysis approach took place using two established frameworks. The data yielded that Feedback & Reflection, Coaching, Culture, and Mentoring & Role-Modeling influence the development leadership skills and promotion of PIF among MRP’s residents. Four activities related to each theme have been identified to mend this leadership gap.

Keywords

Leadership Skills; Professional Identity Formation; Internal Medicine; Residency Program; Leadership Gap

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Copyright © 2024, author.

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