LEADERSHIP IN SURGERY

Presenter : Dr. A. R. ShaanModerator: Dr. A. Ghosh

Leadership Qualities

“A leader takes people where they want to go……

A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but where they ought to be…”

-Rosalynn Carter(Former First Lady)

“ If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then you are a leader”

John Quincy Adams(former American President)

Why Leadership in Surgery..?

Fundamental Principles of Leadership• Vision

• To Lead

• To Learn

• To Communicate Effectively

• To Resolve Conflict

• Time Management

VISION

Declaration of the near future that inspires and conjures motivation

Joseph Lister directing use of Carbolic Acid

Emil Theodor Kocher Michael E DeBakey

Sidney Farber

Father of Modern Chemotherapy

To LEAD

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., acknowledges the crowd for his “ I Have a Dream” speech at Lincoln Memorial

A surgeon accepts the responsibility to care and operate on patients despite the risks and burdens involved.

• New advances in molecular biology

•Minimally invasive and endovascular surgery

• Regional, national, international CMEsnology

•Web-based and handheld mobile technology

Protocols to avoid communication errors• Team briefings

• “Time-out” protocol

• Kaiser System Phrases

Conflict Resolution….!!!

Conflict resolution Model

•“Abundance Mentality” Model

•“History and Physical” Model

CATEGORY 1

High education, high service value

(operating room)

CATEGORY 2

High education, low service value

(teaching conferences)

CATEGORY 3

Low education, high service values

(perfoming history and physical examination)

CATEGORY 4

Low education, low service values

(waiting during mandatory house calls)

Time allocation techniques

•Prioritized list

• Time management matrix

• Six areas of interest model

Time Management MatrixURGENT NON-URGENT

IMPORTANT Quadrant I Quadrant II

NON-IMPORTANT Quadrant III Quadrant IV

Leadership Styles• Coercive

• Authoritative

• Affiliative

• Coaching

• Democratic

• Pacesetter

Mentoring

William Stewart Halstead

Pioneer to establish the concept of mentorship in surgery

“ We Strive to produce graduates of our residency program who are among those who change the way we think and practice….”

Dr. Paul WardEmiretus Chair of University of California

Los Angeles Head and Neck Surgery

Improving patient outcome…

Thank you……..