{"title":"Doctors need training to become good leaders","authors":"Kwaku W Baryeh","doi":"10.1136/bmj.q2594","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Oliver emphasises the benefits of having clinicians in leadership and management positions.1 There is evidence that people with expertise in the core business of an organisation in leadership positions create better outcomes than non-experts.23 I agree with Oliver that attacking those who take up these roles is unhelpful, but we must explore why this happens. There is a perception of a “clinician versus manager” atmosphere in the NHS. …","PeriodicalId":22388,"journal":{"name":"The BMJ","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The BMJ","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2594","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Oliver emphasises the benefits of having clinicians in leadership and management positions.1 There is evidence that people with expertise in the core business of an organisation in leadership positions create better outcomes than non-experts.23 I agree with Oliver that attacking those who take up these roles is unhelpful, but we must explore why this happens. There is a perception of a “clinician versus manager” atmosphere in the NHS. …