Applying Leadership Models to Clinical Teaching

Abstract

Knowing when and how to exercise a certain type of leadership can influence outcomes, whether it’s changing the trajectory of an individual learner or that of a large cohort of learners, faculty, or staff. This article summarizes the key aspects of six leadership models — Trait, Situational, Leader-Member Exchange, Path-Goal, Transformational, and Critical Race Theory — and demonstrates how they might be applied to a common, clinically based teaching situation.