Healthcare leaders navigating complexity: a scoping review of key trends in future roles and competencies.
| Title: | Healthcare leaders navigating complexity: a scoping review of key trends in future roles and competencies. |
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| Authors: | Spanos S; Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, 75 Talavera Rd, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia. samantha.spanos@mq.edu.au.; Leask E; Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, 75 Talavera Rd, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.; Patel R; Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, 75 Talavera Rd, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.; Datyner M; Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, 75 Talavera Rd, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.; Loh E; Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.; Braithwaite J; Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, 75 Talavera Rd, North Ryde, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia. |
| Source: | BMC medical education [BMC Med Educ] 2024 Jul 03; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 720. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 03. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article; Scoping Review |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101088679 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1472-6920 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14726920 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Med Educ Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2001- |
| MeSH Terms: | Leadership* ; Professional Competence*; Delivery of Health Care/organization & administration ; Humans ; Professional Role |
| Abstract: | Background: As healthcare systems rapidly become more complex, healthcare leaders are navigating expanding role scopes and increasingly varied tasks to ensure the provision of high-quality patient care. Despite a range of leadership theories, models, and training curricula to guide leadership development, the roles and competencies required by leaders in the context of emerging healthcare challenges (e.g., disruptive technologies, ageing populations, and burnt-out workforces) have not been sufficiently well conceptualized. This scoping review aimed to examine these roles and competencies through a deep dive into the contemporary academic and targeted gray literature on future trends in healthcare leadership roles and competencies.; Methods: Three electronic databases (Business Source Premier, Medline, and Embase) were searched from January 2018 to February 2023 for peer-reviewed literature on key future trends in leadership roles and competencies. Websites of reputable healthcare- and leadership-focused organizations were also searched. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis to explore both the range and depth of literature and the key concepts underlying leadership roles and competencies.; Results: From an initial 348 articles identified in the literature and screened for relevance, 39 articles were included in data synthesis. Future leadership roles and competencies were related to four key themes: innovation and adaptation (e.g., flexibility and vision setting), collaboration and communication (e.g., relationship and trust building), self-development and self-awareness (e.g., experiential learning and self-examination), and consumer and community focus (e.g., public health messaging). In each of these areas, a broad range of strategies and approaches contributed to effective leadership under conditions of growing complexity, and a diverse array of contexts and situations for which these roles and competencies are applicable.; Conclusions: This research highlights the inherent interdependence of leadership requirements and health system complexity. Rather than as sets of roles and competencies, effective healthcare leadership might be better conceptualized as a set of broad goals to pursue that include fostering collaboration amongst stakeholders, building cultures of capacity, and continuously innovating for improved quality of care.; (© 2024. The Author(s).) |
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| Grant Information: | 1176620 National Health and Medical Research Council |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Complex systems; Future health care; Future healthcare; Leadership; Physician leadership; Training |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20240703 Date Completed: 20240703 Latest Revision: 20250425 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC11223336 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12909-024-05689-4 |
| PMID: | 38961343 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
Journal Article; Scoping Review