Leadership Working Group
Aim
Provide training and opportunities to develop leadership skills
Spread and share resources and experience on leadership
Advocate for leadership training to be included in psychiatric training
Empower psychiatric trainees to take an active role in the advocacy & education of leadership skills on the local/national/international level
Background & mission
Leadership is an intrinsic part of any medical activity. As psychiatric trainees, we immediately become part of various systems: a care team, a health-care system, a research project, a national trainee association and patient-physician relationships.
Leadership skills are about fostering a systemic view of problems, thinking creatively to adapt or invent new solutions and work efficiently in those social systems, as part of a team. Leadership is also about developing self-awareness and learning from experience, as well as empowering others to do the same (Collins-Nakai R., Leadership in medicine. Mcgill J Med. 2006).
However, throughout Europe, the acquisition of basic or more advanced leadership skills is very seldom part of the professional training. According to a survey we conducted, less than a third of European countries claim to have any kind of leadership skills courses in their curriculum of psychiatry training.
We thus aim to close the gap in knowledge among psychiatric trainees by organizing training possibilities, collecting and sharing useful resources and supporting one another to grow in leadership competence.
Our projects (you are welcome to joint!)
Online leadership training sessions and discussions with inspiring leaders
Collecting and sharing of useful resources
Providing a safe space for experimenting with new responsibilities, new skills and getting access to constructive feedback
Personal development program (Growing a psychiatrist) – open to all psychiatric trainees across Europe !
World Mental Health Day campain (World Mental Health Day – October 10th (wmhdofficial.com)
Chair / Co-chair
The Leadership WG current chairs are:
Chair: Violette Corre (Switzerland, since 2024)
Vice-chairs: Pia Koren (Austria) and Teodora Serbana (Romania)
Former chairs
Matthäus Fellinger (Austria, 2019-2020)
Mário Santos (Portugal, 2020-2022)
Beatriz Jorge (Portugal, 2022-2023)
Alma Laszlo (Romania, 2023-2024)