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. 2016 Feb 12:7:87-9.
doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S96781. eCollection 2016.

A proposal for health care management and leadership education within the UK undergraduate medical curriculum

Cecilia Mafe  1 , Effie Menyah  1 , Munachi Nkere  1
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A proposal for health care management and leadership education within the UK undergraduate medical curriculum

Cecilia Mafe et al. Adv Med Educ Pract. .

Abstract

Health care management and leadership education is an important gap in the undergraduate medical curriculum. Lack of training promotes poor decision making and may lead to inadequate health services, adversely affecting patients. We propose an integrated approach to health care management and leadership education at undergraduate level, to enable doctors to be effective leaders and manage resources appropriately and to ultimately improve patient care.

Keywords: UK; education; health care; leadership; management; undergraduate.

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