Women in Healthcare Leadership Summit. By Andrea Johnson

WOMEN IN

HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIPSummit

By Andrea Johnson Editorial Board Member

On behalf of the Healthcare Leadership Academy’s (HLA) Women in Healthcare Leadership (WIHL) group we would like to formally invite you to attend our WIHL Summit.

This summit will be the first for the HLA’s WIHL group, it will be a prerecorded event and held virtually on the 9th and 10th of April 2022.

The Summit theme is: Developing

change & pushing boundaries.

This theme will be kept broad and we invite speakers to present their ideas on areas such as new innovations and directions in the healthcare field by prominent females, stereotyping/breaking the mould, Leadership journeys, barriers/perceptions of, developing and leading change, advocacy and mentorship to name but a few possible topics.

ABOUT THE WIHL

In 2021/22 gender and opportunity equality remain topics of fervent debate. The National Health Service (NHS) is facing the challenges of poor staff retention, ever increasing demand and changing demographics of service users. Balanced clinical leadership is required to ensure the NHS can continue to deliver patient centred care and support its employees.

As part of the Healthcare Leadership Academy (HLA), a team of current scholars and faculty members are running a project in support of Women in Healthcare Leadership (WIHL).

This project provides opportunity to pose questions, invite open discussion and create a bank of resources for women aspiring to become leaders in healthcare.

The team is extremely driven to ensure this is not merely a discursive project. We want to propose tangible solutions. Though the process of identifying barriers can feel virtuous, the time to act must really be now.

In summary our objective is simple; to ensure all who desire have the opportunity, training and support to pursue a leadership role to ensure we equip the NHS with representative and discerning leaders of the future.

A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE HLA

The Healthcare Leadership Academy formed in response to demand from young clinicians and medical students to learn about leadership.

The Healthcare Leadership Academy is a CIC registered social enterprise. Any donations or income generated is reinvested in promoting leadership in healthcare. This is primarily through supporting the scholars on the flagship annual course. Scholars do not pay to undertake the programme.

Founded by Dr Johann Malawana (Course Director), former leader of the Junior Doctor Dispute, and a team of like-minded professionals (Our Faculty and Assistant Course Directors) the Healthcare Leadership Academy launched on 20th December 2016.

HLA houses an exciting faculty from across the health sector and beyond. Their shared aim is to inspire the next generation of healthcare professionals and develop their understanding of leadership. Too often in healthcare, leadership is confused with management. Through a combination of mentoring, Socratic discussion, and philosophical exploration, HLA aims to inspire our scholars to change the world of healthcare, one small step at a time.

At a time when the world seems an ever more worrying place, it is important that the next generation of healthcare professionals truly understand how to motivate the people they work with in order to best look after the populations they serve.

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