08/23 - Leadership Development Strategies in Interprofessional Healthcare Collaboration

Prof. Juan Bornman and Prof. Brenda Louw have recently published an article on "Leadership Development Strategies in
Interprofessional Healthcare Collaboration: A Rapid Review" in the Journal of Healthcare Leadership.

The aim of the study was to systematically catalogue literature on leadership in healthcare practice and education to
highlight the leadership characteristics and skills required by healthcare practitioners for collaborative interprofessional service
delivery and the leadership development strategies found to be effective.

This rapid review provided an evidence-base, highlighted by qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research,
which presents distinct opportunities for curriculum development by focusing on both content and the methods needed for leadership programs. Anchoring this evidence-base within a systematic search of the extant literature provides increased precision for curriculum development.

 Read the full article.