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Unlocking the Leader Within, 1st Edition

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By Hao-Hua Wu, MD, Maria Ahmad, MBBS (Dist.), BSc (Hons), PGCert (MedEd), FHEA, Aaron Qi Yang Goh, MBBS and Hao-Kai Wu
Becoming a leader enables you to inspire, galvanize, and achieve your dreams as an aspiring healthcare provider. Strong leadership skills are needed in modern clinical settings to enhance teamwork, communication, and collaboration. Don’t wait u ...view more
Becoming a leader enables you to inspire, galvanize, and achieve your dreams as an aspiring healthcare provider. Strong leadership skills are needed in modern clinical settings to enhance teamwork, communication, and collaboration. Don’t wait until you have completed training or are given a title to start on your leadership journey—start today. Unlocking the Leader Within: A Medical Student’s Guide to Practical Leadership is a unique and practical resource that equips you with real-world strategies to succeed in patient-centered care.

Discover 14 leadership principles that will allow you to excel as medical trainee.

This student-focused text emphasizes that leadership principles are learned, not innate. Any person equipped with these 14 leadership principles can be a successful leader, regardless of level of training. An emphasis on how to optimize teamwork as a trainee makes this resource unique among leadership books and ideal for medical students and in-training physician assistants and nurse practitioners, as well as all professional health care providers.
ISBN :
9780323932110
Publication Date :
02-07-2025
Stock Status :
Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery
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Becoming a leader enables you to inspire, galvanize, and achieve your dreams as an aspiring healthcare provider. Strong leadership skills are needed in modern clinical settings to enhance teamwork, communication, and collaboration. Don’t wait until you have completed training or are given a title to start on your leadership journey—start today. Unlocking the Leader Within: A Medical Student’s Guide to Practical Leadership is a unique and practical resource that equips you with real-world strategies to succeed in patient-centered care.

Discover 14 leadership principles that will allow you to excel as medical trainee.

This student-focused text emphasizes that leadership principles are learned, not innate. Any person equipped with these 14 leadership principles can be a successful leader, regardless of level of training. An emphasis on how to optimize teamwork as a trainee makes this resource unique among leadership books and ideal for medical students and in-training physician assistants and nurse practitioners, as well as all professional health care providers.

Key Features
  • Synthesizes the 14 most important leadership principles for medical trainees in two parts: 8 skills for self-mastery and 6 skills for effective teamwork
  • Illustrates how popular leadership principles such as emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, avoiding burnout, and confident humility can be applied in a healthcare setting
  • Offers realistic examples of how to apply these principles to the critical parts of medical training
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

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By Hao-Hua Wu, MD, Spine Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, USA; Maria Ahmad, MBBS (Dist.), BSc (Hons), PGCert (MedEd), FHEA, Doctor, National Health Service (NHS), UK; Aaron Qi Yang Goh, MBBS, Medical Officer, MOH Holdings (Singapore) and Reservist Medical Officer, Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore and Hao-Kai Wu, Founder, WorthIQ
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ISBN Number 9780323932110
Description Author List By Hao-Hua Wu, MD, Spine Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, USA; Maria Ahmad, MBBS (Dist.), BSc (Hons), PGCert (MedEd), FHEA, Doctor, National Health Service (NHS), UK; Aaron Qi Yang Goh, MBBS, Medical Officer, MOH Holdings (Singapore) and Reservist Medical Officer, Singapore Civil Defence Force, Singapore and Hao-Kai Wu, Founder, WorthIQ
Copyright Year 2026
Edition Number 1
Format Book
Trim 191w x 235h (7.50" x 9.25")
Illustrations Illustrated
Imprint Elsevier
Page Count 350
Publication Date 2 Jul 2025
Stock Status Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery

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1. Introduction
2. Emotional Intelligence
3. Effective Communication
4. Find Your Why and Build Good Habits
5. Personality Type
6. Confident Humility and Why It Matters in the Hospital
7. Leadership Styles
8. Avoiding Burnout
9. Adaptability and creative responses to setbacks and obstacles
10. Characteristics of Successful Teams
11. Conflict Resolution
12. Galvanize Those Around You
13. Delegation
14. Positionless Leadership
15. Feedback
16. Clinical Rotations
17. Letters of Recommendation
18. Research
19. Leadership Activities
20. The Art of the Successful Interview
21. Conclusion
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