ABSTRACT

Lecturing and writing are areas in which physician leaders have more experience than most leaders from administrative career paths. Similarly, individuals with significant research backgrounds tend to be comfortable in both these areas. The benefit of peer-reviewed publications, and to a lesser extent trade journals, is that they provide feedback on both the substance and the presentation. Publications add weight to any resume. They show that the reader can examine questions, communicate with others, are willing to share reader learnings, and are a thought leader. Clinical leaders, especially physician leaders at the section-head, division, or department level, have an obligation and expectation that they will continue to share their learnings in their discipline at meetings, invited lectures, and in publications. This often requires devoting less, if any, time to examining and sharing information regarding more traditional management or organization innovations.