Addressing the need and void of leadership and management development among medical students in the UK

• Main Authors: Sherwani Y, Ahmed A, Ahmed M, Ashraf M, Najim M, Rabee R, Al-Jibury O
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2015-10-01
• Series: Advances in Medical Education and Practice
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/nbspaddressing-the-need-and-void-of-leadership-and-management-developm-peer-reviewed-article-AMEP

Yusuf Sherwani, Aaniya Ahmed, Maroof Ahmed, Muhammed Ashraf, Muhammed Najim, Riham Rabee, Osama Al-JiburyFaculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UKWe took a great interest in letters by Singh et al1 and Ah-kee and Khan,2 with the former advocating a mandatory 1-year intercalated BSc in management for all undergraduate medical students and the latter suggesting it should be incorporated into the existing undergraduate curriculum. As medical students at Imperial College London who have both completed a BSc in management and subsequently founded the Imperial College Medical Leadership Society, which aims at providing leadership training to medical students, we feel we are able to offer a new perspective on this vital discussion.Previous letters have been publishedSingh et alAh-kee and Khan