Release date: October 2020
Estimated completion time*: 1 hr

This resource supports trainee development in leadership, management and teamwork skills and work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. This resource should be completed by Basic Trainees at early adopter settings as part of the new Basic Training Requirements.

*The estimated completion time is an approximate guide and does not account for time spent on optional additional readings and activities.

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Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this resource, participants will be better equipped to:

  1. Recognise different leadership styles and their healthcare context
  2. Identify personality style and how this impacts leadership, management, and teamwork skills
  3. Identify the links between leadership and management
  4. Recognise different management styles and their healthcare context
  5. Identify ways to manage self, work, and others
  6. Develop an understanding of the importance of teamwork in health-care
  7. Recognise how to apply teamwork principles in patient centred care
Author RACP
Version 1
Release Date October 2020