A faculty leadership development program at the Medical College of Wisconsin

A faculty leadership development program has been initiated at the Medical College of Wisconsin in collaboration with faculty from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, School of Business Administration. The program's goal is to impart business-related knowledge and develop leadership skills among the senior and selected junior faculty members. The course is given over nine days in segments of three days over a five-month period. So far it has been given three times. Course evaluations by attendees indicate that the course is highly regarded and they consider it very useful in developing their managerial and leadership skills. This article describes how a free-standing medical school can collaborate with a business school to develop and offer a program customized to meet the management and leadership training needs of its faculty.