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Leadership Development for Future Medical School Deans: Outcomes of the AAMC Council of Deans Fellowship Program
Margaret M Steele1, Steve Pennell2, John E Prescott3
1M.M. Steele is professor, Discipline of Psychiatry, and dean, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
Purpose:
To determine the outcomes of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Deans (COD) Fellowship Program with respect to participants' achieving the goals of becoming a medical school dean and developing leadership skills, and to ascertain fellows' views about the program's value, beneficial aspects, and areas for improvement.
Method:
The 37 COD fellows from 2002 to 2016 were invited to participate in a 2017 survey addressing demographics, training, current leadership position, and value of the program. The survey also included 3 open-ended questions. A 2018 web-based search was conducted to determine fellows' senior leadership roles since their program participation.
Results:
The survey response rate was 73% (27/37). The majority of respondents were male (82%, 22), aged 51-70 (89%, 25), and white (82%, 22). The top 5 medical specialties reported were internal medicine, pediatrics, anesthesiology, psychiatry, and surgery. Most respondents (63%, 17) reported having a graduate degree. All reported being in leadership positions in academia and/or health care. The web-based search found that 27% (10/37) of the fellows became medical school deans (average tenure 5.6 years); 2 fellows became deans of other types of schools. Overall, survey respondents perceived the program as valuable. Respondents identified shadowing a dean mentor, attending COD meetings, and attending the AAMC Executive Development Seminar for Deans as the most valuable program components. The majority (88%, 23/26) indicated their fellow experience persuaded them to pursue being a dean; 2 (8%) indicated it did not. Respondents identified 4 key opportunities for program improvement: more sponsorship by deans, development of a learning community, enhanced mentoring, and coaching.
Conclusions:
The COD Fellowship Program appears to be successful in preparing senior faculty to become deans and assume other senior leadership roles in academia and/or health care. Fellows' feedback will be used to inform future revisions to the program.
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