TY - JOUR T1 - Leadership in clinical medicine from respiratory perspective JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 42 IS - Suppl 57 SP - P1852 AU - M. Amin Afridi AU - Sajid Khan Y1 - 2013/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P1852.abstract N2 - Objective:Leadership is an integral part of clinical medicine but as junior doctors, we do not realise how many times we use our unacknowledged leadership skills to perform certain actions. As part of ‘Leadership in clinical medicine’ module that I undertook, I carried out a service improvement project to bring a positive change in the organisation. Reflecting on the project as a respiratory registrar, I realise the importance of the need of incorporating the sense of developing leadership skills right from the start.Methods:Attending study days comprising of lectures on history, qualitative and quantitative research methods, ethics, team dynamic, leadership styles, setting up services etc, I combined quantitative (previous audit data) and qualitative data (observational and informal interviews) to improve the care for the patients with pleural effusions and measures were taken to implement the outcome.Discussion:As a registrar it was a challenge to bring change to already setup running department in the multi professional environment. In healthcare organisations with current financial constraints and the evolving complex multidisciplinary clinical care that we provide as set out in Darzi’s report (Darzi 2008, Department of Health, UK), as a primary healthcare deliverer we must be aware of the fact that good clinical leaders achieve high quality care and bigger savings. With expertise in the healthcare needs, challenges and delivery at all levels, subjecting junior medical doctors to such educational modules will definitely provide insight into the importance of developing leadership skills to set up vision for people and I feel these modules may become part of the junior training schemes across the board. ER -