Learning to lead in the academic medical center a practical guide 1st ed 2015 edition kindle edition by jeffrey l houpt author roderick w gilkey author susan h ehringhaus author. Learning to lead in the academic medical center a practical guide consists of five parts the first three sections are narrative and intended to help the reader become a better leader the first section looks at the amc as a social system and emphasizes an understanding of group dynamics. Learning to lead in the academic medical center a practical guide consists of five parts the first three sections are narrative and intended to help the reader become a better leader the first section looks at the amc as a social system and emphasizes an understanding of group dynamics. For a leader at an academic medical center to be truly successful she or he has to have passion for that university and i think that passion is the overlooked quality that leadership search committees overlook when they are evaluating candidates a successful leader has to have more than just passion but passion is the catalyst that brings out the best in all of the rest of us passion doesn . Learning to lead in medicine 123rf johann malawana 1 0 comments dr johann malawana founder of the healthcare leadership academy and former chair of the junior doctors committee of the bma explains what traits make a great leader and why its never too early to start learning how to lead like share save for later print leadership everyone talks about it many people claim to be