We’ve all heard of medical malpractice and its dire costs, but what about leadership malpractice? Should there be consequences or at least more resistance to those implementing non-evidence-based leadership tactics in academic medicine?

Those questions and much more are explored in depth with our guest this week on the Faculty Factory Podcast, author Joshua Hartzell, MD, MS-HPEd, FACP, FIDSA, who joins us to discuss:

With 25 years in military medicine under his belt, Dr. Hartzell is a retired army colonel and a practicing internal medicine and infectious diseases physician.

It’s all about being more intentional with how we lead and taking care of people—that is what a healthy workplace culture rides on, according to this interview with Dr. Hartzell.

"Most of the things we experience and our challenges are not clinical care issues. It’s a leadership issue. We’re really good at the clinical care part, but not so much the messy leadership stuff and how to deal with that," he said.

Learn More

Explore his book, "A Prescription for Caring in Healthcare Leadership: Building a Culture of Compassion and Excellence": https://www.amazon.com/Prescription-Caring-Healthcare-Leadership-Compassion/dp/B0DSQ4276K

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