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Instructional systems design is a process for assessing learning needs, creating instructional programs, and evaluating effectiveness of learning. We discuss the benefits of including instructional systems design theory and practice in the curriculum, with an emphasis on making the process relevant for student nurse anesthetists.
The authors conducted a national study to determine the factors associated with the success of physician leaders. They utilized the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) and a demographic survey followed by individual interviews with respondents. Data analysis revealed several implications for the selection, training, management, and career development of physician leaders. The results suggest that: Physician leadership training should have a strong focus on the "human side" of management, including negotiation, organizational "politics," conflict resolution, team building, and motivation. Data management and finance should be a focus represented in the curriculum. Mentoring relationships should be developed as an aspiring physician leader pursues a career shift. Self assessment, including an analysis of style, strengths, best potential organizational fit, and specific areas of strength and weakness should be an integral part of the development of an aspiring physician leader. Screening mechanisms to ascertain a physician's motivation to move toward a full-time leadership role should be developed to ensure appropriate intent. To facilitate this implication, more effective assessment tools need to be developed.
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Performance evaluation is often used as a tool to determine salary adjustment as well as an opportunity to improve job performance. When inappropriately applied, performance evaluations may be perceived as being unfair, wasteful, and demeaning. In some organizations, there has been a trend to break down job functions to their most detailed level, weight each activity, judge it, and then add up all the invalid numbers to achieve a more invalid judgment of a person's performance. This non-Gestalt evaluation is an inspection philosophy that has not served manufacturing or health care very effectively. Over the past four years, we have evolved a performance evaluation process at Minneapolis Children's Medical Center for physicians in both patient care and management roles. In this article, we will describe the evolution to the present system and discuss its dovetailing with customer service-driven continuous quality improvement efforts and our plans to improve the process.