Curriculum: Leadership and One's Self

Goal: Enhance self-awareness in preparation for leadership in medicine

Objectives:

Develop a personal mission statement and plan that:
- Integrates personal values and professional goals
- Identifies priorities
- Incorporates strategies for self-reflection
- Includes methods to balance personal and professional responsibilities
Experience and employ a variety of strategies to strive for balance and manage stress:
- Exercise
- Meditation, visualization or guided imagery
- Mindfulness exercises
- Massage
- Build and/or maintain motivation for rest and self-renewal
Regularly use self-reflection to assess your interpersonal, organizational, and planning skills through:
- Journaling
- Structured self-evaluations
- Self-reflection at LOCUS events

Methods:

Develop and revise personal mission statement
Participate in group discussions and activities at retreats
Engage in self-reflection exercises after LOCUS lectures, discussions, and activities
Complete self-assessments as part of regular LOCUS evaluations and surveys

Readings/Resources:

Strongly Encouraged:
- To be announced
Optional:
- Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (pps. 96-144)
- See bibliography for additional readings

Evaluation: