Reframing Contemporary Physician Leadership: We Started as Heroes Adaptability and too often

and too often

Identify when to use digital and non-digital communication methods to ease conflict

and communication with patients

” — Sudip Bose

Reframing Contemporary Physician Leadership: We Started as Heroes Adaptability and too oftenGrace E. Terrell, MD, MMM, CPE, FACP, FACPE The practice of medicine, today, requires transformational skills. Healthcare challenges are no longer adequately addressed by the traditional paternalistic physician role. Healthcare must be physician led, but patient centered. Effective leadership must be collaborative rather than authoritarian, proactive rather than reactive. Most physicians work in environments where current cultural paradigms, such as