Integration of leadership training for graduate and medical students engaged in translational biomedical research: Examining self-efficacy and self-insight

Abstract

IntroductionFormal training in team leadership is not taught in biomedical research graduate training programs or medical schools.MethodsWe piloted a Leadership Training Workshop for graduate biomedical and medical students enrolled in our Interprofessional Research Design Course.ResultsThe Kane–Baltes self-efficacy survey demonstrated improved leadership skills (median scores pretraining and post-training were 71 and 76.6; paired t-test, p=0.04).ConclusionsMost students demonstrated significant improvement in self-awareness pertaining to their own innate leadership styles.