This timely, engaging and practical book explores why leadership matters in primary care, and how everyone can discover their leadership potential and use it to make a difference. Tailored specifically to the needs of primary care, and full of real-life clinical and management scenarios, the authors - both GPs as well as highly experienced leadership mentors - demonstrate how learning the art of leadership can be a significant and rewarding part of personal and professional development.

About the Author

Dr Amar Rughani MBE was a senior partner in Chapelgreen practice Sheffield (30 years), Former Associate postgraduate Dean Yorkshire & the Humber GP School, Provost RCGP South Yorkshire North Trent faculty, former MRCGP examiner and curriculum developer and Honorary senior clinical lecturer at Sheffield University.

In his educational career, he has developed personal development plans and written books for doctors and dentists on the subject. He has also written a book 'Becoming a GP' to help GP trainees preparing for the MRCGP and has contributed to a number of other GP books as co-author. He was blueprinting clinical lead for the RCGP and helped to develop the licensing examination(MRCGP) and the first GP curriculum. In recent years he has been developing leadership training and mentorship in Yorkshire & Humber deanery and it is this experience that informs this new book. In 2022 he was awarded an MBE for services to general practice.

Dr Joanna Bircher is a GP in Greater Manchester. She is Clinical Director to the RCGP/Greater Manchester GP Excellence Programme, Clinical lead for Quality Improvement at Tameside and Glossop CCG , a Generation Q Fellow of the Health Foundation and a board member of AQuA (Advancing Quality Alliance). She has a Masters degree in Leadership for Quality Improvement from Ashridge Business School and is co-author of the RCGP Guide to Quality Improvement. Her particular interest is in making established QI methodology relevant and accessible for Primary Care.

Reviews

"Congratulations to Amar and Joanna on a fabulous Opus. I fear that too many programs and fellowships are making colleagues believe that leadership is easy. We bear the scars of the 'Hike'. Your insights and wisdom are vital."- Professor Simon Gregory, Deputy Medical Director for Primary and Integrated Care at Health Education England

"I have read the first chapter and it is really excellent. It reads very nicely and is engaging. Some really complex problems at the moment, so might skip to sections to help with those! Thanks again and congratulations on such a brilliant addition to the Primary Care literature." -Professor Dominic Patterson, Head of GP Education, Yorkshire & Humber, UK

"I bought my copy. I'll now treasure it, and certainly read it again at some later stage.It's extremely well written, and easily readable -not always the case in medical books. This readability makes the complicated ideas re team assessing and building accessible." -Dr Andy Hershon MBChB MRCGP

"an authoritative and informative reference, in a highly readable format, that provides practical support for trainees and trainers...this book is also a resource for every one of us working in primary care - offering support for the everyday tasks that we all do. They challenge us not to do more, but to do what we already do differently...This book offers us someone to walk with at these most challenging of times. And that, ultimately, is its strength." - BJGP Life

Book Information
ISBN 9780367236984
Author Amar Rughani
Format Paperback
Page Count 382
Imprint CRC Press
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 800g