Leadership and professionalism

Abstract

Editors’ introduction Leadership is a core component of medical professionalism. The leadership here is not necessarily related to being a clinical leader, but to providing a role which allows the clinician to take an overview of the service, thereby planning service delivery and service development. This role focuses on horizon scanning and thinking ahead to deal with potential threats and looming changes. Leadership in multidisciplinary teams is one example of leadership, but the role of the psychiatrist in taking the lead on developing and delivering public mental health agendas is equally distinct and valid. Herrman et al. start from this very point and argue that there must be a distinc..