The Case for Leadership Training with Dr. Josh Hartzell

Intro: Colonel Joshua D. Hartzell serves as the Program Director of the National Capital Consortium Internal Medicine Residency at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Dr. Hartzell attended the Uniformed Services University (USU) School of Medicine and then went to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for his residency in Internal Medicine.He served as Chief Resident until starting his Infectious Diseases Fellowship. He has also served in the United States Army for 19 years, which included deployment to Afghanistan as a Battalion Surgeon. He completed an assignment as the Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency, Assistant Chief of Graduate Medical Education, and Army Intern Director at Walter Reed prior to joining the Uniformed Services University in 2016. There he served as the Assistant Dean for Faculty Development. He was responsible for the professional development of over 4000 faculty and delivered over 100 faculty development workshops. He holds the rank of Professor of Medicine at the USU. He is a graduate of the Stanford Faculty Development Facilitator Course, a Harvard Macy Graduate and now Faculty in the Harvard Macy Leading Innovations Course. Dr. Hartzell also completed a Masters of Science in Health Professions Education at Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in 2017. Dr. Hartzell’s academic interests include faculty and leader development. He developed LEAD (Leadership Education and Training) 2.0 curriculum for graduate medical trainees at Walter Reed. Dr. Hartzell also teaches Leadership and Organizational Change and Advanced Readings in Leadership for the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions Master’s program. Dr. Hartzell is committed to improving healthcare and personal well-being through developing leaders.

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Questions We Asked: 

• How do you define physician leadership? 
• What is the best way to develop a medical leader? 
• Will making STEP1 allow for more leadership development opportunities? 
• What has the uniformed services done to build leadership into medical training? 
• What do you do in the hospital to help build your team?
• How should someone learn about leadership on their own? 
• Why has leadership taken a backseat in medical training? 
• What outcomes would you look at to evaluate the effectiveness of leadership training?
• What do physicians specifically have to add to the leadership conversation? 
• Why should trainees care about leadership? 

Quotes & Ideas: 

• “Leadership is using your influence to help accomplish the mission or task, while you’re taking care of the people you’re leading.”
• “Leadership development begins way before medical school.” 
• “We can learn a lot about leadership if we’re looking for it.” 
• “No one cares how much you know till they know how much you care.” -Teddy Roosevelt 
• “It’s not about being in charge, it’s about taking care of those in your charge.” -Simon Sinek 
• “If I really care about someone, I have to hold them accountable.” 
• “That’s a leadership issue.”

Book Suggestions: 

• “Drive” by Daniel Pink 
• “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” by Edmund Morris 
• “Extreme Ownership” by Jocko Willink 
• “The Leadership Challenge” by Barry Posner 
• “Athena Rising” by David G. Smith 
• “The Culture Code” by Daniel Coyle