• Nassim Parvizi, Sumera Shahaney, Guy Martin, Ahmir Ahmad, and Masood Moghul.
• Department of Surgery, The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex, UK.
• Postgrad Med J. 2013 Oct 1; 89 (1056): 572-7.

AbstractIn the 21st century, the core skills of trainee doctors are evolving as clinicians, leaders and innovators. Leadership skills are an essential tool for all doctors and need to be an integral part of their training and learning as set out in the General Medical Council's Good Medical Practice. It is essential to develop these skills at an early stage and continually improve them. A group of junior doctors participated in a pilot programme for leadership with the aim of executing a quality improvement (QI) project. This article describes our experiences of both the course itself and the project undertaken by our group. As part of the process of implementing change, we faced a number of challenges which contributed to our learning. These have been explored as well as potential ways to overcome them to enable the swift and smooth development of future QI projects. Using an example of a QI project looking at handover, this article demonstrates how a trainee doctor can implement their project for both professional and institutional improvement.

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