Turning Every Resident into a Leader

This workshop will showcase and share our successes with turning all medical residents into leaders. Our residency created upwards of seven self-led resident leadership councils that help lead and guide our residency. These councils encompass domains such as mentorship, scholarly activity, wellness, community service, leadership, medical education, curriculum development, and the patient experience. At the beginning of each academic year residents apply to a council of their interest and are then selected by the program leadership team. The council is then paired with a faculty member who best embodies the mission of the council and meets biweekly to continue to refine the committee's vision, create their action plan, and ensure the success of deliverables. At monthly house staff meetings each council is then given a platform to report to the whole residency and outline their plan for the months to come. Each council has found tremendous success and carved out their own respective niches. For example, it has empowered residents to pursue new wellness and social ideas for the residency, furthered our educational offerings, and bolstered the yearly residency retreat. These successes are all rooted in the ideas of the councils. Ultimately, the residents on each council learn first hand how to become a leader by growing a seed of an idea and sharing the fruits eventually with the entire residency!