A Systematized Review of the Effective Leadership in Medical Universities

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D. Candidate of Higher Education Administration, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Educational Administration Dept., Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Educational Administration Dept., Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

4 Professor, Nursing Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract
Medical universities as suppliers of health system human resources need effective leaders to promote medical education status in the country. The present study is an attempt to review the literature on academic leadership and to identify research gaps related to this issue in medical universities. This systematized review was conducted by searching databases of ERIC, Pubmed, SID, Scopus, Web of Science, Emerald Proquest, and Google Scholar by appropriate keywords selected from the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) documents related to academic leadership that were published between 2009- 2020. The retrieved articles were reviewed (n=505), and after deletion of duplicates, and according to the research inclusion and exclusion criteria 20 articles were reviewed. The quality of selected documents was appraised by MERSQI. Reviewing the selected studies indicated that the leadership studies are mostly conducted in Humanities universities. The studies on academic leadership in medical universities are mostly dealt with the relationship of characteristics of academic leaders and leadership styles. In medical universities, most of the managers who are physicians has not attended management and leadership programs and believe that they do not need to attend these programs. According to the findings of this study, only one research studied challenges and requirements of effective academic leadership in the country. Therefore, conducting qualitative studies on leadership in universities of medical sciences that provide an opportunity for deep study of experiences, beliefs and attitudes of academic leaders deem necessary.

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