How medical specialists experience the effects of a mindful leadership course on their leadership capabilities: a qualitative interview study in the Netherlands

Objectives Medical leaders are facing leadership challenges that ask for a leadership style that takes care of both themselves and their coworkers. Mindfulness may support this leadership style. We explored how a ‘Mindful leadership for medical specialists’ course affected medical specialists’ leadership. Design We conducted a qualitative study based on in-depth interviews. The grounded theory method was used to analyse the data. Setting A university medical centre in the Netherlands. Participants Seventeen medical specialists (six male) with an average age of 51 years (ranging from 40 to 66 y... Mehr ...