A STUDY TO MEASURE CLINICIANS' PERCEPTIONS OF CLINICAL LEADERSHIP

Abstract

This study was conducted to determine the clinical leadership perceptions of healthcare professionals. The sample of the study consisted of 194 healthcare professionals working in a public hospital and agreeing to participate in the study. Clinical Leadership Scale was used in data collection. SPSS 21 statistics program was used to analyze the data obtained in the study. Since the data do not show a normal distribution, nonparametric tests were used in the analysis of the data. In the study, the average score obtained by the participants from the scale, which is a 3-point Likert type scale, was found to be 2.49 ± 0.29. In addition, it was determined that clinical leadership perception differs according to socio-demographic characteristics (duration of work in the institution, title, leadership and clinical leadership training) (p <0.05). In line with these results, it was recommended to add leadership and clinical leadership courses to the training curriculum of clinicians in order to further improve the clinical leadership characteristics of health professionals. In addition, training and studies related to leadership were suggested