Response to Savel’s “Reconsidering the Scope and Structural Integration of Leadership Education for Clinicians”

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Nabilah Maher Chowdhury wrote a 2026 letter responding to Savel's review of leadership education for clinicians, praising its scope while pressing three points further. Savel had surveyed leadership styles, management ideas, and money skills for doctors who take on administrative roles.

Chowdhury argues that leadership should count as a core clinical skill taught early, not an optional extra picked up mid-career. She notes that leadership and management blur together in daily practice, so training should build both skill sets at once. She also warns that business strategy tools, such as Porter's Five Forces, fit health care poorly without care for its rules and ethics. Her letter urges schools to weave leadership training into medical education from the start.

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Source: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/PMC13436917