How Physicians Change (using PULSE 360): Multisource feedback driven intervention improves physician leadership and teamwork

Baseline PULSE 360 multisource feedback scores vary by specialty and improve based on feedback, goal-setting, coaching, and education. In particular, physicians who start with low scores have the greatest potential for leadership teamwork index improvement. Surgeons had a significantly lower baseline leadership teamwork index at 59.9, whereas primary care and specialists started with a leadership......

Leadership development in a professional medical society using (PULSE) 360-degree survey feedback to assess emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence as conceptualized in this study was positively related to overall performance ratings of potential leaders. The ever-increasing roles and potential responsibilities for Professional Medical Associations (PMAs) suggest that these organizations should consider multisource performance reviews as these potential future PMA executives rise through their organizations to assume leadership positions with profound potential impact......

Use of (PULSE) 360° Feedback to Develop Physician Leaders in Orthopaedic Surgery

Twelve service chiefs participated in PULSE 360° feedback surveys and coaching as part of a departmental leadership development activity. Changes in the means of both composite survey scores and individual behavioral item scores over time were evaluated with paired t tests. Agreement between self-rating and rating of others was evaluated with unpaired t tests. There......

Dr. Congeniality: Understanding the Importance of Surgeons’ Nontechnical Skills Through (PULSE) 360° Feedback

Both physicians-in-training and in-practice physicians may benefit from engaging in empathic and constructive behaviors with patients and team members. Backward stepwise regressions were used to determine which model with the most variance used the fewest explanatory variables. Personality traits acted as predictor variables in the regression models and patient satisfaction and teamwork performance were utilized......

Good to Great: Using (PULSE) 360-Degree Feedback to Improve Physician Emotional Intelligence

The past decade has seen intense interest and dramatic change in how hospitals and physician organizations review physician behaviors. The characteristics of successful physicians extend past their technical and cognitive skills. Two of the six core clinical competencies (professionalism and interpersonal/communication skills) endorsed by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the American Board of......