Problems of Clinical Leadership in Nigeria
Author(s)
Aborode A
University of Ilorin, Lagos, LA, Nigeria
OBJECTIVES : Nigeria like the rest of the world is facing a universal health work force that is epitomized by widespread shortages of medical practitioners in positions of authority and consultation, this variance have led to inadequate distribution of healthcare professionals between and within healthcare institutions with poor working conditions and paucity of information and knowledge on best practice due to poor management of the health sector by politicians instead of medical professionals who take care of patients and who holds the best interest of the patients they care for. Clinical leadership still, has a long road to travel in its expansion in healthcare management. To achieve the best sustainable quality of care, however, a commitment to building high-performing organizations must complement traditional values. METHODS :
Literature search was conducted on Google Scholar and PubMed for articles published from 2010 to 2020 and search result showed 4,550 and 18 articles respectively. Search keywords are Nigeria, Clinical and Leadership. Only 12 articles out of about 4,000 articles that met the inclusion criteria were included in the review.
RESULTS : Nigeria can a take a cue from this step and implement policies to sustain it, this is because, health care systems that are serious about transforming themselves must harness the energies of their clinicians as organizational leaders. This transformation will require leadership and that leadership must come substantially from doctors and other clinicians, whether or not they play formal management roles. CONCLUSIONS : In Nigeria, with periodic political interferences, policy formation and implementation clinical leadership still has a long road to travel in its expansion in healthcare management. A deep commitment to patient care and to traditional clinical skills will always remain the core of a clinician’s identity. To achieve the best and most sustainable quality of care, however, a commitment to building high-performing organizations must complement these traditional values.Conference/Value in Health Info
2020-11, ISPOR Europe 2020, Milan, Italy
Value in Health, Volume 23, Issue S2 (December 2020)
Code
PNS95
Topic
Clinical Outcomes, Epidemiology & Public Health, Health Service Delivery & Process of Care
Topic Subcategory
Performance-based Outcomes, Public Health, Quality of Care Measurement
Disease
No Specific Disease