A journal dedicated to allied health professional practice and education
http://ijahsp.nova.edu      Vol. 2 No. 2   April 2004     ISSN 1540-580X 

Necessity of Leadership Development in Allied Health Education Programs


Matthew R. Kutz, M.S., M.Ed., ATC, CSCS
Palm Beach Atlantic University


Citation: Kutz, MR., Necessity of leadership development in allied health education. The Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice. April 2004.Vol. 2 Num. 2.

ABSTRACT
Why should educational programs teach leadership, and why should universities and colleges who offer allied health care programs be concerned with training future clinicians to be leaders? Leadership development is a topic wrought with passion among business professionals and educators alike. Leadership is something everybody needs and it remains vague and ambiguous. Leadership is a mystical, almost ethereal, quality that you cannot define, yet know when you see. Advancing the allied health care professions and the members of the allied health care community is proving to be difficult without the necessary leadership skills.
Keywords and terms: allied health, leadership training, allied health education

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