BMJ Leader
is an international, peer-reviewed, online-only journal focusing on leadership in health and care.
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BMJ Leader accepts submissions of a range of article types, including research papers, commentaries and reviews.
The Author Information section provides specific article requirements to help you turn your research into an article suitable for BMJ Leader.
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Latest Articles
Brief report:
Role of medical regulators in physician wellness: leading or lagging? A brief report on physician wellness practices3 September 2024
Leadership in the Mirror:
Lived experience matters: transforming healthcare through kindness and collaboration21 August 2024
Systematic review:
What can healthcare organisations do to improve medical engagement? A systematic review21 August 2024
Original research:
Ivory tower in MD/PhD programmes: sticky floor, broken ladder and glass ceiling5 August 2024
Original research:
Role of emotions in change and change management in an emergency department: a qualitative study1 August 2024
Current Issue
Leadership in the Mirror:
Year in review: tips for effective graduate medical education programme leadership and management1 July 2024
Leadership in the Mirror:
Situations of moral injury and ambiguity will always go on in healthcare: it is how we deal with them that is important1 July 2024
Leadership in the Mirror:
Accelerated transformation programme for healthcare services: structure, function and the lessons learnt1 July 2024
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Original research:
Attributes, skills and actions of clinical leadership in nursing as reported by hospital nurses: a cross-sectional study26 September 2023
Original research:
Effective clinical nursing leadership in hospitals: barriers from the perspectives of nurse managers18 March 2024
Commentary:
ChatGPT and generative AI chatbots: challenges and opportunities for science, medicine and medical leaders18 March 2024
Original research:
Interprofessional model on speaking up behaviour in healthcare professionals: a qualitative study18 May 2023
Original research:
Impact of leadership on the nursing workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic27 March 2023
The Learning Zone:
Framework analysis: Tony Ghaye’s and Christopher Johns’ reflective practice models20 December 2023
Review:
Paradigm lost? Reflections on the effectiveness of NHS approaches to improving employment relations20 December 2023
Leadership in the Mirror:
Five hats of effective leaders: teacher, mentor, coach, supervisor and sponsor18 March 2024
Brief report:
Kotter’s 8 stages of change: implementation of clinical screening protocols for assessing patients for COVID-19 – a review of an academic medical centre’s preparedness22 December 2022
Original research:
What can clinical leaders contribute to the governance of integrated care systems?20 December 2023
Commentary:
When work harms: how better understanding of avoidable employee harm can improve employee safety, patient safety and healthcare quality18 March 2024
Translating Research and Evidence:
Burn-out in the health workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic: opportunities for workplace and leadership approaches to improve well-being26 September 2023
Commentary:
‘No one can actually see us in positions of power’: the intersectionality between gender and culture for women in leadership18 March 2024
Commentary:
Time to get serious about distributed leadership: lessons to learn for promoting leadership development for non-consultant career grade doctors in the UK18 May 2023
Original research:
How does authentic leadership influence the safety climate in nursing?26 September 2023
Original research:
Acquiring and developing healthcare leaders’ political skills: an interview study with healthcare leaders27 March 2023
Commentary:
Let’s reconnect healthcare with its mission and purpose by bringing humanity to the point of care20 December 2023
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