Calls for increased physician leadership are growing in number and strength.1"3 The recent proliferation of leadership curricula in medical schools and residency programs suggests that educators are beginning to believe that focused leadership development efforts early in medical education could produce more and better-trained physician leaders. Our own experience developing an innovative leadership education and development program in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine is consistent with study findings at the Mayo Medical School, in which 85% of student leaders felt leadership should be taught in medical school.4 We are convinced that students enter medical school with an interest in leadership and a desire to build their skills. Yet medical curricula have been slow to develop frameworks in support of these interests. To harness this enthusiasm, medical schools must actively strive to facilitate leadership education.
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