Equipping leaders in health in Malawi: Some personal reflections from a leadership skills-building workshop held at the College of Medicine, Blantyre, Malawi

Abstract

Effective leadership is a key component of any health system. The opportunity for multidisciplinary leadership training for health practitioners is relatively new in Malawi. In this paper, we provide an overview of a five-day leadership training course facilitated at the College of Medicine by Professor Rob Moodie, Professor of Public Health at the University of Malawi’s College of Medicine and University of Melbourne.