The recent report published by the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) addressing 'Barriers and Enablers for Clinicians moving into Senior Leadership Roles' will be welcomed by many Clinicians (FMLM, 2018). You don’t have to look far to find a discussion on which attributes are valuable in effective leadership. A deeper question is whether we should we be identifying potential earlier, and facilitating Clinicians to step into leadership roles based on potential not seniority?

Over the past few years there have been notable changes in the way Doctors are choosing to progress through their training. A recent report from the GMC highlighted that 54% of Doctors took a career break after F2 in 2017, nearly double the 2014 figures (GMC, 2017). However, if you’re planning an F3 year you must be crystal clear on your underlying motivation and exactly what you’re planning to achieve during that time.

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