Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Nurses at all levels need to be strategic in their thinking and actions and be skilled communicators and negotiators. Taipei Veterans General Hospital will hold a 1-year leadership training program for young leaders to provide with knowledge, strategies and strength to lead and manage nursing and health services in often complex and chaotic environments. This program consists of 2-stage workshops. Fellows attend stage 1 for a period of five days. During the first period fellows participate in discussion and reflection on leadership, clinical leadership, practice improvement and selecting a team project. In the last week of the training period, fellows again attend for a period of five days. During this period, fellows will finalise their project report. Totally 30 young clinical leaders who 35 years old and under will be enrolled from our medical centre. ICN has been a pioneer in leadership, management and negotiation skill development for nurses for more than 20 years through its highly successful leadership programs: Leadership for Change™. The TVGH leadership training program will be developed and directed by 3 ICN LFC Training of Trainers, who are also the nursing supervisors in the nursing department of TVGH.