EZMSA SPEAKER EVENT

SPEAKER: HEALTH LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM A WAR ZONE WITH DR. SCOTT MCLEOD

Date: April 11, 2024
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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 Agenda:
1) Introductions by EZMSA Executive
2) Presentation by Dr. Scott McLeod (45 minutes)
3) Questions (45 minutes)

Description:
There are many analogies used in healthcare to a military experience. We talk about “frontline staff,” we had “war rooms” during COVID and I’ve heard more than once some physicians say we need to “go to war” over something that is controversial. It is my belief that we should not be equating our healthcare system to war unless we are also talking about things like camaraderie, building high performing teams, looking after the troops, and developing leaders to succeed in challenging situations. During my career in the Canadian Armed Forces, I deployed on a humanitarian mission to Haiti, I deployed with a CF-18 squadron participating in the Kosovo air campaign and I was the commanding officer of the multinational trauma hospital in Kandahar in addition to all the Canadian medial personnel providing “front line” care on the battlefields of Afghanistan.

In this talk I will share with you my experience in a war zone, some of my personal learning that came from that experience and how that has shaped my perspective on leadership in healthcare.

Speaker Biography:
Dr. McLeod went to medical school at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon and completed residency training in both family medicine and aerospace medicine. He has Masters degrees in Public Health and Public Administration. Dr. McLeod's current role is registrar and CEO of the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta in 2017.