Leadership In Medicine (LIM)

What is Leadership in Medicine (LIM)?

  • A four year para-curricular program that is student-run and faculty-supported
  • Designed to develop students professionally into future leaders in healthcare
  • Creating a culture of purpose-driven medical students, equipping them with tools of leadership (competencies) and exposure to diverse leadership experiences in the medical field
What do we do?
  • Foster a close relationship with a mentor in a key leadership area whom we observe and learn from
  • Measure and improve our leadership competencies through the use of data collection, leadership training, book clubs, and peer feedback
  • Develop and implement a community improvement project with the assistance of a faculty member
  • Continually develop the program through problem solving and refining of the syllabus 

Four Leadership Tracks:

  • Health Policy/Public Health
  • Academic Medicine
  • Community Medicine
  • Executive Medicine

Core Competencies Developed:

  • Self-management
  • Self-awareness
  • Social awareness
  • Relationship management
Mission Statement: 
  • Expand the capacity of Florida State University College of Medicine’s training resources to prepare students for mission-based leadership roles.
  • Focus efforts toward nurturing a culture of purpose-driven medical students, equipping them with tools of leadership (competencies) and exposure to diverse leadership experiences in the medical field.
  • Combine the unique mission, location, and relationships at FSU to provide an unprecedented level of training in health leadership domains for medical students.