BACKGROUND: Ethical leadership is important for developing ethical healthcare practice. However, there is little research-based knowledge on how to stimulate and educate for ethical leadership. OBJECTIVES: The aim was to develop and investigate the feasibility of a 6-week web-based, ethical leadership educational programme and learn from @entity1 ' experience. TRAINING PROGRAMME AND RESEARCH DESIGN: A training programme was developed consisting of (1) a practice part, where the participating middle managers developed and ran an ethics project in their own departments aiming at enhancing the ethical mindfulness of the organizational culture, and (2) a web-based reflection part, including online reflections and @entity15285 while executing the ethics project. Focus group interviews were used to explore the @entity1 ' experiences with and the feasibility of the training. @entity1 AND RESEARCH CONTEXT: Nine middle managers were recruited from a part-time master's programme in leadership in Oslo, Norway. The research context was the participating leaders' work situation during the 6 weeks of training. ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS: Participation was voluntary, data anonymized and the confidentiality of the participating leaders/students and their institutions maintained. No @entity1 or medical information was involved. FINDINGS: Eight of the nine recruited leaders completed the programme. They evaluated the training programme as efficient and supportive, with the written, situational feedback/ @entity15285 as the most important element, enhancing reflection and motivation, counteracting a feeling of loneliness and promoting the execution of change. DISCUSSION: The findings seem consistent with the basic assumptions behind the educational design, based partly on e-health research, feedback studies and organizational ethics methodology, partly on theories on workplace learning, reflection, recognition and motivation. CONCLUSION: The training programme seems feasible. It should be adjusted according to @entity1 ' proposals and tested further in a large-scale study.

Educating for ethical leadership through web-based XXXX : A feasibility study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['PARTICIPANTS', 'participants', 'patient'] @entity15285 :: ('MESH:C536430', 'Disease') :: ['coaching']
@entity15285 :: (MESH:C536430,Disease) :: ['coaching']
