Leadership in Orthopaedic Surgery: A Survey of the Value of Leadership Development for Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty.

Most department chairs (92.1%) viewed leadership training for their orthopaedic faculty as either important or very important. Seventy-four percent of orthopaedic surgery department chairs surveyed indicated that they had a leadership development program in place, with 59.1% being developed within the past 10 years. Benefits of these programs included improved listening and communication skills and management of staff.