Current projects and brief information regarding ongoing USU LEAD research is detailed below.
Ongoing
Bushmaster Research Activities Group (BRAG): multidisciplinary team examining relationship of individual characteristics and academic performance of USU medical students with various elements of leadership performance in military medical field exercise
- BRAG I: Several years of Interviews, demographics, GPA, National Board Step 1 & 2 Scores, faculty ratings of student performance at Bushmaster exercise
- Patient Perception at Bushmaster: evaluation of medical student communication performance from patient perspective (first year medical students)
- BRAG II: Bushmaster-FourCe-PITO evaluation tool analyzed for internal psychometrics; used to evaluate LEAD program
- Development of leadership assessment tool
- Military Medical Leadership Assessment (MMLA) for faculty to evaluate students (MAJ Matthew Moosey Doctoral Research Project)
- Validate and refine MMLA for faculty use to evaluate students
- Expand MMLA for peer assessment and self-assessment
Planning
- Humor and leadership: assessment of humor in FourCe-PITO Framework (especially Communication and Context) for patient care and leadership effectiveness
- Gender and leadership: examination of how gender relates to FourCe-PITO framework (especially Character and Context) and how to optimize leadership effectiveness considering gender
- Millenials and leadership: investigation of how generational differences (especially Millenials, Gen X, Babyboomers) affect leadership performance (especially Competence and Character) and reactions to leaders
