The Feagin Leadership Program: An Overview
The Feagin Leadership Program is a life-changing leadership development program that provides an in-depth experience into the five components of the Duke Healthcare Leadership Model … emotional intelligence, teamwork, service, integrity, and critical thinking. The 9-month program includes six educational sessions, individual and team executive coaching, monthly team meetings, the development of a team project that will improve healthcare or medical education, and presenting the project outcomes at the Feagin Leadership Forum. Upon graduation from the program, the Feagin Scholars (a select group of Duke medical students, residents, and fellows) become members of the Feagin Alumni Network where they have the opportunity to continue their leadership development through networking and connecting with new Scholars, Feagin faculty, guest speakers, executive coaches, and other Feagin alumni.
Session 1
Session 1 kicks off the program in September. This session consists of engaging introductions, Dr. Feagin’s essence shared by his sister (Katherine Jeter), defining the Duke Healthcare Leadership Model, leadership lessons learned presented by a physician leader/speaker, an introduction to executive coaching, a deep dive into personal values, scholar team assignments, and team building.
Session 2
Session 2 is held in October at the Unites States Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD. The focus of session 2 is the DiSC assessment (delving into our personalities and preferences and how these effects/strengthen the teams that we are on), a historical tour of the US Naval Academy including discussions on leadership lessons learned during war, a guest physician speaker, business etiquette and professional presence, team project selections, protected team time to work on their projects, and team building.
Session 3
Session 3 is held in November and delves into emotional intelligence and includes a physician guest speaker to talk about the importance of teamwork and acknowledging/appreciating your entire team.
Session 4
Session 4 takes place in January. A physician guest speaker will join us, and a large portion of the time will be devoted to the teams working on their projects.
Session 5
Session 5 is held in February. Productive conversations are defined and facilitated to ensure that our scholars leave the program confident with the skills they have learned and a physician guest speaker will share their leadership lessons learned.
Session 6
Session 6 was added to the program in 2024 to provide an opportunity to have an additional physician guest speaker, discuss team projects, rehearse project presentations, prepare for the forum, and finish strong.
Feagin Leadership Forum
The Forum, which kick started the Feagin Program almost two decades ago, is now the capstone event of the 9-month Feagin Leadership Scholars Program. We invite world-renowned speakers to discuss a carefully selected topic (different each year) and each Scholars team will present the outcome of their project. The Forum is open to the public and is a can’t-miss event!