Curricular leadership code development
| Included Keywords | Excluded keywords | Descriptors | Rational |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership | Leadership education, exposure to leadership opportunities | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Advocacy | Teaching to be advocates, preparing for advocacy roles, exposure to being an advocate for patients | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Leadership development | Developing leaders, leadership education | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Leader | Leaders, leading and to lead | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Transformational | Transformative to transform, transformationally, transformative education | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Patient management | Providing patient clinical care | This does not include a professional leadership theme and does not answer the research question | |
| Practice management | Leading a practice or preparing for practice management | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Practice management | Business, economic and finance education | This does not include a true professional leadership theme and does not answer the research question | |
| Business and finance | Business, economic and finance education | This does not include a true professional leadership theme and does not answer the research question | |
| Professional issues and perspectives | Professional issues and decision-making and diversity discussions | Does not reflect a true leadership theme and does not answer the research questions | |
| Ethics | Professional issues and decision-making and diversity discussions | Does not reflect a true leadership theme and does not answer the research questions | |
| Teaching and mentoring | Teaching future students how to educate and mentor | Aligns with leadership and was believed by the researcher to answer the research questions | |
| Clinical management and decision-making | Providing patient clinical care | This does not include a professional leadership theme and does not answer the research question |
| Included | Excluded | Descriptors | Rational |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leadership | Leadership education, exposure to leadership opportunities | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Advocacy | Teaching to be advocates, preparing for advocacy roles, exposure to being an advocate for patients | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Leadership development | Developing leaders, leadership education | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Leader | Leaders, leading and to lead | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Transformational | Transformative to transform, transformationally, transformative education | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Patient management | Providing patient clinical care | This does not include a professional leadership theme and does not answer the research question | |
| Practice management | Leading a practice or preparing for practice management | Answers the research question regarding leadership readiness and preparedness | |
| Practice management | Business, economic and finance education | This does not include a true professional leadership theme and does not answer the research question | |
| Business and finance | Business, economic and finance education | This does not include a true professional leadership theme and does not answer the research question | |
| Professional issues and perspectives | Professional issues and decision-making and diversity discussions | Does not reflect a true leadership theme and does not answer the research questions | |
| Ethics | Professional issues and decision-making and diversity discussions | Does not reflect a true leadership theme and does not answer the research questions | |
| Teaching and mentoring | Teaching future students how to educate and mentor | Aligns with leadership and was believed by the researcher to answer the research questions | |
| Clinical management and decision-making | Providing patient clinical care | This does not include a professional leadership theme and does not answer the research question |
Source(s): Table by the author