Several trends converge around the teaching of entry level managers for healthcare provider organizations (HCOs): Competencies: Most of the accrediting agencies for professional degrees have moved to “competencies”. CAHME is included. “Competency” is defined as: Effective...
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AUPHA’s Management Forum chairs, Daniel Estrada and Suzanne Wood, have agreed to explore the RLO (“Reusable Learning Opportunity”) potential. In my blog, “Let’s Build a Library of RLOs,” I describe the concept—web-based teaching aids of all kinds—and proposed that every RLO should have ...
In entry #7, I argued: There is no ethical way a faculty member can ignore the Baldrige phenomenon. Just as medicine, economics, and public health must teach the latest documented evidence, AUPHA members must teach the Baldrige model. … Our graduates need to be able to apply the model,...
The only rigorous, audited description of excellence in healthcare delivery beyond the level of case studies is the set of “applications” of the 19 healthcare organizations (HCOs) that have won the Baldrige Quality Award. These are 54 page, single spaced documentations of proven work processes. ...
We have a vision, some early components, and some ideas. We have a beginning, but nothing to brag about. Here’s what’s accessible today. The strongest statement we can make is, “We know these tools can be used in classes of varying sizes. They are supported by most common learning management...
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So let us build a library of RLOs useful to create healthcare managers, a reference for instructors to plan a sequence of skill-building similar to a text book’s presentation of cognitive material
The short answer is, “We need a collaborative because we are all short of time.” Revising a course is a lot of work, especially when it must be done on the fly—while teaching to several dozen students. Developing a library of teaching resources will save us all time. A somewhat longer...
We have a beginning toolbox (Entry #2), but nothing to brag about. How can we improve the toolbox? Let me lay out some OFIs. 1. We need more and better questions, assignments, and realistic team projects. Colleague Begun says he wants cases. I’m not opposed, but we need to...
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