SPPH 526-DL2: Leadership in Public Health
Winter 2014 Course Outline
January-April 2015
January 24 (B104)
February 27 (491)
March 29 (B104)
Time: 8:30 am - 4 pm
Course Coordinator:
Office:
Telephone:
Fax:
Email:
Teaching Assistant:
Dr. Arminée Kazanjian, Professor
School of Population and Public Health
#275 - 2206 East Mall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z3
604-822-4618
604-822-4994
[email protected]
Sally Lin
MPH Student
Sally Lin <[email protected]>
Format of Instruction
The course will incorporate cases, articles, discussions, guest speakers and student
seminars to provide participants with insight into the roles, challenges, and success
requirements of public health leaders.
Description
This course focuses on the leadership capabilities and skills that are most relevant in public
health, for front-line workers, managers, and professionals. The HCLABC Leaders for Life
framework is introduced and successive sessions take selected elements of the framework
for further consideration and discussion. These include leadership skills such as selfawareness, teambuilding, crisis management, strategic thinking, evidence informed
decision-making, and policy development.
Course Objectives
This course will provide the opportunity for students to:
1. Become familiar with leadership theories and concepts in the context of Public Health
and in public health practice.
2. Develop an understanding of leadership behaviors and competencies pertinent to public
health practice.
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3. Appraise own leadership abilities, demonstrate insight into own strengths in the context
of current challenges facing Public Health
4. Learn how to engage others on various teams and networks, and build coalitions across
organizations
5. Begin to develop leadership attributes to demonstrate transformational change in public
health.
Evaluation
There will be several assignments for evaluating student progress: class presentation, a
case study, and concept papers. The syllabus for the course includes papers from peer
journals, selected chapters from Public Health Leadership: Putting Principles into Practice
(by Louis Rowitz, 2nd edition) and key documents from the Leaders for Life Program
(HCLABC). The framework documents will provide guidance on the broad set of
capabilities that good leadership must create within Public Health that is consistent with
the mandate and purpose of the BC health system. Students may chose to focus on one or
more of the 5 attributes contained in the Framework.
Requirements:
The requirements and assignments for the course are as follows:
1. Class contribution. Come prepared to participate actively each month in on-line
discussions and when in class, on campus. Clear instructions for this will be available on
the course webpage (15% of course grade).
2. Case Study of selected topic for oral (seminar) presentation in March. This is a group
assignment. Please read instructions on the course webpage. The seminar presentation
should contain a set of questions that will generate class discussion (5% of course grade).
The written version of the case study is due at the end of Term. (30% of course grade)
4. Critique of assigned Case Study, oral presentation in March. (15% of course grade)
5. Detailed statement of your values, vision, and unique capacity to contribute as a leader in
Public Health. About 5-6 pages. Due mid-March . (35% of course grade)
Schedule of Topics-On-line and Face to Face
Date
Instructor(s)
Topic
Module 1
January 8:
7-8pm
Blackboard
connect
January 15:
7-8pm
Blackboard
Connect
Dr. Arminée
Kazanjian
Orientation
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Sally Lin
Course outline/overview
Course structure & learning goals
Overview of Leaders for Life leadership framework
Public Health practice: Leadership in context
LEADS Key points: A Checklist
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LEADS Domains (5)
LEADS capabilities (4) for each domain
LEADS 360 Self-Assessment Tool
Reflections on previous learning exercise
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January 24:
Face-to-face
Guest Speakers
Guest
Speakers
January 24:
February 5:
7-8pm
Blackboard
Connect
February 19:
7-8pm
Blackboard
Connect
February 27
Face-To-Face
Guest Speakers
Module 3
March 5:7-8pm
Blackboard
Connect
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Ted Bruce,
MA, Chair
CIHR IPPH
IAB
(morning)
Michelle Reid,
MPH, Reseach
Manager,
Cancer
Prevention
Centre, UBC
(afternoon)
Module 2
Engaging Others and Engaging with Others
The Charismatic, Innovative Leader’s Role in the Work
Environment
Dr. Arminée
Kazanjian
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Organizational environments; from hierarchies to
collaboratives
Fostering the development of others; the role of goal
setting, rewards & incentives, development
opportunities and encouraging participation in
decision-making
Team building: Developing political & social
intelligence
Systems Transformation 1 - Knowledge Synthesis,
Translation, Dissemination & Exchange
Leading Evidence-Based Decision Making
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Models of KT
Practice of Systematic Reviews
Collaborative processes to mobilize social action
through Knowledge exchange and transfer
Coalition Building
Leadership at the community level
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Sally Lin
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Stages and phases of purposeful network building:
visioning, group development and process;
Navigating contexts: the nature of socio-political
environments and the roles of advocacy
Self-Leadership
Guest
Speakers
February 27
Dr Reka
Gustafson,
MHO VCH
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Self-Awareness (emotional intelligence)
Self- management (managing emotions)
Self development (social intelligence)
Overcoming adversity, coping with change
Leadership and Policy Development
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The politics of Public Health Policy
Distinguishing policy issues from Leadership ones
Lisa McCune,
MA, Program
Facilitator, FP
Oncology
Network,
BCCA
Measuring the Leader
Dr. Arminée
Kazanjian
Course Review and Discussion
Sally Lin
Group 1 Topic: TBA
Critique by another group
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Leadership competencies frameworks
360 Leadership assessment and feedback
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March 12:7-8pm Small groups’
Blackboard
dress
Connect
rehearsal of
final
March 19:7-8pm presentation
Blackboard
for early
Connect
review
Group 3 Topic:TBA
Critique by another group
Group 4 Topic : TBA
Critique by another group
March 26:7-8pm
Blackboard
Connect
March 29
Face-to-Face
Group 2 Topic: TBA
Critique by another group
Dr Nadine
Caron, UBC
Northern Med
Program
Final Group
Presentations
Leading transformational change in Indigenous
Health, special lecture
Group Presentations and Critique
Case Studies: TBC by Instructor early in the term
For example:
Presentation & Critique of Case Studies – Communicable Disease/Pandemics
Presentation & Critique of Case Studies – Inequities
Presentation & Critique of Case Studies – Mental Health
Presentation & Critique of Case Studies – Environmental Health
Relevant Readings
Note: In order to access some of the linked articles from a non-UBC computer you will need
to set-up VPN. Please see http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/proxyinfo/ for details.
Main Textbook to consult: Public health leadership:; putting principles into practice / Louis
Rowitz.
There is one available copy of the 2014 version of Public health leadership: putting principles
into practice / Louis Rowitz. in WOODWARD LIBRARY right now. The call Number is :
WA525 .R882p 2014
The e-book is accessed by:
http://ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ubc/detail.action?docID=10530007
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***Required and recommended readings are listed by module below. However, some of the
listed volumes contain more depth of information for further reference in other modules
Module 1
Textbook Public Health Leadership (Rowitz) 2nd ed.
Chapter 1, pp. 3-14
Chapter 2, pp 19-32
Chapter 3, pp 41-45
L4L: Key Points to Leadership Growth: A Checklist for Leaders [to upload on Blackboard under
Resources]
L4L: Self-Assessment Tool [to upload] LEADS Exec Summary on Lead Self
LEADS Volume on Engage Others, including Exec Summary [to upload]
Graham ID, Logan J, Harrison MB. Straus SE, Tetroe J, Caswell W, Robinson N. Lost in
Knowledge Translation: Time For A Map? J Contin Educ Health Prof 2006; 26(1): 13
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chp.47/pdf
Knowledge Translation in Health Care: Moving from Evidence to Practice http://www.cihrirsc.gc.ca/e/40618.html
Sections 1 & 2 and Section 3.1 and 5.1 are required reading. Rest of presentations are
optional reading.
OPTIONAL Reading for students with specific interest in:
Exploring the psychology of leadership: Improving Organizational Effectiveness Through
Transformational Leadership edited by Bernard M. Bass, Bruce J. Avolio, 1994 Sage
Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA
Transformational leadership, Bernard M. Bass, Ronald E. Riggio. Mahwah, N.J. : L.
Erlbaum Associates, 2006. Call Number: HD57.7 .B373 2006
http://webcat1.library.ubc.ca/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=3553723
Background report for the Leaders for Life Volumes: Canadian Health Services Research
Foundation. The Pan-Canadian Health Leadership Capability Framework Project: A collaborative
research initiative to develop a leadership capability framework for healthcare in Canada.
http://www.chsrf.ca/pdf/Health_Leadership_Framework_E.pdf
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PHAC building blocks of public health education and professional development: Core
Competencies for Public Health in Canada
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/php-psp/ccph-cesp/about_cc-apropos_ce-eng.php
See in particular Statement 7 - Leadership
UK Material, video and pdf versions: Leaders for Life Health Leadership Capabilities
Framework. NHS . Medical Leadership Competency Framework.
http://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/
http://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/wpcontent/uploads/dlm_uploads/2014/10/NHSLeadership-LeadershipModel-colour.pdf
Module 2
Rowitz, Ch6, pp 137 -143 Leadership at the Community Level
Ch9, pp 203 - 208 Leadership and Policy Development
CH17, pp 475 – 479, and 494 - 501 Measuring the Leader, especially Section V pp
497 -501
http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ubc/reader.action?docID=10530007
LEADS Exec Summary of Develop Coalitions
L4L: Self-Assessment Tool [to upload]
Fafard Patrick, Evidence and Healthy Public Policy: Insights from Health and Political
Sciences, CPRN, May 2008 [ to upload]
To get a broader understanding of Knowledge Synthesis, Translation and Exchange (KSTE) as
a tool for social transformation in small steps, i.e changing practice behavior among HC
providers, or changing personal health behavior among population groups, see:
Kazanjian, A., Smillie, K., Howard, A.F., Ward, A., Doll, R. A Structured Approach to
Knowledge Exchange: Understanding the implementation of a cancer survivor program.
European Journal of Oncology Nursing. Forthcoming (2012).
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462388911001359
Kazanjian A., et al: Knowledge Exchange – Decision Support Toolkit (2010)
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http://spph.ubc.ca/files/2013/11/KEDS_Toolkit_Nov2010.pdf
NOTE:
Early in Module 2, you will be developing a case study outline, within a small group, topic to
be approved by the Instructor/TA. The outline will be further developed during module 3,
prepared for presentation on March 29. Anticipate additional readings on the topic, as
appropriate. You will be responsible for the selection of extra readings pertinent to your case
study.
Same small group will be assigned to critique the presentation of another group. Anticipate
additional readings, as needed, for thoughtful critiquing.
Module 3
LEADS volume on Systems Transformation would be helpful reference for following
concepts that the Guest Lecturer may bring to this session
Additional reading pertaining your case study and critique assignments.
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