Health Care Leadership and Management Learning Package

Author: Esther Halvorson-Hill, RN, MN, MPA

Interactive Media Publishing,

 

Developed especially for distance education and intensive courses by an instructor and instructional designer with several years of experience in teaching at a distance, this comprehensive package provides a successful learning experience for Health Care managers or RNs working toward a degree.  This learning package is priced for student or lab purchase (see pricing guide) and consists of CDs, a student work book, presentation outlines, an online website, sample syllabus and schedule, computer graded quizzes and exams, and activities and exercises. 

 

The high quality presentations contain text with professional voice-over, video, and comprehensive graphics. This package is so comprehensive, many instructors do not require additional textbooks for the course. The author has over 20 years of experience in management in Nursing and shares expertise, methods, and tips in the comprehensive presentations. The author is also available as an online mentor for teaching with this package, or can provide a workshop to faculty on how to use the package in a distant or intensive course.

 

The package of four CDs contains 12 modules.  Each module is designed to represent 2 hours of course work (45 min to 1.5 hours of lecture plus activities).  The modules consists of the following elements:

             

 

 

 

 

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CD 1: Organization and Mgmt Theory

1. Introduction and Self-Assessments

2. Formal Organization

3. Classical Organization/Management Theory

4. Informal Organization

 

CD2: Personnel Management

5. Personnel Mgmt I: Staffing, Recruitment, Interviewing

6. Personnel Mgmt II: Scheduling, Classification, Shifts, Absenteeism, Team Management

7. Personnel Mgmt III: Team Building, Delegation, Performance Appraisals, Discipline

 

CD3: Leadership

8. Management Technology Tools: Excel, PowerPoint, Task Tracking, Timeline

9. Leadership I:  Leadership Vs. Mgmt, Situational Leadership, Time Management

10. Leadership II:  Power, Effective Change, Conflict Management

 

CD4: Financial and Legal Mgmt

11. Budgeting and Fiscal Management

12. Legal Aspects of Management (labor and other laws)

13. Conclusion and Project Guidelines

 

Leadership & Management Exercises:

Each module concludes with three levels of integration:

1.      Scholarly (knowing) is demonstrated by taking a quiz

2.      Practical (applying) is demonstrated by completing activities for each module that lead up to the final development of a virtual organization department presentation

3.      Integration (becoming) is a reflection of what was learned and checklist of application to management experiences

 

This learning package provides a unique learning environment. Learning is based upon completion of exercises that require the student to not only understand the concepts presented, but to apply those concepts in the definition of a “virtual” department in an imaginary organization.  The students work in a team or alone to produce a final product – a PowerPoint presentation about their “dream” department. A PowerPoint template is provided for structure, and a tutorial explains how to use PowerPoint to complete the model.  Module exercises or assignments are incorporated into the presentation. When complete, the presentation represents a vision of a department with these components:

 

Concepts regarding teamwork, project management, task definition, and delegation are utilized and applied by the student during completion of exercises.  For example, when students learn about personality types and how they fit into a team effort, they must apply this knowledge to their own team and structure the team organization and work to be accomplished to maximize the skill utilization of the team. In looking at task development and management, they apply principles of budgeting their own time and resources to accomplish each of the objectives within the allocated timeframe.

 

Technology tools such as spreadsheets, drawing tools, presentation tools, and project management tools are demonstrated in tutorials with accompanying activities that allow the student to apply each tool to their assignment. This hands-on focused experiential learning is a key element of student success.  Each technology tutorial is presented in a multi-media tutorial with accompanying sample document. The work is designed to be completed at a distance, thus involving the student not only in project work, but in the complexities added in working at a distance.  Distant work coordination is a growing factor in all work environments and demands a high degree of communication and documentation of an ongoing project.   This formalization of work further enhances the student learning experience.

 

Computerized Quizzes and Testing 

A computerized testing package is included on the CDs, allowing students to take quizzes and tests from their computer. The module tests are intended for self-check. The exam tests are timed – providing one hour to answer 50 questions.  Tests are graded by the software and test results are automatically emailed to the instructor. Both pre and post tests are included with each module.  A midterm and final are also provided. Instructors may opt to have students use these exams to prepare for a proctored exam, or include the scores as part of the grade.

·        Each module has a multiple choice Post-Test quiz (between 9 and 20 questions per module)

·        Pre-test has a subset of the questions (3 or 4).  This allows checking of knowledge gained without giving away the quiz.

 

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