Advancing MCH Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Leadership Training and Practice Through a Learning Collaborative
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Advancing MCH Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Leadership Training and Practice Through a Learning Collaborative Meaghan C. McHugh1,2 • Lewis H. Margolis3 • Angela Rosenberg4 Elizabeth Humphreys5
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Published online: 9 August 2016 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016
Abstract Purpose The Interdisciplinary Leadership Learning Collaborative (ILLC), under the sponsorship of AUCD and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, brought together six teams, composed of 14 MCHB and UCEDD training programs to enhance their leadership training. Description Using adult learning principles, interactive training methods, and skill-focused learning, the ILLC built upon the evidence-based Interdisciplinary Leadership Development Program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program began with a 4-day on-site intensive and then continued through monthly conference calls, a mid-term on-site workshop, and a summary virtual workshop to present programmatic accomplishments and share plans for sustainability. Coaching/consultation for the teams around particular challenges was also part of the program. Assessment All teams reported enhancements in intentional leadership training, threading of leadership concepts across clinical, didactic, and workshop settings, and new collaborative partnerships for leadership training. Teams also identified a number of strategies to increase sustainability of their intentional leadership training efforts. Conclusion for Practice The learning collaborative is a
& Meaghan C. McHugh [email protected] 1
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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Formerly with Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), Silver Spring, MD, USA
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Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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University of Arizona LEND Program, Tucson, AZ, USA
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University of New Hampshire LEND Program, Durham, NH, USA
productive model to address the growing need for interdisciplinary MCH leaders. Keywords Interdisciplinary Inter-professional Learning Collaborative Leadership training Maternal and child health
Introduction and Background In the face of major transformations in health care systems, educators have a heightened responsibility to prepare professionals to think and act across disciplinary and professional perspectives (Kohn et al. 2000; Committee on Quality of Health Care in America 2001; Frenk et al. 2010; Interprofessional Education Collaborative Expert Panel 2011; Kaufman et al. 2014). As noted in the recent IOM report, Measuring the Impact of Interprofessional Education on Collaborative Practice and Patient Outcomes, ‘‘…widespread adoption of a model of interprofessional education across the learning continuum is urgently needed. An ideal model would retain the tenets of professional identity formation while providing robust opportunities for interprofessional education and collaborative care’’ (Institute of Medicine 2015). For many years, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) has
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