Certificate Programs:
Healthcare organizations seek leaders who possess high-level leadership skills. Acquiring the right combination of insights, innovative problem solving, and interpersonal skills is a challenge in today’s rapidly changing healthcare market. The increasing cost and quality pressures of healthcare services raise the demand for competent, creative leaders and managers. Providing managers exposure to new skills and training is critical to prepare them to lead the organization successfully through this new environment.
The University of Oklahoma’s Executive Healthcare Training Academy is uniquely positioned to provide this training. The Academy was established to offer specialized training to those in healthcare organizations in leadership, strategy, and quality. It is focused on the needs of managers, board members, and physician administrators. We have faculty experts prepared to share their knowledge. They have extensive administrative, national, and international experience. Currently, the Academy offers certificates in leadership, strategic management, quality, and healthcare insurance.
The certificates can be customized to meet the specific needs of your managers. The duration of training will also depend on the course content and organizational needs. For example, the certificate in leadership is designed with five weeks of training in core materials. Moreover, our faculty will be familiar with the complexities and special needs of your organization to work with your personnel to customize and adapt the training for your organization. The programs will also be structured to integrate classroom learning into departmental operations. Attendees often will be grouped into teams that will implement practical projects in their respective departments. Completion of these projects will be a required component of the certificates. The combination of course instruction and applied projects produces sustained learning and results in positive organizational change.
Potential Attendees:
This certificates are designed for managers who seek to advance in their learning and managerial skills. Although the program components will be of benefit to any person with a position in management, the certificate programs generally are designed for middle and upper managers . The program is generally limited to 20 participants.
Leadership Certificate Program Content:
The Leadership Certificate Program consists of five weeks worth of course instruction spread across five months, followed by presentations of cumulative projects and a comprehensive examination in the sixth month. Each week of instruction will be followed by practical application of the principles learned in the respective departments of each team of participants. Teams of two to three individuals will develop practical projects in their respective departments. The intent is to improve the departments’ operations by implementing concepts from program materials. Participants will also be asked to teach various concepts they learn within their departments.
Class times are normally 8:30 am to 11:30 am and 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm five days per week. Class instruction will consist of a mixture of lecture, practical application, and case studies. Students must attend all lectures and presentations and complete the practical project. Student learning will be evaluated through course evaluations, projects, and examinations. To prepare students for the final comprehensive examination, examinations will be given at the end of each week-long course. The final comprehensive examination will be given in the sixth month.
Each participant completing the five-week training course will receive a “Certificate of Attendance” from the University of Oklahoma, College of Public Health, Department of Health Administration and Policy by attending all lectures and presentations and completing the practical project. For participants interested in receiving the “Certificate in Healthcare Leadership,” successful completion of a comprehensive examination is required.
The proposed curriculum and timeframe follow:
First Month: Leadership & the Challenges affecting the healthcare organization
Week 1: Reading materials distributed.
Week 2: Concepts of leadership and an overview of the respective country’s Healthcare system, comparisons of other international health systems, current issues affecting the present and future of the country’s healthcare system will be discussed, such as insurance and the potential competitive nature of the Saudi system.
Week 3: Project application: Presentation of materials to respective departments.
Second Month: Team building, communication, & negotiating
Week 1: Reading materials distributed.
Week 2: Concepts of team building, communication, and negotiating skills.
Week 3: Project application: Development of departmental task force by implementing course concepts.
Third Month: Financial Management, Planning, and Budgeting
Week 1: Reading materials distributed.
Week 2: Concepts of financial management, planning, and budgeting.
Week 3: Project application: Develop a flexible budget, net present value (NPV) assessment, or other financial application for the department.
Fourth Month: Quality’s application to leadership
Week 1: Reading materials distributed.
Week 2: Healthcare quality’s application to leadership, the intersection of reengineering and quality improvement.
Week 3: Project application: Developing and implementing a quality improvement project in the department.
Fifth Month: Strategic Planning and Management
Week 1: Reading materials distributed.
Week 2: Concepts of strategic planning and management, development of mission, vision, and philosophy.
Week 3: Project application: Cumulative projects.
Sixth Month: Presentation of Cumulative Projects
Week 1: Cumulative project presentations and comprehensive examinations.
A Ghant Chart demonstrating the progress and components of the educational program is graphically displayed in Appendix A.
Some of the Potential Faculty:
A.F. Al-Assaf, M.D., M.P.H.: Dr. Al-Assaf serves as the Associate Dean for International Affairs. He is a physician and consultant in preventive medicine and quality management. He has provided consulting services to many national and international organizations such as the U.S. Veterans Affairs Health System, U.S. Agency for International Aid (USAID), Hospital Corporation of America, Selected Professional Associations, World Bank, UNDP, UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), and the American Association for World Health. Dr. Al-Assaf holds a degree in Cardio-thoracic Medicine from the University of London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health (FRSH), a Fellow and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Medical Administrators (FAAMA), a Fellow of the American Institute for Healthcare Quality (FAIHQ), a Fellow of the American College of Managed Care Administrators (FACMCA) and Board Certified as a Quality Analyst (CQA). He has published and lectured widely.
Ann F. Chou, Ph.D., MPH, M.A.: Dr. Chou is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Administration and Policy at the College of Public Health and College of Medicine. She has also served as Assistant Professor in Indiana University’s School of Public and Environmental affairs and a Research Health Scientist at the Center for Implementing Evidence-based Practice at the Indianapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Chou’s research has focused on the adoption and implementation of innovations and the delivery of best practices. Dr. Chou received her Ph.D. in Health Services and Policy Analysis, with a concentration in organizations, and M.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and MPH from Yale University.
Steven Mattachione, J.D., CPA, F.H.F.M.A.: Mr. Mattachione has served in executive level positions in the healthcare industry since 1984. He has managed teaching hospitals, large tertiary medical centers, regional healthcare provider organizations, multi-state healthcare systems, and managed care organizations including an HMO. He has both operational and financial experience in these various situations. He joined the faculty in July, 2006, although he had been serving as adjunct faculty since 2002.
Stephen L. Walston, Ph.D., F.A.C.H.E.: Dr. Walston has extensive practical experience in the healthcare field, including 10 years serving as a hospital CEO. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School, specializing in Healthcare Systems and Strategy/Organizational Design. He has taught at Cornell University, directed the masters program in healthcare administration at Indiana University, and now works as an associate professor and co-director of the University of Oklahoma’s Executive Healthcare Training Academy. He has provided consultancy for many national and international firms and has published widely in healthcare strategy, reengineering, and organizational change.
Cost:
Please contact the Academy for more information about the cost of the above programs. The Academy normally provides the costs of all travel, faculty expenses, and master class materials. The Academy provides the contracting organization with a master copy of all handouts that may be copied for each participant. The participating organization generally is responsible for the costs of any books that are purchased for participants. The participating organization (if done at the organizational site) furnishes classroom space and other accommodations necessary for participants.
For more information please contact:
Website: http://www.coph.ouhsc.edu/coph/Training/index.htm
The Executive Healthcare Training Academy
Stephen L. Walston, Ph.D., F.A.C.H.E.
(405) 271-2115, ext. 37075
swalston@ouhsc.edu
