Public Health Leadership: Leading the health sector during COVID-19 and beyond - 2020

This course is by invitation only. If you were not selected to participate in this course, you can explore other self-paced self-learning courses of the Virtual Campus.

Course Introduction
This course provides comprehensive skill sets and knowledge related to health leadership. Participants will learn about the theoretical foundations of public health leadership and apply their knowledge in meaningful, real-world learning activities, often related to their current work. This course is competency-based, using competencies from the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) and the leadership domain from the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). The course is 11 weeks long, and participants will go through modules of asynchronous and synchronous learning activities.

Course Strategy
This course includes weekly online synchronous class meetings, and engagement with asynchronous learning resources and activities in the virtual campus.

Course goal
Building leadership skills among public health managers will allow them to lead the response to emerging public health issues, including emergencies and disasters.

Course Learning Objectives

• Apply principles of leadership, governance, management, and collaboration to varied scenarios
• Develop mission and vision statements that align with described organizational structures
• Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges

Audience
This offering is oriented to English-proficient Caribbean public health workers in middle management positions.

Workload
The course will be conducted over 11 weeks.

Course Structure

Module 1: Introduction to Leadership in public health
Module 2: Ethics
Module 3: Leadership and Systems Thinking
Module 4: Capacity Development
Module 5: Teamwork and Organizational Performance
Module 6: Planning and implementing public health programs in the community
Module 7: Advocacy and Communication