Program Overview
Curriculum | Cycle VI Program Highlights | Cycle VII Program Highlights
Curriculum
The Ecological Model has been chosen as the framework to build the curriculum for the Kansas Public Health Leadership Institute (KPHLI). The 2002 Institute of Medicine report “Who Will Keep the Public Healthy?” describes this model as “a model of health that emphasizes the linkages and relationships among multiple determinants affecting health.” Specific curriculum modules are based on competencies developed by the National Public Health Leadership Development Network.
Program Goals and Objectives
The KPHLI was designed to increase practitioners’ transformational and
transactional leadership knowledge, skills, and competencies in areas that
are vital to the development of their public health organizations/institutions
in order to impact Kansas’s state and local health departments and public
health infrastructure directly. Other goals of the program include:
- Providing a collaborative sequential leadership development model that supports the application of new knowledge and skills in the practice setting;
- Enhancing the leadership competencies that are vital to strengthening the public health system in Kansas; and
- Strengthening linkages among public health practitioners and developing collaborative networks with public health academicians.
In addition, the KPHLI curriculum acknowledges the importance of eight content areas recommended by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice. The council comprises leaders from national organizations who represent both public health practice and academic communities, including the National Public Health Leadership Development Network. These leadership competencies represent a set of skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for the broad practice of public health. They transcend the boundaries of the specific disciplines within public health and help to unify the profession. These content areas stress leadership that:
- Creates a culture of ethical standards within organizations and communities
- Helps create key values and shared vision and uses these principles to guide action
- Identifies internal and external issues that may impact delivery of essential public health services (i.e., strategic planning)
- Facilitates collaboration with internal and external groups to ensure participation of key stakeholders
- Promotes team and organizational learning
- Contributes to development, implementation, and monitoring of organizational performance standards
- Uses the legal and political system to effect change
- Applies theory of organizational structures to professional practice
The primary goal for each KPHLI fellow is to enhance and develop transactional
and transformational knowledge, skills, and competencies that are vital in
developing change strategies to impact the public’s health through 3
core functions. Within these core functions, the CDC has also identified 10
basic public health practices that are integral to the operation of state and
local health agencies:
- Assessment:
- Assess health needs effectively
- Investigate the occurrence of health effects and health hazards
- Analyze the determinants of identified health needs
- Policy development:
- Advocate for public health, build constituencies, and identify resources
- Set priorities among health needs
- Develop plans and policies to address priority health needs
- Assurance:
- Manage resources and develop organizational structures
- Implement programs
- Evaluate programs and provide quality assurance
- Inform and educate
The purpose of these functions is to impact the local public health infrastructure and meet the national objectives for the year 2010. Upon completion of the program, a scholar should have developed the knowledge, skills, and competencies to be able to:
Describe the meaning, value, and functions of leadership in public health
practice- Describe the mission, vision, values, goals, and objectives of their organization as a system
- Describe their own and other team members’ unique gifts and value to their organization/team
- Identify their personality styles and behavior patterns in regard to leadership practice strengths and areas for improvement
- Describe the purpose and methods for improving communication and teamwork in order to implement change strategies within their organization
- Describe the value of leadership competencies in their job and their impact on leading teams
- Select and define variables relevant to a problem requiring solution within their team and identify how the solution will contribute to the team’s vision of the future
- Develop and complete written documentation (as specified in course materials) of a case study addressing a problem in their work setting which seeks to enhance one or more of the three core functions of public health practice and meet specific national Year 2010 Objectives
- Describe how the five leadership practices of challenging, encouraging, inspiring, modeling, and enabling (according to Kouzes and Posner/Leadership Practices Inventory) are critical to most successful and productive leaders.
Cycle VI Program Highlights
Session 1, “Introduction to Regional Public Health Leadership” (October 1-3, 2008):
The first session of Cycle VI was also the inaugural regional training session for the Kansas MissouriOklahoma Regional Leadership Institute (KMOLI). KPHLI scholars were joined for the session by participantsfrom the Missouri and Oklahoma leadership institutes for joint training activities.
The regional leadership training provided a means for standardizing curricula across states, as well as sharing training resources. The aim of all three member institutes is to provide competency-based training in current public health and leadership topics to local and state-level practitioners in public health and allied fields.
The premier KMOLI session included training in health-related cultural competency, systems thinking, crisis leadership, and historical trends in disease, health, and preventive medicine. The session also included self-development training from a certified coach.
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Instructors:
Hanna Cooper, MPH, CPCC, APC
Leadership and Organizational Coach
John A. “Rocky” Barrett, Jr., BS
Chairman, Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Sherry Immediato, MBA
Managing Director, Society for Organizational Learning
Ian Mitroff, PhD
Professor, Alliant International University, San Francisco
Visiting Professor and Senior Investigator, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management, University of California-Berkeley
Adjunct Professor of Health Policy, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University
Ken McLeroy, PhD
Principal Investigator, Center for Community Health Development, Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health, Health Science Center
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Session 2, “Collaborative Leadership for Public Health Practice” (January 29-30, 2009):
At the second session, scholars learned the impact collaborative leadership can have on system change. Keynote speaker Jeff Wilson went through a number of processes and methods for bringing different groups together for mutual benefit. This “train-the-trainer” session mixed lectures, activities, and games in order to equip scholars with the basic knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to apply collaborative leadership models to the unique situations of their own organizations.
To close out the session, Dr. Suzanne Hawley, KPHLI co-executive director, gave a presentation regarding Myers-Briggs personality types, and how different types interact with each other. She also analyzed the results from the LPI-Self assessment that will be used to help the scholars create individual development plans throughout the year.
Instructors:
Jeff Wilson, MSHA (Keynote Speaker)
Administrator, Orthopaedic Services
Henrico Doctor’s Hospital
Suzanne Hawley, PhD, MPH
Co-Executive Director, KPHLI
Assistant Professor
Director of KU-MPH Program – Wichita
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Session 3 of the KPHLI was kicked off by keynote speaker Jeff Lanza, a retired FBI Special Agent who spoke on the topic of crisis communication. Jeff served as an FBI agent, agency spokesman, and crisis communicator in Kansas City for more than 20 years. Crisis communication is a science-based approach for communicating effectively with the media and the general public during an emergency. His interactive presentation included videos, discussions regarding current public health events, and role playing. Scholars learned how to prepare messages for the questions of the public and the media, as well as practice effective interview techniques.
Day 2 began with the scholar presentation of creative leadership assignments. Each scholar gave a presentation about what leadership means to them. Ranging from leadership illustrations from a kaleidoscope, to the Leadership Lessons of Santa Claus, these individualized presentations displayed the personality of each scholar.
Then, co-executive director Dr. Suzanne Hawley discussed mental models and the LPI-Observer assessment, which allowed the scholars to receive feedback from their co-workers concerning their leadership styles. To end the session, Deborah Fromer presented the elements of developing a successful scientific poster presentation.
Instructors:
Jeff Lanza, MBA
Special Agent, Head of Internal Security (Retired)
Kansas City Federal Bureau of Investigation
Suzanne Hawley, PhD, MPH
Co-Executive Director, KPHLI
Assistant Professor
Director of KU-MPH Program – Wichita
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita
Deborah Fromer, MT (ASCP), MPH
Epidemiologist
Health Protection and Promotion
Sedgwick County Health Department
Session 4 of the sixth cycle of KPHLI began its first day with a Public Health Systems Panel, which consisted of a variety of presentations given by several leaders of various public health-related agencies from across Kansas. Panelists included: Edie Snethen, KALHD, and Lindsay Payer, Coffey County Health Department, who gave presentations on the Kansas Public Health Department System; Rosanne Rutowski, KDHE, Shelia Rupp, Wesley Medical Center, and Ronda Lusk, Via Christi Health Systems, who gave presentations on the Kansas Trauma System; Chad Austin, Kansas Hospital Association, and Greg Lundstrom, Rural Health Insights, who gave a presentations on the Kansas Hospital System; and, Brenda Nickel, KDHE, and Kathy Hubka, Wichita USD 259, who gave a presentation on the Kansas Health Education System.
The afternoon of Day 1 featured speaker Jeff King, Next Element Consulting, who introduced scholars to the topic of Experimental Systems Thinking. By using an interactive and engaging approach, Jeff had scholars up and out of their seats and actively learning with one another for most of the afternoon!
Day 2 of Session 4 started off with Phil Griffin, Director of Tuberculosis and Viral Hepatitis Prevention and Control for the KDHE, who gave an informative presentation on Change Theory. More specifically, Phil thoroughly explained “The Change Cycle” and demonstrated how its six stages could be applied in understanding different types of change, especially in the field of Public Health.
For the majority of the remainder of Day 2, Ron Willis gave a very down-to-earth presentation on “The Gentle Art of Leadership.” Using his own life’s anecdotes, Ron encouraged scholars to become better leaders and professionals by becoming better people. The sincere common sense and wisdom that Ron shared ensured that everyone left with something more.
At the closure of Session 4, Co-director Dr. Suzanne Hawley gave a few brief remarks regarding capstones and the Capstone Session, which will be held on September 22, 2009, at the Hyatt Regency in Wichita.
The Cycle VI Capstone Session took place on September 22 in conjunction with the Kansas Public Health Association (KPHA) annual conference. After a year of hard work, scholars were able to share their capstone projects with their classmates, KPHLI fellows from past cycles, and the KPHLI faculty and staff. Each scholar presented his or her capstone project by using a poster or a power point presentation. Project titles ranged from Healthcare Quality in Rural America: Multi-State Hospital Quality/Performance Improvement Project (Chris Tilden, KDHE) to Safe Slumber: Creating a Safe Sleep Environment for Kansas Infants (Christy Schunn, SIDS Network) to Public Health Training for Elected Officials in Kansas: Translating an Assessment into Practice (Tim Norton, Sedgwick County Government).
Scholars also participated in a graduation luncheon, where they were given “funny awards” and graduation certificates from co-executive directors Shirley Orr, KDHE, and Dr. Suzanne Hawley, KUSM-W. Funny awards are given to each scholar to reflect something unique he or she did or said during the training year, whether it be Kelley Rogers-Graham’s award for “Leader with the Most Brownie Points” for bringing brownies to one of the sessions, or Christy Schunn’s award for being the first to complete her capstone.
Scholars who completed posters were given the opportunity to present them at KPHA during poster breakout sessions. On the final day of the KPHA conference, scholars were recognized as KPHLI Fellows for the first time. The new 2009-2010 class, Cycle VII, was also announced and recognized. Thank you, scholars, for all of your hard work this year. Congratulations!
Cycle VII Program Highlights
The first session of Cycle VII focused on experiential leadership for public health teams. Facilitator Jeff King filled Day 1 with group activities to help illustrate multiple strategies for team building and assessing group dynamics. He used group discussions to help the scholars process the stages of a full value contract and how they can be applied to everyday scenarios.
KPHLI Co-executive Director Dr. Suzanne Hawley started off Day 2 with an explanation of the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) assessment taken by scholars. This assessment helps scholars understand the normal differences in people concerning where people get their energy, how they gather information, and how they make decisions.
Dr. Hawley also explained the scholars’ results from the LPI-Self assessment. The LPI tool is used to assess skill in 5 key leadership practices. Scholars used the results to reflect on what practices they are comfortable with and which ones they would like to develop.
Session 2 took place on September 16-18th in Kansas City, MO. Kansas scholars were joined by scholars in the Missouri and Oklahoma Public Health Leadership Institutes for the 2nd annual KMOLI Regional Leadership Institute. Scholars enjoyed time meeting and collaborating with other public health leaders from neighboring states. Kenneth McLeroy, professor at the Texas A&M Health Science Center started the session by looking at public health issues from a global perspective. He discussed the epidemiologic transition of public health and potential future directions for public health.
Sherry Immediato, Society of Organizational Learning, began Day 2 with strategies for systems thinking. Scholars learned ways to think globally while acting locally to impact public health. Sherry also discussed the importance of building lasting partnerships and avoiding “accidental adversaries.” Scholars discussed and assessed case studies of instances when accidental adversaries were formed. They brainstormed solutions to the situations and steps that could have prevented them from happening.
The final day of the session was filled with insight from Gary Eagleton, aha! Process, Inc. Gary spoke about how cultural differences can affect opportunities for success. Scholars acquired skills needed to develop plans to improve services to the community. Gary also discussed generational poverty and shared a mental model with the scholars to show its impact.
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