Section: Module 6: Lesson 4: Leading the Management of Health Emergencies and Disasters | Public Health Leadership

Learning objectives:

Understand concepts related to health emergency and health disaster.
Describe the role of the public health leader and the public health system when a health emergency or disaster occurs.
Analyze the importance of public health leadership in a health emergency or disaster context.

Approximate time required to complete the readings (at 144 words/minute) and assignments for this lesson: 4 hours/ 10 minutes.

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Introduction

Course Registration

Peer Corner

Pre-Test

Module 1: Lesson 1: Public Health as Part of a Complex System

History of Public Health

Lenses and levels: the why, what and how of measuring health system drivers of women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health with a governance focus.

What does improving population health really mean?

The Global Health System: Strengthening National Health Systems as the Next Step for Global Progress

The Role of Public Health Institutions in Global Health System Strengthening Efforts: The US CDC's Perspective

History of Public Health in Latin America

Module 1: Lesson 2: Leading Collaboration to Improve Health

Discover. What is Public Health?

Patterns in Partnering across Public Health Collaboratives

Public Health's Role: Collaborating for Healthy Communities

Collaborative and partnership research for improvement of health and social services: researcher’s experiences from 20 projects

Partnerships in Community Health Improvement Planning

Effective Partnership in Community-Based Health Promotion: Lessons from the Health Literacy Partnership

Ten Great Public Health Achievements

Discussion Forum: Collaboration and Public Health Achievements (120 min)

Module 1: Lesson 3: The Importance of Public Health Leadership in Public Health

Public Health Leadership and Management

An Overview of Leadership Principles and Theories

Change Management in Healthcare

Healthcare Leadership Model The Nine Dimensions of Leadership Behaviour

Personal Stories in Healthcare and Public Health Leadership

Discussion Forum: Leadership and Management Strategies of Public Health Leaders. (120 min)

Module 1 Lecture Recording: Introduction to Public Health leadership

Module 2: Lesson 1: Leadership, Ethics, and Public Health

Increasing Transparency and Accountability in National Pharmaceutical Systems

Ethics Unwrapped: Integrity

Honesty in Medicine: Should Doctors Tell the Truth?

Leadership and Organizational Ethics: the Three Dimensional African Perspectives

Public Health Code of Ethics.

Public Health Code of Ethics.

Public Health Ethics: Global Cases, Practice, and Context

Social Justice: Concepts, Principles, Tools and Challenges

Social Justice: Concepts, Principles, Tools and Challenges

Activity 1: Code of Ethics in Public Health Leadership. (180 min)

Activity 2: Public Health Code of Ethics and Professional Interactions. (240 min)

Module 2: Quiz

Medical Ethics in the 70 Years after the Nuremberg Code, 1947 to the Present

Module 2 Lecture Recording: Ethics

Module 3: Lesson 1: Systems Theory, Leadership, and Healthcare

Health Care Financing

Politics and Public Health—Engaging the Third Rail

Complexity Science in Brief

The Value of Systems Thinking

Systems Mapping: The Basics

Visual Tools to Improve Systemic Analysis

Systems Science Methods in Public Health: Dynamics, Networks, and Agents

Discussion Forum: Systems Thinking. (150 min)

Discussion Forum: Improving Healthcare Through Complexity Science and Systems Theory (180 min)

Activity 4: Application of Complexity and Systems Theory in the Design, Delivery, and Evaluation of Healthcare. (180 min)

Module 3: Quiz

Module 3 Lecture Recording: Leadership and Systems Thinking

Lesson Readings

Module 4: Lesson 1: Leadership Qualities

Leadership in Public Health: New Competencies for the Future

Emotional Intelligence: a Place in Public Health Promotion and Education

Personal Values, Belief and Attitudes

4 Ways to Boost Your Adaptability Skills

How to Improve your Organizational Leadership Skills

Super-Flexibility in Practice: Insights from a Crisis

Achieving the Goals of Public Health

Activity 5: Change at Home or at Your Workplace (240 min)

The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Hospital Administration

Module 4: Lesson 2: Promoting Professional Development

Workforce Planning.

Getting Started with Workforce Planning

Engaging and Transforming the Health Workforce

A Strategic Approach to Public Health Workforce Development and Capacity Building

Workforce Planning Toolkit Competencies Overview

Competency Implementation Guide

Continuing Professional Development: Best Practices

Health Care Professional Development: Working as a Team to Improve Patient Care

Module 4: Lesson 3: Local Challenges and Perspectives on Human Resources Development

Priorities and Challenges for Health Leadership and Workforce Management Globally: a Rapid Review

Barriers and Opportunities to Improve the Foundations for High-Quality Healthcare in the Mexican Health System

Module 4: Lesson 4: Human Resource Policies, Planning, and Management

Mission, Vision & Values Facilitation