The Future of MCH Leadership Training

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The Future of MCH Leadership Training

• Wendy E. Mouradian, MD, MS
• Colleen E. Huebner, PhD, MPH
• April 19 20, 2004 Seattle, WA

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Leadership

• Why
• What
• How
• Can you assess leadership training?

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Leadership in Oral Health

• Within pediatric dentistry
• Within the rest of health care
• Important MCH disparities issue

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MCH Working Conference Goals

• Define Leadership in MCH context
• Competencies, skills, domains
• Identify needed tools, curricula and experiences
• Measure process and outcomes
• Network, share experiences, and collaborate

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Target Audience

• Faculty of all MCH leadership training program
• Local, state and federal leaders

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Conference Overview

• Leadership
• Why
• What
• How
• Can you assess leadership training?

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Why Leadership?

• MCH Leadership has a moral context
• Leaders need ethical behavior
• Leaders encounter ethical dilemmas

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Leadership as a Mission

• Leadership finds you
• Your personal mission
• Leadership as a mandate

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Leadership

• The people expect you to give them leadership
• Martin Luther King, Jr

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Leadership as a Mandate

• Investment of public funds
• Health professions social contract
• Special knowledge and expertise
• MCH population special obligations
• Nash, 1984,
• Mouradian, 2002

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MCH populations Special Obligations

• Vulnerability/ dependency
• Poverty
• Growing diversity
• Disparities
• Chance to prevent disease
• Future import
• Kopelman and Mouradian, 2001 MCHB/NIDCR
  conference

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Work Group Session 1 Skills, Domains,
Competencies

• Share experience where skill or competency needed
• Cross-cutting skill? Future leaders?
• Training needed Identify curricula, training
  experiences
• Refine domain

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Domains / Competencies
DOMAIN
7 Policy Advocacy Skills
8 / 9 Management Skills, Working with Facts, Policies Organizations
10 Internal Process of Becoming a Leader
11 Critical Thinking Problem-Solving
12 Professionalism
1 Communication
2 Building constituencies
3 Cultural competency
4 Negotiation
5 Mentoring
6 Evidence base
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Work Group Session 2Measurement Frameworks

• Strategies or methods to evaluate skills /
  competencies from domain?
• How these indicators vary over time
• In training or 1 year out
• 5, 10 years out
• Other strategies for leadership outcomes in
  general?

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Road Map for Work Group Sessions
Share Experiences Identify Skills /
Competencies Needed for Domain
Prioritize Leadership Skills / Competencies
Identify Training Experiences to Develop Skills /
Competencies
Define Domain/ Label ?Essential for MCH Leaders
Identify Strategy / Method to Assess Skill /
Competency
Discuss Leadership Skills Change Over Time
Discuss Strategies to Evaluate Long-Term
Training Outcomes
Discuss Recommendations Next Steps
(Post-Conference Work Group)
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Acknowledgements

• Jane E. M. Steffensen, MPH, CHES
• Carmen Velasquez
• Cheryl Shaul
• Planning Committee