HEALTH PROFESSIONS’ EDUCATION ‘LEADERS’ TOOLKIT’: ‘LEADERSHIP IN THREES’

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Health professions’ educators, whether they work in academic or clinical environments, have some level of management or leadership responsibility. These range from overseeing a project, leading a team or running a module to managing a programme, department or school. A variety of courses and programmes exist that teach management and leadership but these do not always focus on the specific needs of health professions’ educators and the contexts in which they work.

The Leaders’ Toolkit has been designed by a highly experienced, international faculty to meet the needs of those who are in leadership or management positions, however junior or senior, and who feel they would like to learn some theory, skills and approaches to improve their practice. The Toolkit comprises courses run in a highly interactive, supportive, workshop-style sessions on different topics, models and approaches to leadership, management and followership relevant to contemporary health professions’ education. Course design means that, if they choose, delegates can take one or two courses at any one conference with very little overlap between the individual courses or prior knowledge needed. All our courses are:

• Theory informed
• Practice driven
• Context specific
• Interactive, supportive and fun!

LEADING WITH VALUES FOR AN INCLUSIVE CULTURE

This course aims to provide an introduction to contemporary theories and practices in leadership, management and followership in health professions’ education and healthcare. For 2020, are reflecting the conference theme and focusing on models of leadership that emphasis values, people, inclusivity and courage.

We all live and work in a world with aims to encompass cultural and social diversity. We need therefore to have leadership approaches that are flexible, inclusive and person-centred. In this course we therefore provide an introduction to leadership, management and followership and then focus on the way leaders can develop their understanding of self and others; can recognize and address unconscious bias, power and privilege; can develop their emotional, cultural and social intelligence, and can develop a positive culture and climate at work. Topics include:

• Leadership, management and followership: exploring the differences and interrelationships between each of these approaches;
• Theory in practice: how an understanding of key theories, models and concepts help us to be more effective;
• Inclusive and person-centered leadership; putting people at the heart of what we do; working with diversity,
• How to recognize and address implicit leadership and unconscious bias;
• Identifying and developing personal qualities for effective leadership and strategies for achieving goals: the Immunity to Change model;
• The importance of culture: culturally intelligent leadership, leading cultural change;
• The impact of power and privilege and imposter syndrome;
• Developing and communicating the vision: creative ways of setting a vision for change and communicating this to others.

Post-course Report:
Participants may choose to submit, within six months of completion of the course, a short report describing the application of the concepts and principles to their own practice.

Course schedule at APMEC:

Wednesday 8 January: 0900-1600 - HPEL Pre-conference Session
Friday 10 January & Saturday 11 January: Facilitated Session during Lunch
Sunday 12 January: 0900-1230 - HPEL Post-conference Session

Course Faculty:
Professor Judy McKimm, United Kingdom
Associate Professor Paul Jones, United Kingdom
Professor Kirsty Forrest, Australia
Associate Professor Greg Radu, Canada

Course fee: SGD882.75 (SGD825 + 7% GST)

Please note: In addition to the Leaders’ Toolkit ‘Leadership in Threes’ course fee, participants are required to register and pay the registration fees for APMEC 2020 main conference.