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Training Experiences for MCH Leadership Competencies
Suggested training experiences that MCH Training Programs may want to use to
reinforce the MCH Leadership Competencies.
MCH Knowledge Base
Examples of Training Experiences
1. Review historical articles and presentations (Roots article, Hutchins; MCH
History PowerPoints, UAB)
2. Review web site overview of public health (e.g., www.asph.org , What is Public
Health?)
3. Policy Analysis
4. Write a brief about an emerging local MCH public health issue
5. Attend a meeting of a local MCH stakeholder group, provide a written summary
of their approach
6. Become familiar with state-specific information on the Title V Information web
site, in order to: 1) describe a state's plan to achieve one or more of the 18
National Performance measures or 2) identify the empirical basis (from needs
assessment) for one state-specific performance measure.
7. Observe a Title V MCH Block Grant Review
8. Become involved, from a provider/stakeholder perspective, with the Title V MCH
Block Grant 5-year needs assessment.
Self Reflection
Experiences
1. Readings on self-reflection and potential self-improvement strategies
2. Serial self-assessments of leadership style and discussions of implications
3. Journaling throughout training and reviewing and analyzing entries along the way
and at completion
4. Interdisciplinary group reflections of difficult clinical situations (ie, critical
analysis) so each participant can identify their responses in the context of others
and can reflect in dialog
5. Seeks mentoring during training
Ethics and Professionalism
Examples of Training Experiences
1. Draft scenarios that illustrate practices that do not recognize social, moral, and
ethical values as opposed to those that do.
2. Read articles recommended by faculty on ethical issues.
3. Observe faculty negotiate ethical dilemmas in clinical practice, in research, in
teaching and in administering a program.
4. Participate in solving ethical dilemmas in clinical practice, in research, in teaching
and in administering a program.
5. Be evaluated by faculty in solving ethical dilemmas in clinical practice, in
research, in teaching and in administering a program.
6. Develop an IRB proposal and outline why the subject should be raised to an IRB.
7. Pass a test on HIPAA.
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Examples of Training Experiences
1. Develops persuasive case for policy implementation in MCH field collating
evidence, addressing possible objections, and developing sequential action steps
2. Goes through exercise where argues one side of controversial position and then is
able to effectively take the opposing view
3. Identifies motivation and what are the near and long term interests of opposing
sides in sample conflicts e.g. vaccination of all children for childhood diseases,
early screening of children for rare disorders, etc
4. Reads and discusses Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving in”
by Ury, Fischers and Patton (1991).
5. Analyses case study of opposing positions such as Special Education dispute, or
resource allocation example to break down respective positions, motivations,
desired outcomes and possible alternative solutions.
Cultural Competence
Training Experiences
1. Identify of the diverse cultural values and traditions in a community
2. Conduct self-assessments to monitor own progress (discusses self-assessments
and progress with supervisors)
3. Explore Georgetown National Center for Cultural Competence:
http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/nccc/ .
4. Conduct an organizational self-assessment of cultural competence (Assessment of
Organizational Cultural Capacity. Developed by the Association of University
Centers on Disabilities’ Multicultural Council.
http://www.aucd.org/councils/multicultural/Cultural_Competence_Survey.htm.
Instructions at
http://www.aucd.org/councils/multicultural/cult_comp_instruction.htm.)
5. Analyze models of service delivery and data collection activities that assure
maximum participation or maximum representation of diverse communities in the
design, receipt or delivery of health services or in a public health assessment.
6. Conduct an interview of a family or patient from a different cultural background
7. Assessment of own cultural history and beliefs through the creation of a cultural
portfolio. Activities might include research and family interviews.
8. Participation in assessments or clinical experiences of families with cultural
beliefs different from those of the trainee (ie community health checks)
9. Discussion on the impact of culture with others, including people of different
backgrounds
10. Read literature on the impact of cultural competence
a. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman.
(http://www.spiritcatchesyou.com/)
Management and working within Organizations
Examples of Training Experiences
1. Outline the essential maternal child health services in a state, identifying the
disciplines and organizations involved
2. Identify current issues in the legislation and regulation of the US MCH system
3. Map the organizational relationships in the delivery of health care in a
community, including networks for addressing continuity of care
4. Explain the roles of the public and private sector in meeting health needs and
priorities
5. Prepare a program budget for a project or program area
6. Identify individual, organizational and community concerns, needs, assets and
resources for public health interventions and programs
7. Prepare proposals for funding from internal or external sources
8. Solicit ideas and opinions from others in formulating and justifying a decision.
9. Provide examples of visions, missions and core values for an organization and
how they align or not align with that organization’s behavior or actions.
10. Participate in a team project to plan, development, budget, and evaluate a
community initiative within an organizational
11. Communicate health policy issue using appropriate means and technologies.
12. Identify potential partners in a community health initiative and how they could be
approached so that they would see that it would in their interest to participate.
Translating Data to Practice/Evidence Based Practice
Examples of Training Experiences
1. Review how a clinical guideline was developed
2. Critique a meta-analysis with a faculty member
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Identify an area of uncertainty and why published reviews/data do not apply
Develop evidenced-based rationale for a policy or guideline
Take a statistics course
Conduct a meta-analysis
Policy/Advocacy
Examples of Training Experiences
1. Write a policy brief about an emerging local MCH public health issue
2. Attend a meeting of a local MCH stakeholder group, provide a written summary
of their approach.
3. Attend a professional association meeting and actively participate on a committee.
4. Meet with a state legislator or staff member or member of Congress or staff
member to discuss an MCH issue.
5. Provide written and oral testimony to the state legislature.
6. Write an OP/ED article on an MCH topic.
7. Observe a legislative hearing on CSPAN, or if possible, attend a legislative
hearing on an MCH topic.
8. Track a bill over the Internet over the course of a legislative session.
9. Interview an agency or organization-based MCH policy maker, administrator, or
advocate and prepare a report and oral presentation. Present written and oral mock
testimony from the perspective of the agency/association interviewed