Pre-Readings
In order to enhance the value of your learning experience at our forthcoming EMHA Residence program, please come prepared by obtaining and reading the following materials before the program begins.
1. Healthcare Topics
Please prepare for the two in-depth student-led discussion sessions by conducting a basic Google search on the following topics and by exploring the web links below. You may want to take a few notes or print an article that interests you and bring it to your small group session. Prepare by thinking about specific examples of these issues within your own organizations or imagine how you may face them as a leader in a future organizational setting.
Climate Change and Health
How may climate change impact the health of the patient populations your organizations serve and what management strategies will you recommend?
Health Equity
What practical recommendations will you propose to improve health equity in your organizations?
2. The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts & Tools, 7th Edition
Please make the investment of $9.99 for a hard copy of this book or $8.49 for the eBook version on Kindle. We will be using these concepts as we review the first two articles listed below. These ideas may be used for your other program studies as well.
eBook version on Kindle:
3. Articles
Please read the following two articles and begin thinking how you will apply Critical Thinking Concepts.
Leadership development programs for health care middle managers: An exploration of the top management team member perspective (Whaley, Alan; Gillis, & William, 2018).
Please see attached file.
Gene therapy: Evidence, value and affordability in the US health care system (Hampson, Towse, Pearson, Dreitlein, & Henshall, 2018).
Please see attached file.
4. Business Case Studies
Each student will be assigned to one of eight groups: A through H (see the table below). Each group will be assigned to complete one of the case studies for a group presentation at the EIR program and also prepare to lead a group discussion of their case study. Every student is encouraged to at least skim through the other case studies not assigned to them. Feel free to contact your assigned team members before the EIR program to begin preparing your presentation.
Please note that you will not be required to conduct an actual business case study, but rather, you will be analyzing an already completed business case study in the Harvard Business School case study format. Please read Hammond’s classic article on this subject.
Learning by the case method (Harvard Business School, Hammond, 1976). See attached file.
The agenda leaves very little time for the groups to prepare their presentations fully at the EIR program. Students may make arrangements to meet before or after sessions at the In-Residency to work on their projects. This should be viewed as an enjoyable group project with moderate preparation. Groups may use a few PowerPoint slides in order to show what they have learned.
The following questions may guide your work, but feel free to create your own outline based on the facts and issues that you choose to select and share with the group:
What is the situation and what do you actually know about it from reading the case?
What issues are at stake?
What questions do you have and what information do you still need?
Where and how could you find it? (most important questions)
What problems need to be solved?
What are all the possible options? What are the pros and cons of each option? What are the underlying assumptions for the parties in the case and where do you see them?
What criteria should you use when choosing an option? What does that mean about your assumptions?