integrating real life projects into a curriculum

INTEGRATING REAL LIFE PROJECTS INTO A CURRICULUMPresenter:

Gouri Gupte, Assistant Professor, BUSPH, Department of Health Policy and Management

Panelists:

Julia Goldberg (DrPH candidate),

Waqaas Bhutta (MPH student)

Zachary Gersten (MPH student)

Agenda

Courses Overview

PM 827 Strategic Management of

Healthcare Organizations

• Semester long

• Service Area Competitor Analysis (SACA) report for the selected organization

• 8-35 students

PM 835 Lean Management in

Healthcare

• Week long intensive and semester long project

• Quality improvement project

• 15-20 students

PM 832 A1 Operations Management in

Healthcare

• Semester long

• Quality improvement project

• 15-25 students

Why “real-life” projects?

• Learner focused teaching• Practice-based learning• Activity based learning• Bloom’s taxonomy (1956)

• It is easy in class!!

• Reality sucks

• Experience counts

• There is no Robinson Crusoe

Pre- class logistics and challenges

• Identifying stakeholders

• Long discussions with stakeholders

• Getting students buy-in

• HR processes

• Flip the class

Class logistics and challenges

• Check-ins through assignments

• Mentorship

• Sponsor communication

• Teaching not just the content but ……………

• Interprofessional

Rewards• Project was a very valuable experience!

• Resumes

• Jobs

Future steps• Plan, do, check, act

• Evaluation methodologies• Team level• Sponsor level• Projects and learning

• More skills such as communication, professional approach, team building

Let’s ask the students!

INTEGRATING REAL LIFE PROJECTS INTO A CURRICULUMPresenter:

Gouri Gupte, Assistant Professor, BUSPH, Department of Health Policy and Management

Panelists:

Julia Goldberg (DrPH candidate),

Waqaas Bhutta (MPH student)

Zachary Gersten (MPH student)