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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)
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Agenda
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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
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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
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Pre- class logistics and challenges
• Identifying stakeholders
• Long discussions with stakeholders
• Getting students buy-in
• HR processes
• Flip the class
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Class logistics and challenges
• Check-ins through assignments
• Mentorship
• Sponsor communication
• Teaching not just the content but ……………
• Interprofessional
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Rewards• Project was a very valuable experience!
• Resumes
• Jobs
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Future steps• Plan, do, check, act
• Evaluation methodologies• Team level• Sponsor level• Projects and learning
• More skills such as communication, professional approach, team building
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Let’s ask the students!
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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)