LDNG THE FUTURE OF HLTH CARE PROPOSING EVIDENCE-BASED CHANGE COMPETENCIES
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
• Competency 1: Identify the challenges and opportunities facing health care.
o Identify an aspect of a local or regional health care system or program that should be a focus for change.
• Competency 2: Compare the effects of different health care finance models and policy frameworks on resources and patient outcomes.
o Define desirable outcomes, including who will pay for care and factors limiting achievement of those outcomes.
o Analyze two non-U.S. health care systems or programs that offer insight into a proposed change for a health care system or program in the United States.
• Competency 3: Evaluate the positive and negative influences of leaders on health care processes and outcomes.
o Determine the financial and health implications of making—and not making—proposed changes to a health care system or program.
• Competency 4: Develop proactive strategies to change the culture of the organization by incorporating evidence-based practices.
o Explain why specific changes will lead to improved outcomes.
• Competency 5: Communicate effectively with diverse audiences, in an appropriate form and style consistent with applicable organizational, professional, and scholarly standards.
o Write clearly and concisely in a logically coherent and appropriate form and style.
o Support assertions, arguments, propositions, and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.
