MEU9005 - Introduction to Leadership and Change management in Health Professional Education

Leader(s): Dr Tangerine Holt

Offered

Clayton First semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Clayton Second semester 2009 (Off-campus)
Clayton Summer semester A 2009 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

MEU9005 will develop the participant's understanding of the factors influencing the
introduction and implementation of change, models of change management and their
relationship to educational leadership. The unit requires the application of basic theoretical perspectives to the participant's unique educational setting.

Objectives

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. Describe effective educational change management processes including the drivers, barriers and catalysts to implementation;
2. Design an effective change management plan to facilitate a change in educational practice that is relevant to the individual student's educational context;
3. Describe the key attributes of effective educational leadership;
4. Apply the key educational leadership attributes to their change management plans.

Assessment

Change management and leadership plan (90%)
Teaching portfolio (10%)

Contact hours

Off-campus students:
Six (6) hours per week.

Off-campus attendance requirements

Off-campus with compulsory study days.