Redefining Leadership Education in Graduate Public Health Programs

Prioritization, Focus, and Guiding Principles

Bibliographic Data

ID11036959
AuthorsJennifer A Lachance (Both authors are with the Center for Health Leadership, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Jennifer A. Lachance is also with the Doctor of Public Health program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Jeffrey S. Oxendine is also with the Center for Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.), Jeffrey S Oxendine (Both authors are with the Center for Health Leadership, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Jennifer A. Lachance is also with the Doctor of Public Health program, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Jeffrey S. Oxendine is also with the Center for Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.), Jeffrey Oxendine (Berkeley Public Health Division)
Year2015
Volume105
IssueS1
PagesS60-S64
Publication date2015-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.302463
PMID25706021
OpenAlexW1995345328
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited11

Public health program graduates need leadership skills to be effective in the complex, changing public health environment. We propose a new paradigm for schools of public health in which technical and leadership skills have equal priority as core competencies for graduate students. Leadership education should focus on the foundational skills necessary to effect change independent of formal authority, with activities offered at varying levels of intensity to engage different students. Leadership development initiatives should be practice based, process focused, interdisciplinary, diversity based, adaptive, experimental, innovative, and empowering, and they should encourage authenticity. Leadership training in graduate programs will help lay the groundwork for public health professionals to have an immediate impact in the workforce and to prioritize continuous leadership development throughout their careers

Core competency · Diversity (politics) · Educational leadership · Leadership development · Leadership studies · Leadership style · Management · Management science · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Prioritization · Public health · Public relations · Sociology · Workforce · Engineering · Health Sciences Research and Education · Innovations in Medical Education · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Public Health Policies and Education

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