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Implementation: putting PHM into action

Course
2024-2025

Admission requirements

Successful completion of Governance and Alternative Payment Models is advised.

If you are not enrolled in the MSc programme Population Health Management but you consider taking this course as an elective, please contact our study advisor.

Description

This course will combine all the learning objectives from the previous 9 modules. The main aim is to develop an implementation plan, based on the tools and knowledge acquired during the year. Throughout the four weeks, the course will use live lectures, small group work, discussions and innovative engagement tools to demonstrate to students the challenge and difficulties of implementation and change management in practice. It will give important input for year 2 and further practice and will also cover the topics which were not yet discussed in other modules, including how to use a Theory of Change and a Logic Model to devellop an implementation plan, workforce and community engagement, as well as leadership and change management theory and practice. Students will be expected to build on their own experience in project case 2 and present their implementation plans during a PHM symposium, which is open to an interested audience and for which the students design the programma and format of to engage with the audience. Live online lectures on real life cases will complement the background material available for independent study. As such, it will come as close as possible to a real life situation.

Course objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the student:

  • Recognizes different implementation strategies in PHM cases

  • Analyses challenges and barriers for implementing a real life PHM case in the health system

  • Compares and contrasts how several PHM initiatives can be implemented at the same time

  • Uses a theory of change for a real life case as a basis for their engagement strategy

  • Creates a logic model for a real life case to plan the implementation process

  • Demonstrates critical appraisal skills

  • Demonstrates the competence necessary to work in population health management

The final aim of the course is for students to experience the challenges of co-designing a realistic PHM implementation plan together with key stakeholders and communities and convincing the payers to invest in it.

Timetable

All course and group schedules are published on MyTimeTable.

The exam dates have been determined by the Education Board and are published in MyTimeTable.
It will be announced in MyTimeTable and/or Brightspace when and how the post-exam feedback will be organized.

Mode of instruction

  • Lectures

  • Research

  • Online education

  • Group work

Assessment method

Students are assessed according to the following four obligatory components:

Part 1 (week 1-4 – Online and On Campus): Completion of weekly assignments (no required minimum result)
Part 2 (week 3 – On Campus): Group presentation self-assessment (30%, no required minimum result)
Part 3: Final group assignment (50%, required minimum result: 6,0)
Part 4: Final individual assignment (20%, required minimum result: 6,0)

Partial grades are rounded to 1 decimal place.

All components combined make up the final grade for the course (with 1 decimal place, except for grades between 5,0 and 6,0). If the result of part 3 is below 6.0, the final grade will be capped at a 5.0. It is compulsory to participate in each of the components in order to receive a grade.
Details on the assessment can be found in the assessment plan on Brightspace.

A final grade of at least 6,0 is required to pass the course. If the final grade is less than 6,0 or if the student did not participate in one of the components, the student is given the opportunity to retake the assessment as one assignment that covers all the learning goals of the course.

Final grades between 5,0 and 6,0 will be rounded:

  • 5,0-5,4 → 5,0

  • 5,5-6,0 → 6,0

Reading list

The reading list can be found on Brightspace. The material consists of presentations and pdf files. There is no need to purchase literature, as the presented material is not commercialized.

Registration

Registration must be completed via MyStudyMap. Registration in MyStudyMap gives you automatic access to the course in Brightspace. For more information, please visit the Leiden University website for students.

Contact

Dr. Viktoria Stein - k.v.stein@lumc.nl

Remarks

This course is a combination of online education and on campus education at the Leiden University Health Campus in The Hague.