Management Academy for Public Health: program design and critical success factors

S Orton, KE Umble, B Rosen, J McIver… - Journal of Public …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
S Orton, KE Umble, B Rosen, J McIver, AJ Menkens
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 2006journals.lww.com
The Management Academy for Public Health is a team-based training program jointly
offered by the School of Public Health and the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This 9-month program teaches public health
managers how to better manage people, information, and finances. Participants learn how to
work in teams with community partners, and how to think and behave as social
entrepreneurs. To practice and blend their new skills, teams develop a business plan that …
The Management Academy for Public Health is a team-based training program jointly offered by the School of Public Health and the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This 9-month program teaches public health managers how to better manage people, information, and finances. Participants learn how to work in teams with community partners, and how to think and behave as social entrepreneurs. To practice and blend their new skills, teams develop a business plan that addresses a local public health issue. This article describes the program and explains the findings of the process evaluation, which has examined how best to structure and deploy a team-based method to create more effective, more entrepreneurial public health managers. Findings indicate that recruitment and retention are strong, program elements are relevant to learners’ needs, and learners are satisfied with and value the program. Several specific benefits of the program model are identified, as well as several elements that support business plan success and skills’ application on the job. On the basis of these findings, four success factors critical for developing similar programs are identified.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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