Graduate Assessment Plan

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1 Graduate Assessment Plan Executive Masters in Health Care Administration Compiled by: Justin Thomas PHONE MOBILE Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2 Executive Masters Health Care Administration (EMHCA) Launched in 2004 with a cohort of 26 students, the EMHCA program provides a unique opportunity for existing healthcare professionals, and ailed service providers/managers, to develop the knowledge and skills required for senior leadership positions within the increasingly globalized health economy. The program has 12 courses contributing to four clear learning outcomes (1) Global health care systems awareness, (2) Evidence based management and decision-making, (3) Strategic leadership and (4) Corporate and clinical governance. (1) Global awareness (health care context) Graduates will demonstrate an awareness of the overall health care system. This will include comparative international perspectives, socio-historical context and key contemporary concerns focusing on emerging trends and the implications for their own local contexts. (2) Evidence based management and decision-making Graduates will demonstrate the skills required for making evidence based administrative and policy decisions. They will also demonstrate the ability to transform data into actionable intelligence (3) Strategic Leadership Graduates will demonstrate the knowledge, skills and attitudes to meaningfully contribute to integrated health care systems planning. They will demonstrate the ability to integrate strategic, organizational and information level objectives. They will also demonstrate core leadership attributes, able to exhibit different styles of leadership as context demands. (4) Corporate and clinical governance Graduates will demonstrate an understanding of transparency, autonomy and accountability in both clinical and corporate contexts. They will also demonstrate the knowledge and skills essential for making significant contributions to continuous quality improvement. Executive Masters in Health Care Administration 2

3 Table 1 Assessment Cycle Outcomes Assessed Global awareness Cohort Dec 27 th (2012) Comparative Cohort (2014) Comparative Evidence based management and decision-making Cohort May (2014) Quant Methods Cohort May (2016) Quant Methods Strategic leadership Cohort May 16 th (2013) Info Sys Cohort (2014) Info Sys Corporate and clinical governance Cohort Oct 17th (2013) Quality Cohort Oct 17th (2015) Quality Rationale: Our selection of assessment points is governed by two factors. The first is the ability to embed the assessment so it does not appear to be an additional, potentially burdensome, adjunct to routine course assessment. It is however important to note that this is program level assessment and the actual nature of the assessment will go beyond the specific course learning outcomes. The second consideration was to try to ensure all key assessment points are within courses delivered by ZU faculty. This ensures smother communications between the EMHCA cocoordinator and the faculty member administering the assessment of learning outcomes. Only one of the assessment points is located within the a US-based instructors course. Executive Masters in Health Care Administration 3

4 Table 2: Draft Graduate Curriculum Map Course Title Global Awareness Evidence Based Management Strategic Leadership EMHCA 600 Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in Health EMHCA 601 Managing in the Health Environment EMHCA 602 Human Resource Management EMHCA 603 Accounting: Tools for decision making EMHCA 604 Leadership and Strategy in HCA Governance EMHCA 605 EMHCA 606 Quantitative Methods and Computing for Managers Comparative Health Care Systems () EMHCA 607 Managerial Epidemiology EMHCA 609 Health Economics and Financial Management EMHCA 610 Quality Improvement in Health Care EMHCA 611 Health Care Planning and Marketing EMHCA 613 Health Care Information Management () EMHCA 614 International Field Trip TBD Explicit Emphasis Score ( ) Signifies assessment point Executive Masters in Health Care Administration 4

5 Table 3: 2012/13 Assessment Methods & Points GPLO When Course Method Sample Target Global Awareness Fall 2012 EMHCA 606 Comparative Health Care systems Exam Section mapped to 2 temporal indicators: knowledge and analysis 27 80% score > = 80% on relevant section Strategic Leadership Spring 2013 EMHCA 613 (1) Transformational leadership questionnaire. (2) Strategic alignment assignment 27 80% above questionnaire threshold. 80% satisfactory on 2 rubric indicators Rationale: These two points have been selected based primarily on convenience. The course EMHCA 606 is delivered by Prof. Man Chung, an instructor I work closely with on a day to day basis, similarly 613 is a course I personally deliver. However, none of the learning outcomes require prerequisites so any order of assessment is totally legitimate. The assessment of GPLOs is a nascent initiative within the institution so starting where we have most control is deemed the best strategy for a successful process. Also, EMHCA 606 occurs in December which also accords with our current institutional time frames for embedding the assessment of learning outcomes across all our graduate programs. Justin Thomas, PhD. Graduate Program Coordinator: Executive Masters in Health Care Administration Executive Masters in Health Care Administration 5