Course Syllabus

Leadership Skills Course Syllabus

 

Course Description

The goals of the "Leadership Skills" online course are to improve your leadership skills through self-discovery, group discussions during synchronous sessions (teleconferences or face-to-face sessions), and collaborative networking.

The authors believe that the course content will arm you with actionable strategies and practical knowledge to help you address the challenges in academic and health sciences university environment. The topics chosen for this online course are relevant to the mission, vision, values, and strategic goals of our institution. 

 

Course Delivery: Online, teleconferencing

Course Material: All course materials are included in the Canvas course

Course Textbook/Materials: Online

 

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this online course, the participants should be able to: 

• Strengthen their leadership performance.
• Enhance understanding of the institutional culture and team-work.
• Know how to run successful meetings.
• Know how to recruit and retain top talent.
• Improve and apply individual management and strategic planning skills.
• Improve their finance analysis skills. 

 

Course Organization

This course is organized into two learning modules, found on the course menu under the section “Modules.” Within each module there are multiple topics. Upon completion of the quizzes for each activity, you will receive a respective number of course credits and/or CME/CNE credit hours.

 

Module #1: Defining Leadership (1.0 CME/CNE credit)

This module has two topics:  What is Leadership and How to Develop It, and Leadership Styles.

 

M1T1: What is Leadership and How to Develop It? (0.5 CME/CNE credits)

By the end of this session, the participants should be able to: 

• Discuss and evaluate the core leadership competencies and structures needed for success.

Upon successful completion of this topic and one quiz, you will receive 0.5 credits and/or ___0.5___CME/CNE credit hours.

 

M1T2: Leadership Styles (0.5 CME/CNE credits)

By the end of this session, the participants should be able to: 

• Discuss and distinguish different types of leadership (autocratic, laissez-faire, transformative, participatory, transactional, bureaucratic, situational, etc.).
• Understand different types of decision-making approaches.
• Formulate pro-active and strategic approach to advance ideas and gain support. 

Upon successful completion of this topic and one quiz, you will receive 0.5 credits and/or ___0.5___CME/CNE credit hours.

 

Module #2: Accomplishing Leadership (6.0 CME/CNE credits)  

This module consists of eight topics:  Understanding Leadership in Academic Institutions, Faculty Satisfaction and Institutional Vitality, Know How to Recruit and Retain Top Talent, Responsible Stewardship, Teamwork and Relationship Building, Running Successful Meetings, Strategic Planning, and The Basics of Building a Budget.

 

M2T1: Understanding Leadership in Academic Institutions (1.0 CME/CNE credit)

By the end of this session, the participants should be able to: 

• Recognize how institutional and personal missions and values align.
• Discuss and understand the organizational structure, and your department/office/school and individual roles in serving the institution.
• Discuss institutional core values and the expected behaviors associated with those values.
• Discuss the strategic priorities of TTUHSC El Paso, focusing on institutional change and culture adaptation.
• Understand how institutional and leadership missions and values align.

Upon successful completion of this topic and one quiz, you will receive one (1) credit and/or ___1___CME/CNE credit hour.

 

M2T2: Faculty Satisfaction and Institutional Vitality (1.5 CME/CNE credits)

By the end of this session, the participants should be able to: 

• Define faculty satisfaction and its importance.
• Discuss the impact of faculty satisfaction on institutional performance and faculty attrition.
• Present national overview of challenges in academic medicine, nursing and dental education.
• Evaluate predictors of faculty satisfaction and departure at Health Sciences University.
• Present and discuss TTUHSC El Paso vitality study.

Upon successful completion of these two topics and one quiz, you will receive 1.5 credits and/or ___1.5___CME/CNE credit hours.

 

M2T3: Know How to Recruit and Retain Top Talent (0.5 CME/CNE credits)

By the end of this session, the participants should be able to: 

• Review the search process at TTUHSC El Paso.
• Assist their department and institution with successfully recruiting diverse candidates.
• Know how to successfully interview for an inclusive place.
• Discuss the best practices of outreach before and during the search.

Upon successful completion of this topic and one quiz, you will receive 0.5 credits and/or ___0.5___CME/CNE credit hours.

 

M2T4: Responsible Stewardship (0.5 CME/CNE credits)

By the end of this session, the participants should be able to: 

• Cultivate a positive connection to the existing and potential TTUHSC El Paso donors.
• Promote their institution, school, department or office.
• Identify new and cultivate existing donor opportunities.
• Increase brand awareness of our institution, school, department or office.

Upon successful completion of this topic and one quiz, you will receive 0.5 credits and/or ___0.5___CME/CNE credit hours.

 

M2T5: Teamwork and Relationship Building (1.0 CME/CNE credits)

By the end of this session, the participants should be able to: 

• Foster leadership traits and behaviors that build high-performing teams. 
• Define the characteristics of effective teams.
• Know the stages of team development.
• Know how to participate in creative communication and consensus-building.
• Know how to set and communicate experiences.
• Understand the barriers to teamwork.
• Illustrate the concept of accountability in a teamwork environment.
• Know how to address and discuss inappropriate team member behavior.
• Know how to develop and lead virtual teams.

Upon successful completion of this topic and one quiz, you will receive one (1) credit and/or ___1___CME/CNE credit hour.

 

M2T6: Running Successful Meetings (0.5 CME/CNE credits)

By the end of this session, the participants should be able to: 

• Know how to efficiently run successful meetings (in F2F and virtual environments).
• Know how to construct meeting agenda.
• Know how to write meeting minutes.
• Discuss the nominal group technique.

Upon successful completion of this topic and one quiz, you will receive 0.5 credits and/or ___0.5___CME/CNE credit hours.

 

M2T7: Strategic Planning (0.5 CME/CNE credits)

By the end of this session, the participants should be able to: 

• Know how to assess vision, mission, and goals.
• Define strategies and priorities.
• Define success measures (metrics) for each goal.
• Discuss and evaluate the resource estimates and forecasts.
• Present the action plan (timeline and completion due date).

Upon successful completion of this topic and one quiz, you will receive 0.5 credits and/or ___0.5___CME/CNE credit hours.

 

M2T8: The Basics of Building a Budget (0.5 CME/CNE credits)

By the end of this session, the participants should be able to: 

• Discuss the organizational budget process at the system, institutional, departmental and office levels.
• Discuss the differences between academic and business institutions. Learn how legislative sessions drive budgets, and how budgets are developed and aligned.
• Discuss productivity improvement areas in your respective school/department.
• Know how to increase revenue flows (service and research priorities).Understand different skill-sets of your faculty, and reorganize their clinical, research, and teaching mission accordingly.
• Know how to upgrade the operating model and capabilities (improve clinical operations cost-effectiveness, support service optimization, research portfolio rationalization, etc.)

Upon successful completion of this topic and one quiz, you will receive 0.5 credits and/or ___0.5___CME/CNE credit hours.

 

Technical Requirements:

• Internet access - preferably high speed (for accessing Canvas)
• TTUHSC El Paso e-mail
• Microsoft Office (download from TTUHSC El Paso eRaider)
• WebEx (download from TTUHSC El Paso eRaider)
• Adobe Reader (download from Adobe.com)
• Flash Player (download from Adobe Flash Player)
• Audio and video playing capabilities (for watching/listening to course content)
• Web camera and microphone (for synchronous virtual meetings)
• PDF app (scanning of hand written documentation for graded assignments)

 

Technical Skill Requirements:

• Using a word processor
• Using email for communication, attaching documents in email
• Internet search engines and browsers
• Familiarity with Canvas

 

Assignments and Grading:

• For each module or session/topic in the course, you will complete a Self-Check Quiz. You must score 80% on each quiz. You will have three attempts for each quiz. 

 

Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism

TTUHSC EP Institutional Student Handbook: Code of Professional and Academic Conduct 2020-2021:

https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/studentservices/_documents/Institutional-Handbook-2020-2021.pdf (Links to an external site.) ; pages 17-20.

“Academic dishonesty” includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, falsifying academic records, misrepresenting facts, and any act designed to give unfair academic advantage to the learner (such as, but not limited to, submission of essentially the same assignment for two courses without the prior permission of the instructor) or the attempt to commit such an act. If a learner is involved in any form of academic misconduct and is proven that the action took place, the instructor may initiate a disciplinary action.

 

Special Needs (TTUHSC EP HSCEP OP: 77.14, Students with Disabilities (https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/opp/_documents/77/op7714.pdf (Links to an external site.) ) also HSCEP OP: Online and Distance Education https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/opp/_documents/59/op5902.pdf (Links to an external site.))

Any student who, because of a disability, may require special arrangements in order to meet the course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as possible to make any necessary arrangements. Students should present appropriate verification from Student Disability Services during the instructor’s office hours. TTUHSC EP Office of Academic and Disability Support Services, Hector Noriega, MA, Assistant Director for Academic and Disability Support Services, hector.noriega@ttuhsc.edu, 915-215-6018.

 

Religious Observances (TTUHSC EP HSCEP OP: 77.12, Religious Holy Day Observance and Need for Student Absence (https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/opp/_documents/77/op7712.pdf (Links to an external site.))

"Religious holy day" means a holy day observed by a religion whose places of worship are exempt from property taxation under Texas Tax Code §11.20.A learner who intends to observe a religious holy day should make that intention known in writing to the instructor prior to the absence. A learner who is absent from classes for the observance of a religious holy day shall be allowed to take an examination or complete an assignment scheduled for that day within a reasonable time after the absence.

 

Instructor’s Expectations

You will be expected to log into the Canvas course regularly to be aware of possible announcements/reminders and to pace your progress in the course. Course participants are expected to maintain an online environment conducive to learning, which includes “netiquette” (Internet etiquette). The following site includes basic rules for Online Discussion Netiquette. Ensure that your e-mail messages, discussion board postings, and other electronic communications are thoughtful. Diverse opinions we welcome in this course. The following are prohibited:

• making offensive remarks in e-mail or the discussion board
• using inappropriate language or discussing inappropriate topics online
• spamming
• hacking,
• using TTUHSC El Paso or Canvas e-mail or discussion board for commercial purposes
• using all caps (considered shouting in online communications)
• cyber-bullying or online harassment of any type

 

Disclosure

This syllabus is intended to give the participant guidance in what is covered during the IFDP 19 and will be followed as closely as possible. However, the OFD reserves the right to modify, supplement and make changes as the program needs arise or change.

 

Communication Plan

• You may expect a reply from the instructor within two business days.
• Please use the Canvas course message tool or the TTUHSC El Paso email system for all communication.

 

Technical Difficulties

• Online Help
• Computer problems
• Server problems
• Lost/corrupt/disappeared files

Technical Support

• TTUHSC EP Canvas/IT support

https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/som/curriculum/itresources.aspx (Links to an external site.)

• Contact Help Desk

https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/elpaso/it/institutional-technology-services/computer-support-services/contact.aspx (Links to an external site.)

• Hours and Contact Info

https://elpaso.ttuhsc.edu/elpaso/it/institutional-technology-services/computer-support-services/contact.aspx (Links to an external site.)

 

Telephone

Call 915-215-4111

Option 1: Helpdesk
Option 2: Classroom Technology
Option 3: EMR

 

E-mail

Submit your question to elp.helpdesk@ttuhsc.edu
Provide as much detail as possible.

 

Walk-in

CSB Basement, Rm B-08A
7:00 AM - 6:00 PM

MEB 2nd floor, Rm 2160
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

 

Leadership Skills Course Contact Information:

Instructor:	Sanja Kupesic Plavsic, MD, PhD
	Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
	Associate Academic Dean Office of Faculty Development
Office:	5001 El Paso Dr., MEB, 3rd Floor, El Paso 79905
Office Phone:	915 215 4382; 915 215 5065
Email:	sanja.kupesic@ttuhsc.edu

Office hours: By appointment at ElPasoFacultyDevelopment@ttuhsc.edu 

 

Office of Faculty Development FD Support

eLearning Innovation Team	Marco A. Rodriguez, MS, MEd Raul Alvarez	marcoa.rodgriguez@ttuhsc.edu raul.alvarez@ttuhsc.edu
Administrative Support	Consuelo Rosales	consuelo.rosales@ttuhsc.edu