Individual Learning Contract / Curriculum

The PPC Individual Learning Contract is based on the MCH Leadership Competencies.

Maternal Child Health (MCH) Leadership Competency No. 1: MCH Knowledge Base

1. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. View MCH 101 on line and other preparatory training links
/ Self-reflection Journal and discussion
  1. Participate in PPC/MCHB Welcome lecture
/ Self-reflection Journal and discussion
  1. Participate in life course didactic activities consolidating mastery by playing the LCT Game (See 7.b.)
/ FacilitateLCT game for an outside group. Present and answer questions on LCT and MCH programs.Self-reflection Journal and discussion.
  1. Attend or participate in a national or regional conference such as the UAPPC Annual Meeting, the AUCD Disability Conference, Making Lifelong Connections Meeting (MLC), or the Mountain West Cystic Fibrosis Conference(MWCFC) (Dependent on funding and availability)
/ Self-reflection Journal and discussion
  1. Submit an abstract to the Making Lifelong Connections (MLC) Meeting and attend if accepted
/ Application process and presentation if accepted
  1. View MCHB six core outcomes:
/ Self-reflection Journal and discussion
  1. Complete MCH Leadership Skill Assessment (pre/post)
/ Mentor discussion/evaluation at beginning and end of traineeship

MCH Leadership Competency No 2: Self-reflection

2. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. Keep a Self-Reflection Journal to record guided and self-reflections on lectures, presentation, site visits
/ Self-reflection Journal and discussion
  1. Develop a snapshot of their life course and reflect upon it
/ Share Snapshot and discuss barriers and major life events
  1. Complete a pre and post MCH Leadership Skill Assessment
/ Self-reflect on leadership journey and his/her personal experience as an MCH trainee with faculty member
  1. Develop a PPC Testimony regarding PPC experience
/ Self-reflection Journal and discussion

MCH Leadership Competency No 3: Ethics and Professionalism

3. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. Participate in the UA MCHLC Leadership Training program
(LEND Leadership Workshop) / Identify own leadership style;communication with other leadership styles
  1. Participate in Leadership, Research Ethics, and Medical Ethics lectures
/ Self-reflection Journal on lectures and presentations
  1. Complete CITI Training.
(Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative) / CITI Certification
  1. Interact ethically and professionally with patients, families, and other healthcare providers
/ Faculty Feedback
  1. Demonstrate professional demeanor and behaviors at clinic, meetings, and presentations
/ Professional Evaluation Forms on interactions and presentations
Discuss professional behaviors with faculty members

MCH Leadership Competency No 4: Critical Thinking

4. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. Design/disseminate needs assessment to a target population; propose educational project to impact identified need
/ Preliminary faculty evaluation of needs assessment design, method of dissemination to target audience, and appropriateness of project
  1. Summarize needs assessment design/results, initiate the educational project, and present it to the PPC faculty for an initial evaluation
/ Preliminary presentation of Needs Assessment Summarization and educational project to faculty for interim review
  1. Complete development of the educational project and formally present to the PPC faculty and target population
/ Presentation Performance Evaluations and Outcome Evaluation
  1. Participate in current clinical or community health research
/ Mentor evaluation as appropriate to research conducted
  1. Integrate didactic clinical lectures on pulmonary disease into best practice patient care
/ Mentor evaluation of trainee’s clinical skills

MCH Leadership Competency No 5: Communications

5. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. Interact with patients; deliver a mock case study to PPC faculty including reflection of patient’s LCT. (See 1.c.)
/ Case Study Evaluations
  1. Demonstrate interviewing skills by recording at least one mock patient interview
/ Interviewing Skills discussion and feedback
  1. Present primary educational project (See 4.c.)
/ Presentation Performance Evaluations
  1. Craft an MCH story designed to motivate policymakers 1) Share a family’s story, using Life Course Theory.
/ Discussion of MCH stories
  1. Communicate effectively with families at clinic to develop an understanding of obstacles
/ Successful incorporation of each patient’s family life course and cultural diversity. Case Study. (See 1.c.;2.d.;2.e.;7.d.;8.b.)
  1. Participate in clinics, presentations, and meetings
/ Actively engage in interprofessional team discussions

MCH Leadership Competency No 6: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution

6. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. Participate in negotiation and conflict resolution trainings at the UA MCHLC Leadership Training program
/ Completion of the MCH Leadership Training.
Self-reflection Journal and discussion
  1. Interact with families at clinic demonstrating negotiation and conflict resolution strategies and skills
/ Faculty member will evaluate and give feedback regarding negotiation and conflict resolution strategies and skills. May describe in case study.

MCH Leadership Competency No 7: Cultural Competency

7. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. Complete PPC Cultural Competency Modules.
/ Discuss with faculty mentor and given a specific case, identify cultural considerations/barriers in dealing with culturally diverse patients and apply LCG (See 1.c.)
  1. Promote LCT to community-based MCH practitioners, residents, and public health students
/ Facilitate LCT game for an outside group (See 1.c.)
  1. Attend cultural competency webinars/conferences
/ Self-reflection Journal and discussions
  1. Participate in two community-based system visits where there are culturally diverse and underserved populations.
/ Choose a community-based system to collaborate with for a deliverable capstone education project
  1. Participate in Community Cultural Awareness activities and community resource agencies, which may include: Border Health Fair, Sonora Border Tour, or a similar activity
/ Self-reflection Journal and discussion

MCH Leadership Competency 8: Family-centered Care

8. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. Participate in 100 hours of interprofessional, family centered care clinics such as: cystic fibrosis and asthma
/ Clinic Evaluation Performance
  1. Participate in a family-centered case study
/ Mock Conference Evaluation (See 5.a.)
  1. Participate in lectures focusing on family-centered care in an interprofessionalclinical setting
/ Self-reflection Journal and discussion
  1. Work with family faculty member; join CysticLife
/ CysticLife Membership
  1. Increase community resource knowledge by visiting two community resource agencies such as Tu Nudito and Ronald McDonald House (See 7.f)
/ Self-reflection Journal and discussion

MCH Leadership Competency 9: Developing Others Through Teaching and Mentoring

9. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. Develop and deliver educational project that impacts an identified need using an effective teaching presentation method such as a PowerPoint presentation (See 4 a., b., c.)
/ Formal Presentation Evaluation
  1. Present to other organizations on LCT, educational projects, and the PPC using an effective teaching presentation method such as a PowerPoint presentation (See 1.a., 4.c., 5.c.)
/ Presentation Evaluations
  1. Attend the MCH Leadership training, which will include presentations and activities on learning styles
/ Demonstrate knowledge of learning styles through using the appropriate style for audience during presentations and clinical interactions

MCH Leadership Competency 10: Interprofessional Team Building

10. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. Participate in interprofessional, family-centered care clinic debriefing during the semester
/ Self-reflection Journal and discussion
  1. Participate in interprofessional outpatient cystic fibrosis clinics (See 8.a.)
/ Clinic Evaluation Performance
  1. Present one interprofessional family-centered case study (See 4.c.)
/ Presentation Evaluation

MCH Leadership Competency 11: Working with Communities and Systems

11. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. Help facilitate and attend one annual school healthcare training event
/ Participation and facilitation in training event
  1. Deliver a need assessment and present educational project to an underserved, culturally diverse community-based healthcare system site (See 4.a., b., and c.)
/ Presentation Evaluation

MCH Leadership Competency 12: Policy and Advocacy

12. Activities: The trainee will… / Evaluation
  1. Participate in Advocacy lectures and activities such as the creation of white papers or policy memo with the UAMCHLC faculty and trainees
/ White Paper or policy memo completion and impact
  1. Attend the AUCD conference and advocate for MCHB programs at federal offices (when available)
/ Participation in AUCD conference
  1. Craft an MCH stories (snapshots) designed to motivate policymakers 1) Share a family’s story including LCT
/ Completion of MCH Experiences or snapshots; Discussion of MCH stories

Last Revised: 6/15/17 T5b Individual Learning Contract/Curriculum1