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Improved Regional Education Delivery: Reach for the North Program
Get PDFThis Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) has outlined the change plan for a problem of practice for consideration of the education mandate at MY-U’s multiple regional campuses. The overall goal of this plan is to have increased the availability of academically rigorous courses for our regional students. An assessment of the readiness of several stakeholders allowed for a student-centred focus within the political, collegial and organized anarchy paradigms in which the university organization exists. A strategy is discussed to address issues in the administration and university culture while breaking down silos for the multiple campuses. A new organizational framework is offered with students, faculty members and deans in the centre focus while being supported by multiple campus groups. Regional provision of courses is a complex problem and has many external stakeholders involved such as local communities, First Nation’s governments, federal and provincial governments. A new overall transformational leadership model is designed specifically for this institution and incorporates generalized Indigenous ways of knowing. The creation of a professional development education initiative to apprise faculty members about blended learning pedagogy is the preferred solution of the problem of practice due within my sphere of influence. The initiative titled Reach for the North will be piloted then expanded to incorporate more faculty members and programs. This could begin the necessary culture shift to provide better methods of academically rigorous programs for blended education to all students in the north
Case 2 : The Double Burden of Malnutrition: Challenges and Opportunities in Thailand
Get PDFSanji Suresh, a senior-level researcher at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Institute of Health Development, received a document containing national child development survey data from Thailand. The data indicates that children under the age of five have high rates of being overweight and stunted. After seeing this literature, Sanji realizes that there is the potential for a double burden of malnutrition in Thailand. Sanji is tasked with identifying current initiatives and possible solutions to help address this dual burden. The country’s diverse sociodemographic data adds to the complications Sanji must account for to ensure the health of the children of Thailand. Being underweight in early childhood can predispose children to be overweight and have noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes and heart disease later in life. Sanji understands that the establishment of healthful behaviours and physical activity patterns during early childhood are key to health promotion and act as protective factors against noncommunicable disease over the child\u27s life. Realizing the complexity of addressing such an immense problem, will Sanji be able to come up with suggestions to tackle it
Case 4 : Opioid Crisis in the Windsor-Essex Community: Time for Responsible Opioid Prescribing?
Get PDFCanada is in the midst of an opioid crisis, with the number of opioid-related harms and overdose cases increasing rapidly over the past few years. The opioid crisis involves a rising number of opioid-related deaths and overdoses, either from prescription opioids or from the increased availability of illegal, adulterated forms of potent opioids such as fentanyl. Today, fentanyl and fentanyl analogues have been reported to be the major drivers of the opioid crisis in the country, accounting for approximately 73% of accidental opioid-related deaths. Opioid-use disorders are increasingly prevalent in patients with chronic pain who have received opioids for management of their condition. Canadians are often overprescribed opioids for chronic pain conditions, which has, in part, led to the higher number of opioid addictions in the country. Unfortunately, with the increase in opioid-related harms across Ontario, the burden of opioid use in the Windsor-Essex region has increased even faster than in other regions in the province. In response to the growing opioid crisis in the Windsor-Essex community, a multipronged initiative - the Windsor Essex Community Opioid and Substance Strategy - was developed and adopted to address the increases in opioid-related harms in the county. As a result of the increasing number of opioids prescribed by healthcare providers in Windsor-Essex County, and after consulting community partners and key stakeholders, it was decided that educating patients about opioids and supporting healthcare providers through appropriate opioid prescribing practices should be the main components of the strategy. Enhancing the education of health care providers has been identified as a key strategy to prevent opioid addiction and overdose in Ontario. To implement the healthcare providers’ education program, it is important to gather information on the best practices and guidelines for opioid prescribing, and to understand healthcare provider knowledge/knowledge gaps in relation to best practices. This will inform the planning and development of tools and resources for educating patients and healthcare providers on opioid use and chronic pain management
Case 10 : Changing the Service Delivery Model: How to Make it Happen?
Get PDFThe case follows Ruksana Kadam, the 2SLGBTQ+ Programs and Community Engagement Manager at the HIV/AIDS Caring Communities (HACC). She has been tasked with developing and implementing a new service delivery model to be adopted at the HACC. The board and executive director are seeking change in order to improve services and care for its diverse clients. The new service delivery model would involve dissolving the current teams, which focused on priority populations such as people who have HIV/AIDS, 2SLGBTQ+ individuals, those who need harm reduction services, and African, Caribbean, and Black communities. The plan would involve creating two new teams – a health promotion team and a community engagement team. Where can Ruksana turn to learn more about organizational change? Have any similar agencies faced such a large change and how did they accomplish it? Are there known pitfalls that she should avoid? The goal of the case note is to allow students to understand the perspectives of stakeholders such as community members, funding organizations, and partnering organizations in a region with a very diverse population. The students will also be given an opportunity during class to formulate the exploratory stage of implementation
