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Catalyzing Change Part 2: Health Policy Leadership

Location
Washington, DC
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2025 - 2026
Instruction Method
In-person
Class Time(s)
This course will be offered June 3-7, 2024 from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm on the Washington, DC campus.
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 1:00 - 5:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Shannon Frattaroli
Shelley Hearne
Contact Name
HPM Course Approver
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

Catalyzing Change Part 1: Practical Approaches to Health Policy (318.864)

Description
Tailored for health policy DrPH students, this course cultivates expertise in policy transformation. Gain invaluable skills in media interviews, persuasive legislative testimonies, and impactful interactions with policymakers. Prepare to drive meaningful change to promote the public’s health.
Prepares students to lead teams to further a health policy intervention. Provides hands-on experience with delivering testimony, conducting media interviews, and discerning how one's leadership style can support this work. Second course in a two-part series on Catalyzing Change.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Identify and employ a range of opportunities for engaging policy makers, including one-to-one meetings, testimony, rulemaking comments, etc.
  2. Employ communications to set public agendas and frame public health problems to drive toward achievable solutions
  3. Embody inclusive leadership strategies to engage and enlist support outside traditional public health sectors, including bipartisan approaches, and business, labor, and faith community engagement
  4. Apply rules governing lobbying and advocacy in nonprofit (including educational) and government settings to one's own work
  5. Evaluate how one's leadership style will benefit or challenge one to adapt skills and concepts presented in this class
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 15% Participation
  • 50% In-class Exercises
  • 20% Written Assignment(s)
  • 15% Project(s)
Enrollment Restriction
HPM DrPH concentration, health policy track students only
Instructor Consent
Consent required for all students
Consent Note
Due to intended audience restriction, all students must obtain consent from the HPM Course Approver
Consent Contact
HPM_Course_Approvals@jhu.edu
Special Comments

Course will be in-person Washington, DC and will include 1-2 sessions that are offered at different locations within 2 miles of 555 Penn.