HCI 460 - Leading Change in Healthcare Informatics

5 CR

Previously HCTM 460.
Prepares students for leadership roles in healthcare informatics. Covers leadership characteristics, roles and responsibilities in healthcare informatics. Topics include leadership theories, responsibilities, and skills. Addresses the unique role of leaders in managing transformational change in healthcare informatics. Students will assess their own leadership skills and develop plans for lifelong learning as leaders in healthcare informatics.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to any baccalaureate program at Bellevue College.

Course Outcomes

Identify leadership theory as applied to healthcare settings, including leadership and management roles, values, motivation, and communication
Synthesize key components of leadership roles in healthcare informatics
Apply change management concepts to analyze stakeholder resistance and plan for sustainable changes
Assess personal leadership attributes and develop a plan to address future challenges facing healthcare informatics
Describe the leadership skills needed to respond to teams and the needs of diverse and multicultural employees, clients, and patients

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