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NURSING 724

POP HEALTH THEORY & METHODS SEMINAR II: INTERDIS PRACTICE, COLLECTIVE IMPACT & COALITION BUILDING

2 credits.

Builds on existing practice knowledge and skills with concepts from systems thinking, complex problem-solving, interdisciplinary collaboration, community engagement, coalition-building, and collective impact. Explorations of "wicked" problems in population health will challenge you to consider novel partnerships, shared decision-making, and innovative, multifaceted approaches to practice.

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: NURSING 721 or concurrent enrollment Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Appraise the advantages, shortcomings, and ethical implications of targeted, top-down, or bottom-up approaches to address complex problems in population health practice. Audience: Graduate 2. Evaluate structured systems-thinking methods as strategies to better understand complex population health problems, as well as the diverse perspectives, priorities, and needs of impacted community members and interprofessional stakeholders. Audience: Graduate 3. Engage in design-thinking with key stakeholders to learn from their perspective and propose community-centered solutions to complex challenges in population health. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify basic concepts of effective teamwork, interprofessional ethics, and professionalism as an underpinning of collaborative population health practice. Audience: Graduate 5. Anticipate potential ethical implications and unintended consequences of decision-making, policy-development, or resource allocation in addressing complex population health problems. Audience: Graduate 6. Differentiate between collaboration, coalition-building, and collective impact as strategies to address complex population health challenges. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Appraise the advantages, shortcomings, and ethical implications of targeted, top-down, or bottom-up approaches to address complex problems in population health practice. Audience: Graduate 2. Evaluate structured systems-thinking methods as strategies to better understand complex population health problems, as well as the diverse perspectives, priorities, and needs of impacted community members and interprofessional stakeholders. Audience: Graduate 3. Engage in design-thinking with key stakeholders to learn from their perspective and propose community-centered solutions to complex challenges in population health. Audience: Graduate 4. Identify basic concepts of effective teamwork, interprofessional ethics, and professionalism as an underpinning of collaborative population health practice. Audience: Graduate 5. Anticipate potential ethical implications and unintended consequences of decision-making, policy-development, or resource allocation in addressing complex population health problems. Audience: Graduate 6. Differentiate between collaboration, coalition-building, and collective impact as strategies to address complex population health challenges. Audience: Graduate

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