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Advancing MCH Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Leadership Training and Practice Through a Learning Collaborative

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Purpose The Interdisciplinary Leadership Learning Collaborative (ILLC), under the sponsorship of AUCD and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, brought together six teams, composed of 14 MCHB and UCEDD training programs to enhance their leadership training. Description Using adult learning principles, interactive training methods, and skill-focused learning, the ILLC built upon the evidence-based Interdisciplinary Leadership Development Program of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program began with a 4-day on-site intensive and then continued through monthly conference calls, a mid-term on-site workshop, and a summary virtual workshop to present programmatic accomplishments and share plans for sustainability. Coaching/consultation for the teams around particular challenges was also part of the program. Assessment All teams reported enhancements in intentional leadership training, threading of leadership concepts across clinical, didactic, and workshop settings, and new collaborative partnerships for leadership training. Teams also identified a number of strategies to increase sustainability of their intentional leadership training efforts. Conclusion for Practice The learning collaborative is a productive model to address the growing need for interdisciplinary MCH leaders.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the collaboration of all those who participated in the Interprofessional Leadership Learning Collaborative, teams from: Texas; New Hampshire/Maine; Pennsylvania; Wisconsin; Indiana; California, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Division of MCH Workforce Development. Claudia Fernandez co-led the intensive leadership workshop. We would also like to thank the following ILLC participants for their suggestions and edits on this manuscript: Diana Sabo, Anne Harris, Susan Russell, Pauline Filipek and Jamie Perry. Lavanya Gupta capably provided research assistance. Anita Farel provided thoughtful comments on an earlier draft.

Funding

The ILLC was supported by the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) through a Cooperative Agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Grant #UA5MC11068.

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  1. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

    Meaghan C. McHugh

  2. Formerly with Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), Silver Spring, MD, USA

    Meaghan C. McHugh

  3. Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Lewis H. Margolis

  4. University of Arizona LEND Program, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Angela Rosenberg

  5. University of New Hampshire LEND Program, Durham, NH, USA

    Elizabeth Humphreys

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McHugh, M.C., Margolis, L.H., Rosenberg, A. et al. Advancing MCH Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Leadership Training and Practice Through a Learning Collaborative. Matern Child Health J 20, 2247–2253 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-016-2129-3

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