Spring 2027

Pop Health Theory & Methods Seminar Ii: Interdis Practice, Collective Impact & Coalition Building

Population Health Theory & Methods Seminar II explores systems thinking, complex problem-solving, interdisciplinary collaboration, and coalition-building to address wicked problems in population health.

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Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Appraise the advantages, shortcomings, and ethical implications of targeted, top-down, or bottom-up approaches to address complex problems in population health practice.

  • 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.

  • Engage in design-thinking with key stakeholders to learn from their perspective and propose community-centered solutions to complex challenges in population health.

  • Identify basic concepts of effective teamwork, interprofessional ethics, and professionalism as an underpinning of collaborative population health practice.

  • Anticipate potential ethical implications and unintended consequences of decision-making, policy-development, or resource allocation in addressing complex population health problems.

  • Differentiate between collaboration, coalition-building, and collective impact as strategies to address complex population health challenges.

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NURSING 721 or concurrent enrollment

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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.

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Topics

  • Systems thinking, complex problem-solving, interdisciplinary collaboration, community engagement, coalition-building, and collective impact
  • Wicked problems in population health, novel partnerships, shared decision-making, and innovative approaches to practice
  • Effective teamwork, interprofessional ethics, and professionalism in collaborative population health practice

Skills

  • Evaluating structured systems-thinking methods for complex population health problems
  • Engaging in design-thinking with stakeholders to propose community-centered solutions
  • Differentiating between collaboration, coalition-building, and collective impact strategies
  • Appraising advantages, shortcomings, and ethical implications of top-down or bottom-up approaches

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NURSING 724 · Spring 2027

Pop Health Theory & Methods Seminar II: Interdis Practice, Collective Impact & Coalition Building

Recorded 2026-10-14
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