Thanks Nathan,
That’s a great summary of tonight’s discussion. I think we have reached a general consensus on a direction of travel, and am quite excited that we do seem to have a widow of opportunity to start something that could really make an impact. We may well not get things perfect for the first cohort, and will be learning as we go, but it’s a great step in the right direction.
Thanks everyone.
Steve
Thanks Steve; I don’t think that it is yet though. Please do edit it as I missed some stuff and was quite sloppy.
Thanks for letting me eavesdrop. Great work you all!!
I’m delighted to report that @mike.collins is very interested in joining the core group with a mission to come up with a workable proposal for the NZ Digital Health Academy.
Before his current role with Southern DHB as Executive Director People, Culture & Technology (ie CDO + more), Mike was the CIO at Otago Polytechnic (OP).
He also outlined to me a really interesting educational framework called CapableNZ which has been developed by OP. My understanding of it is rudimentary, but their target is people who are in the workforce (eg our target too), with several key points of difference:
This could provide us with a vehicle to rapidly achieve our aims, and it will be good to hear the opinion of @KarenDay, @i.hunter, and the others of you with a strong university connection about this as a concept.
That’s great news. Thanks Nathan
@NathanK, @searnshaw and everyone
It is a very similar approach to what we discussed in the zoom meeting and to what the UK DA offers with a learning environment that focuses more on work related experience and learning than traditional University courses, so is similar to the model of learning that we were discussing (but just not named). It links to an established qualification run by the OP however which brings us back to the central issue - will the NZ version of the DA link to an established lead university qualification, a national cross-university qualification or a learning environment that includes self-directed course selection based on learning need (taught content for Unis), a networking component and set of workshops. This last option is the one that most closely meets the status of the UK DA and the ILP programme (CapableNZ) at OP.
My understanding, and I am sure that @mike.collins can explain much better than me, is that there is considerable emphasis on one-to-one support and that TEC may not fully fund - so there may be cost implications here for a NZ DA business case.
The accreditation is to existing programmes - so back to the issue above.
See https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/22862/1/GKer%20thesis.pdf for a long discussion and review by thesis of this ILP at OP.
Welcome @mike.collins!
nathan
Nathan Kershaw
CiLN co-chair & NZiF Moderator
July 4
I’m delighted to report that
@mike.collins is very interested in joining the core group with a mission to come up with a workable proposal for the NZ Digital Health Academy.
Before his current role with Southern DHB as Executive Director People, Culture & Technology (ie CDO + more), Mike was the CIO at Otago Polytechnic (OP).
He also outlined to me a really interesting educational framework called
CapableNZ which has been developed by OP. My understanding of it is rudimentary, but their target is people who are in the workforce (eg our target too), with several key points of difference:
Their graduate profile, which identifies current skills and learning (and gives credit for this) as well as identifying the gaps
Tailoring a personalised program for each individual based upon 1.
Work based projects, reflection, and mentor/coaching are central
Qualifications at Certificate, Diploma, Masters, and Doctorate level (accredited in a way that I don’t understand but I’m sure some of you do)
This could provide us with a vehicle to rapidly achieve our aims, and it will be good to hear the opinion of
@k.day,
@Ihunter, and the others of you with a strong university connection about this as a concept.
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A really good suggestion from Mike. Shayne
I like the approach that your suggestion takes @i.hunter. The approach of a more work applicable courses means that individuals feel they are learning something today that they can use tomorrow. It’s easier to get buy in if the results are more immediately useful. My only issue with targeting CIO and CCIOs is that this is open to such a small number of people and looks fairly costly. If the ministry is interested in funding further development of healthcare professionals into this space we may get a wider spread of people if we develop a strategy that covers all levels of potential learner. More bang for our buck to coin a terrible phrase. it could also be useful to train different levels of learner at the same time, peer learning is very powerful.
Hi @NathanK,
I like this suggestion and fits in more with the tiered approach I mentioned earlier. Definitely worth looking into.
Hi Karen. I agree with you that we need to consider the pipeline of who is likely to benefit from this Academy. My first question is, ‘What problem is the Academy going to solve?’ Some answers to that question might help us work out how to work the pipeline from senior to aspiring participants in the Academy.
That’s a very valid question @KarenDay . Working out the specifics of the problem we intend to solve ensures that the solution is fit for purpose. From some of the replies on this topic so far I note that cost, availability and finding a course at the right level for the applicant seem to be some of the key issues. Does anyone else have other key issues that we should be intending to solve with the Digital Academy?
Good point @karenshaw. I wonder if cost, availability and appropriate courses are a symptom or consequence of a problem, instead of being the problem itself. They could be components of the solution.
I keep wondering what the need is (aka problem being solved) for a Digital Academy. The people in the executive roles who want to enrol in the Digital Academy already have a lot of leadership and digital skills and knowledge. Some have completed Masters programmes (and other programmes) in leadership. What is it that they want to address by becoming part of a Digital Academy?
Some ideas:
Anyone else got some thoughts on this?