Overview In this experience, you will identify a healthcare leader at your place of employment or in your area. Ideally, this healthcare leader will be involved in making unit- or organizational-level decisions, such as the addition of evidence-based initiatives and/or analyzing data to determine compliance or quality- improvement concerns. You will interact with the healthcare leader for approximately 45 minutes. During this period, you will interview the healthcare leader to determine the following: What are the healthcare leader’s day-to-day responsibilities within the organization? What education and practice experiences have prepared the leader for their current role? What type of organizational structure is present within the organization? For example, is it a hierarchical structure or a decentralized, shared governance structure? What types of communication patterns or issues are present and affected by the current organizational structure? How does the leader address conflict related to divergent opinions? Discuss differences in professional background and experience, race and ethnicity, and culture. What type of leadership style does the healthcare leader have, and is that style impacted by the current organizational structure and function? Develop two additional questions related to the healthcare leader’s role and experiences within the organization. Consider question topics from the course such as improvements in the performance evaluation process, code of ethics training, implementation of shared governance, reduction of risk, development of tracer methodology, or any quality-improvement idea. At the end of the interview, ensure that the healthcare leader has signed the attestation. Please note: You should not be providing any direct care. After your interview, search the literature for evidence-based recommendations or interventions to address any concerns with the organizational structure and/or communication patterns noted by the healthcare leader. Alternatively, search the literature to identify best practices associated with healthcare leadership, communication, or organizational structure and function that may be pertinent to the healthcare leader’s role. Develop an executive summary describing the current organizational structure and communication patterns. In addition, include your evidence-based recommendations for improvement. For example, your executive summary could include a recommendation based on topics you have learned in the course, such as improvements in the performance evaluation process, code of ethics training, implementation of shared governance, reduction of risk, development of tracer methodology, or any quality improvement idea. You will also submit a 2- to 3-paragraph reflection on everything that you have learned from this leadership interview experience. Include your personal thoughts on preparing for the interview, the interview itself, and interview responses. Consider whether your perceptions of the leader’s role or of the organization changed based on the interview and any unexpected findings in the interview process. To summarize, follow this step-by-step guide for this assignment: Conduct the interview and have the attestation form signed. Complete your research. Write the executive summary. Write the reflection. Submit the deliverables. Consider adding your completed executive summary, reflection, and attestation form to your ePortfolio. Three Deliverables: Completed attestation Executive summary Reflection summarizing the interview experience (submitted with the executive summary) What to Submit This submission should be a Word document approximately 2–3 pages in length (not including reference page), using proper APA publication format for in-text citations and references. The executive summary should be approximately 2 pages in length, single spaced, with citations (even though they are typically not included in an executive summary). The reflection should be on a separate page. This submission should include evidence-based, current reference
