Purdy Nancy
Associate Professor and Associate Director, Collaborative Nursing Degree Program, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON.
Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont). 2016;29(2):10-30. doi: 10.12927/cjnl.2016.24811.
An evaluation study was conducted to determine the impact of a leadership institute, The Dorothy Wylie Health Leaders Institute (DWHLI), over the decade since its inception. The aim was to better understand the perceived influence of the Institute over time on professional lives and careers of alumni and identify the critical design features that supported leadership development. Nurses and other health disciplines from all levels of leadership and from most provinces completed an online survey (n = 165) and a subset was interviewed (n = 33). The majority of alumni (50-68%) rated the impact of the Institute as significant or very significant on seven of the eight selected intended leadership outcomes. For 73-78% of the alumni, the Institute had a recurring or profound positive impact on their professional lives as leaders and personal careers. Alumni who reported the greatest impact of the program on their knowledge, skills and confidence as leaders also had higher levels of career satisfaction and work engagement. Design elements that impacted their development included the theoretical and conceptual content, interactive and experiential structure and mentoring. Recommendations for organizational sponsors included the need for opportunities to apply learning, ongoing coaching, mentoring and career counseling specific to their leadership career path.
开展了一项评估研究，以确定领导力机构——多萝西·怀利健康领袖学院（DWHLI）自成立以来十年间的影响。目的是更好地了解该学院随着时间推移对校友职业生活和职业生涯的感知影响，并确定支持领导力发展的关键设计特征。来自各级领导岗位以及大多数省份的护士和其他卫生专业人员完成了一项在线调查（n = 165），并对其中一部分人进行了访谈（n = 33）。大多数校友（50 - 68%）认为该学院对八项选定的预期领导力成果中的七项产生了重大或非常重大的影响。对于73 - 78%的校友来说，该学院对他们作为领导者的职业生活和个人职业生涯产生了反复或深远的积极影响。那些报告该项目对其作为领导者的知识、技能和信心影响最大的校友，其职业满意度和工作投入度也更高。影响他们发展的设计要素包括理论和概念内容、互动和体验式结构以及指导。对组织赞助商的建议包括需要提供应用所学知识的机会、持续的辅导、针对其领导职业道路的指导和职业咨询。
