#DidacticsRevolution: Applying Kotter’s 8-Step Change Management Model to Residency Didactics
Introduction: Leading change effectively is critical to advancing medical education. Residency didactics often require change in order to meet stakeholder’s needs. Kotter’s change management model (KCMM) is an 8-step method for implementing change that can be applied to educational initiatives. This...
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| author | Mary R. C. Haas Brendan W. Munzer Sally A. Santen Laura R. Hopson Nathan L. Haas Daniel Overbeek William J. Peterson James A. Cranford Robert D. Huang |
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| description | Introduction: Leading change effectively is critical to advancing medical education. Residency didactics often require change in order to meet stakeholder’s needs. Kotter’s change management model (KCMM) is an 8-step method for implementing change that can be applied to educational initiatives. This innovation improved an emergency medicine residency didactics curriculum through application of KCMM. Methods: An initiative to improve residency didactics curriculum was titled the “Didactics Revolution” and implemented according to KCMM: establish a sense of urgency, form a powerful guiding coalition, create a vision, communicate the vision, empower others to act on the vision, plan for and create short-term wins, consolidate improvements and produce still more change, and institutionalize new approaches. Data from the Annual Program Review was utilized to assess the impact of the KCMM strategy. Results: The percentage of residents who agreed or strongly agreed that lectures provide a valuable learning experience increased from 39.1% in the year prior to 88.0% in the year during the implementation (p < .001), and remained relatively high at 73.5% in the year following. The percentage of residents who agreed or strongly agreed that they felt well-prepared for the written boards increased from 60.9% in the year prior to 92.0% in the year during the implementation (p = .01) and remained high at 73.5% in the year following. Conclusion: Residency didactics can be improved through the use of KCMM, a change management model originally developed in the corporate context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3480196dd93b43cbad1a0c0fd6319b3f2022-12-22T03:45:53ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine1936-90182019-12-0121110.5811/westjem.2019.11.44510wjem-21-65#DidacticsRevolution: Applying Kotter’s 8-Step Change Management Model to Residency DidacticsMary R. C. Haas0Brendan W. Munzer1Sally A. Santen2Laura R. Hopson3Nathan L. Haas4Daniel Overbeek5William J. Peterson6James A. Cranford7Robert D. Huang8University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MichiganUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MichiganVirginia Commonwealth University Health System, Department of Emergency Medicine, Richmond, VirginiaUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MichiganUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MichiganUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MichiganUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MichiganUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MichiganUniversity of Michigan Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, Ann Arbor, MichiganIntroduction: Leading change effectively is critical to advancing medical education. Residency didactics often require change in order to meet stakeholder’s needs. Kotter’s change management model (KCMM) is an 8-step method for implementing change that can be applied to educational initiatives. This innovation improved an emergency medicine residency didactics curriculum through application of KCMM. Methods: An initiative to improve residency didactics curriculum was titled the “Didactics Revolution” and implemented according to KCMM: establish a sense of urgency, form a powerful guiding coalition, create a vision, communicate the vision, empower others to act on the vision, plan for and create short-term wins, consolidate improvements and produce still more change, and institutionalize new approaches. Data from the Annual Program Review was utilized to assess the impact of the KCMM strategy. Results: The percentage of residents who agreed or strongly agreed that lectures provide a valuable learning experience increased from 39.1% in the year prior to 88.0% in the year during the implementation (p < .001), and remained relatively high at 73.5% in the year following. The percentage of residents who agreed or strongly agreed that they felt well-prepared for the written boards increased from 60.9% in the year prior to 92.0% in the year during the implementation (p = .01) and remained high at 73.5% in the year following. Conclusion: Residency didactics can be improved through the use of KCMM, a change management model originally developed in the corporate context.https://escholarship.org/uc/item/26x651zr |
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| title | #DidacticsRevolution: Applying Kotter’s 8-Step Change Management Model to Residency Didactics |
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