Lee Bewley, from the College of Education and Human Development, is the director of a new program from UofL that is specifically designed for health care workers.
The program, which entails a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership and learning with a health care leadership concentration track, begins this semester. Critical elements about the program include its focus on developing competencies of health care leaders and the competency-based approach, which allows students to proceed through the program at their own pace.
“We have a whole broad expanse of individuals who have a lot of work experience in the health care field and may be close to a bachelor’s degree without actually having the credits to finish,” Bewley said. “Ultimately, those individuals need to proceed in their career development and be the manager or supervisor … we can get them there with this competency-based program.”
Listen to Bewley’s radio interview about the program online.
The linked radio program also includes interviews with Dr. Craig McClain on the new NIH-designated center for alcohol research at UofL, and Fulbright scholar Ariel Weaver.
Hip hop culture’s connection to kids’ curriculum
UofL’s Mark Hebert also recently interviewed school counseling professor Ahmad Washington and Cassandra Webb from the Louisville Urban League, who discussed using hip hop culture to connect with kids in school; Virginia Denny and Robbie Chitwood, promoting professional and workforce training offered by UofL; and James Chisholm and Kathy Whitmore from College of Education and Human Development, who are using Anne Frank to teach middle schoolers. Their interviews are also available online.
