Leadership in Health Professions Education a.)

Apply knowledge of the administrative aspects of leading educational programs for health professions.

Artifact Reflection:

(Project Name)/HPTT 823 Leadership in Health Professions Education

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Artifact Reflection:

Communicating Your Leadership Vision/HPTT 823 Leadership in Health Professions Education

My leadership vision project for the Leadership in Health Professions Education course focuses on developing a preceptor development program or educational lecture specifically tailored to ultrasound education. I created this vision to support and strengthen the clinical training experience for diagnostic medical sonography students I teach at the University of Iowa. This project emerged from recognizing the real-world challenges in clinical education, including time limitations, physical constraints in the scanning environment, balancing patient care with teaching responsibilities, and appropriately identifying and responding to individual learner needs.

Our students rotate through approximately 30 clinical sites, which presents a significant challenge. Each site—and each preceptor—approaches teaching in slightly different ways. As a result, students must adapt to new teaching styles every few weeks while trying to master ultrasound, already a technically and cognitively demanding skill. This variability can create additional barriers to learning and increase student frustration.

Through this course, I have learned that effective leadership begins with clearly communicating the “why” behind a project—why it matters, why I care about it, and how it can positively impact both educational culture and student outcomes. I am still in the early stages of this leadership vision and have not yet implemented the program. Looking ahead, my goal is to present this vision to lead preceptors across our clinical sites and gain meaningful buy-in. Ultimately, I hope to help establish a shared foundation of effective clinical teaching practices that better support our ultrasound students and enhance consistency across clinical experiences.