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Measuring LEND Core Competencies Using Trainee Follow-Up Surveys
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Measuring LEND Core Competencies Using Trainee Follow-Up Surveys

Lauren Bishop, Kiley J McLean, Anne Bradford Harris, Paula C Rabidoux, Sarah F Laughlin and Robert B Noll
Maternal and child health journal, v 27(12), pp 2147-2155
01 Dec 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-023-03759-5
PMID: 37452893
Featured in Collection :   UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10896113View
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Abstract

Child Developmental Disabilities Follow-Up Studies Humans Interdisciplinary Studies Leadership Neurodevelopmental Disorders Surveys and Questionnaires
Measuring the value-added impact of Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities and Related Disorders (LEND) training on trainees' leadership and career trajectories is necessary to understand program efficacy. In the current study, we leveraged an existing ex post facto design to develop and test a new measure of LEND competencies and compare outcomes of LEND trainees and comparison peers. We developed the LEND Outcomes Follow-Up Survey using a multi-step, mixed methods process. A series of focus groups and consultations with key stakeholders identified eight important LEND leadership outcomes: (1) interdisciplinary work; (2) advocacy; (3) intersectional approach; (4) systems perspective; (5) life course perspective; (6) leadership; (7) engagement with maternal and child health populations; and (8) research experience. We developed and piloted this novel survey to measure these LEND leadership outcomes. We used data collected from this novel measure and an existing survey that is used nationally by LEND, to compare the outcomes of 43 LEND trainees and 30 comparison peers at two years post completion of LEND training. We found that, compared to comparison peers, LEND trainees: (1) worked with a greater number of disciplines; (2) were more likely to be engaged in advocacy; (3) were more likely to utilize a systems perspective in their work; (4) were more likely to work with maternal and child health populations; and (5) were more likely to have experience conducting research. Our findings suggested that LEND training improves LEND leadership outcomes at two years post-completion of LEND training.

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