Coro Southern California Health Leadership Program

Health Fellows represent a broad range of cultural, racial and economic backgrounds, ages, and work experience, but all are committed to increasing the capacity of the healthcare system to deliver and provide improved access to care across all medical communities-including underserved populations.

For more information contact Stephanie Stone - sfiller@coro.org

For a sample of activities - click here to see the HLP III 2007 Calendar.

Congratulations - Coro Health Leadership Program IV
Graduation, September 25th, click here for more info

Coro Southern California celebrates its 50th Anniversary of "Training Tomorrow's Leaders" this year--2007.  While running other program areas in Public Affairs, the Community/Neighborhood, and Youth, Health is the newest to the fold.  The Health Leadership Program (HLP) is a boundary-crossing leadership training experience that uses collaborative approaches to prepare a multi-cultural, professionally diverse group of healthcare professionals to improve the quality and accessibility of healthcare in Los Angeles County. Program participants - Coro Health Fellows - enhance their leadership and collaboration skills in a hands-on manner by combining their existing experience with knowledge gained from the various components of the HLP. As such, Coro's HLP provides a valuable contribution to the community and respective organizations by equipping participants with the practical skills, knowledge, relationships, networks and resources necessary to reduce health disparities, advance the development of our community's healthcare workforce, and ultimately, improve health outcomes.

Founded in 1942, Coro is a national non-profit, non-partisan leadership institute whose mission is to strengthen communities and the democratic process by preparing individuals for effective and ethical leadership. We are dedicated to training and leadership development, field research and facilitating action.

Coro has a Health Advisory Board that is actively involved in the planning and implementation of each program run.  We also have a number of partner organizations that generously support us and/or participate in the HLP.  The HLP Alumni Network is comprised of almost 100 Coro Health Fellows and an equal number of health professionals that are involved with the program. 

Program Components

Coro's HLP empowers its Health Fellows by increasing their relevant knowledge, expanding their skill set, and providing opportunities for practical experience.  Health Fellows, in turn, grow individually and are better able to provide valuable contributions to the community and be a means for improving the workforce capacity of partner organizations.

Click here for a broader explanation of each of the four components.

Time Commitment:

• Open & Closing Events - Health Fellows to be addressed by member(s) of the Health Advisory Committee, the HLP Director and program supporter(s).
  
• Community Collaborative Projects - At least once per month, Health Fellows will arrange meeting times/locations to work on their projects.  Time and place is left up to the Team Leader.
  
• Project Presentations - Health Fellows will present their collaborative projects before peers, HLP alumni and other healthcare professionals. Time: 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. (June 21st and August 16th)
  
• Expert Seminars/Case Studies - Health Fellows will meet for an expert seminar given by an industry expert and/or discuss a case study-generally on the 4th Thursday of each month-at L.A. Care Health Plan.  6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
  
• Leadership Training/Site Visits - Health Fellows will meet for a full-day training session at a healthcare industry site during which executive leadership from the organization will present, Health Fellows participate in Q&A, and Coro leadership training is conducted-generally on the 2nd Friday of each month. 
  9 a.m. - 5 p.m.