Leadership – SPHA 564
Leadership requires having an appreciation and greater understanding of yourself and different leadership styles, tools and approaches to be successful in today’s complex health care environment.
The SPHA 564 Leadership (Year two) course prepares students to understand and reflect on the numerous and complex aspects of leadership, specifically, but not exclusively in a health care setting. Students will examine the concept of leadership through a number of lenses, with the intention and purpose of providing both an academic and practical understanding with direct application to students’ day-to-day roles as working professionals.
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Instructor Profile
Jen Duff, RN, BSN, MHA, MBA, CHE
Chief Operating Officer, BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, Provincial Health Services Authority
Jennifer holds an executive MBA and an Americas MBA for Executives certificate from Simon Fraser University, as well as a Master’s degree in health administration and a Bachelor’s degree in nursing, both from the University of British Columbia. She also currently serves as the chief operating officer at BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services (BCMHSUS).
Jennifer has over 20 years of experience in progressively senior health care leadership roles spanning clinical, operational, regional and provincial/ministerial levels. These include roles in mental health and/or substance use at Providence Health Care, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and the Ministry of Health.
Notable projects including the development of the ‘HUB’ and Vancouver Police Foundation Transitional Care Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital, the opening of the Granville Youth Clinic and the multiple joint efforts to open new addiction treatment spaces regionally, Assertive Community Teams, and new acute-hospital based services such as the St. Paul’s Hospital Acute Behavioral & Stabilization Unit. She also led the planning for the implementation of the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions’ injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) program across BC health authorities.