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Designing Success: Elevating Peer Health Educator Programs Through Strategic Job Design

Designing Success: Elevating Peer Health Educator Programs Through Strategic Job Design

Includes a Live Web Event on 10/02/2024 at 1:00 PM (EDT)

This session explores the power of job design theory in peer health education programs. Using the job characteristics model, we reimagine roles, responsibilities, and tasks to boost motivation, job satisfaction, and overall effectiveness. Join us as we delve into how strategic job design empowers universities to elevate their peer health educators' performance and impact.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Gain an understanding of the key principles of the job characteristics model and its relevance in optimizing peer health education programs.
  2. Explore strategies for redefining peer health educator roles, responsibilities, and tasks to enhance their performance and job satisfaction.
  3. Discover how your university can leverage strategic job design to maximize the overall effectiveness and impact of their peer health education programs.

McKenzie Sorrells-Western

Director of Wellness Services

Boise State University

McKenzie Sorrells-Western is the Director of Wellness Services at Boise State University, where she leads the development and management of integrated wellness programs for the campus community. She holds a Master’s in Health Education from the University of Utah and is currently pursuing an MBA from Boise State University. As a Certified Health Education Specialist, Exercise Physiologist, and National Board Health and Wellness Coach, McKenzie brings a wealth of expertise in aligning university strategies, resources, and initiatives to enhance student health and well-being at a population level. She is adept at creating effective systems and roles that ensure wellness initiatives are impactful and sustainable. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, golfing, and paddleboarding.

This content will not be available until 10/02/2024 at 9:00 AM (EDT)