Students as Co-Creators of Change: Essentials for Transformation
Diane Melanie Keyes und weitere Dozierende
What helps to make change processes successful? What are the obstacles? What role can students play in these transformations? In this hybrid, international, bilingual (German/English) STUFU course, we will explore the topic ‘Principles of Change Processes and the Role of Students as Change Agents’ with Katrin Käufer (Theory U expert and co-founder and CEO of the Presencing Institute) and professors and physicians from Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins University and Georgetown University.
Given the complexity of the 21st century, teamwork and co-creation are more important than ever. What role can students play in co-creating change?
In this course, we will explore the topics of change processes, personal development, ‘flourishing’ and change agency, using the healthcare system as a practical example of understanding these concepts in action.
Guest speakers (including Dr Adi Haramati and Dr Margaret S. Chisolm) have decades of experience with innovation in education, including the innovative Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LIC) model for medical education. Examples of change initiatives from UWH student initiatives will provide further examples of how students can play an active role in change processes.
The insights gained over the course of the semester will culminate in a list of ‘Principles for co-creating change with students’ and will be presented on 27 or 28 June 2025 at the anniversary celebration of the Witten/Herdecke University Integrated Accompanying Studies in Anthroposophic Medicine (IBAM).
Language: Half of the lectures will be held in English, the other half in German, and the small group discussions can be held in either English or German.
Students from all disciplines are invited to take part in this course!
Given the complexity of the 21st century, teamwork and co-creation are more important than ever. What role can students play in co-creating change?
In this course, we will explore the topics of change processes, personal development, ‘flourishing’ and change agency, using the healthcare system as a practical example of understanding these concepts in action.
Guest speakers (including Dr Adi Haramati and Dr Margaret S. Chisolm) have decades of experience with innovation in education, including the innovative Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LIC) model for medical education. Examples of change initiatives from UWH student initiatives will provide further examples of how students can play an active role in change processes.
The insights gained over the course of the semester will culminate in a list of ‘Principles for co-creating change with students’ and will be presented on 27 or 28 June 2025 at the anniversary celebration of the Witten/Herdecke University Integrated Accompanying Studies in Anthroposophic Medicine (IBAM).
Language: Half of the lectures will be held in English, the other half in German, and the small group discussions can be held in either English or German.
Students from all disciplines are invited to take part in this course!
Diane Melanie Keyes
Diane Keyes stammt von der Westküste Kanadas, wo sie Kulturanthropologie im Bachelor an der University of British Columbia studierte. Im Master studierte sie Ethik & Organisation an der Universität Witten/Herdecke mit den Schwerpunkten Transformatives Lernen und Gesundheitswesen. Ihre aktuellen Fachgebiete sind Programm-Entwicklung, Projektmanagement, partizipative Lernformate, Change Agency, neue Arbeitsweisen und Prozessarbeit. Sie ist inspiriert von Veränderungsprozessen und insbesondere der Frage, welche strukturellen und relationalen Bedingungen uns in unserer Entfaltung und Entwicklung auf individueller und organisatorischer Ebene unterstützen. Frau Keyes arbeitet für das Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (LIC UWH), ein innovatives Pilotprojekt für die klinische Lehre an der medizinischen Fakultät, welches Studierenden ermöglicht beziehungsorientiert zu lernen, eine aktive Rolle in der Patientenversorgung zu übernehmen und einen positiven Beitrag zum Gesundheitssystem zu leisten.
E-Mail: diane.keyes@uni-wh.de
Jonas Redecker
E-Mail: jonas.redecker@uni-wh.de
Christian Scheffer
Mich beschäftigt die Frage, wie Studierende lernen, komplexe Veränderungen sinnhaft zu gestalten; und ob dies so gelingt, dass wir gemeinsam Probleme lösen und Studierende dazu einen eigenständigen Beitrag leisten. In Kurzform: ob transformative Bildung durch Co-Kreativität möglich ist. Im Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus bin ich als internistischer Oberarzt tätig, in der UWH in der kollegialen Leitung des Integrierten Begleitstudiums Anthroposophische Medizin. Seit 2007 leite ich die PJ-Ausbildungsstation, in der Medizinstudierende Patient:innen mitbetreuen.
E-Mail: christian.scheffer@uni-wh.de
Wie werden wir lernen?
Learning takes place through active participation in the sessions, which include a lecture, followed by participatory formats involving reflection, critical discussion and personal engagement with the course content.
Ziel der Veranstaltung
Understanding yourself as part of a system.
Self-efficacy.
Ability to reflect.
Transformative learning: helping to shape meaningful processes of change within oneself and in the world.
Discourse skills.
Max. Teilnehmendenzahl
30