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Population Health Leadership

MSc
Population health

Why Population Health Leadership?

The field of population health research refers to the analysis of the multiple determinants of population health outcomes. These determinants include medical care, public health interventions, aspects of the social environment (income, education, employment, social support, culture) and of the physical environment (climate, clean air and water), genetics, and individual behaviour.

A key driver for population health in growing populations is resource allocation issues involved in linking determinants to outcomes. The improvement in population health therefore requires the actions of multiple actors (legislators, managers, providers, and individuals).

In a pioneering course, the MSc in Population Health Leadership at RCSI aims to equip leaders in this space with the broad knowledge to speak to the wide variety of components affecting the health of populations, whilst providing them with the leadership skills to implement change.

Find more about RCSI's School of Population Health and how it is tackling the world's population health challenges through research, education and collaboration.

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Why RCSI?

Follow in the path of former students who have embraced 230 years of teaching excellence. Driven by the promise of 'leading the world to better health', RSCI has been at the forefront of international healthcare education since our establishment in 1784, and we have a worldwide reputation for delivering excellent undergraduate and postgraduate health professions education. 

RCSI's singular healthcare focus is evident through all our postgraduate programmes, offering innovative, insight-rich and immersive development opportunities for both current and future leaders in healthcare.

Three taught, part-time Population Health Leadership (PHL) programmes are offered:

  • Population Health Leadership MSc
  • Population Health Leadership PgDip
  • Population Health Leadership PgCert

The curriculum builds cumulatively in three stages of development and leadership training, through which students can progress from a Level 9 Postgraduate Certificate in PHL (30 ECTS) that establishes the foundations, scope, rationale and intervention routes of population health leadership, to a Level 9 Postgraduate Diploma in PHL (60 ECTS) that builds specialist skills in population health science and intervention.

Finally, an MSc in PHL award is achieved through production of a structured applied project to include literature review, policy relevance statement, evidence of project implementation, outcomes evaluation, discussion and reflection. 

Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma awards can be completed without further progression.