Leadership and Management Essentials

• Develop an understanding of key leadership and management concepts as applied to or enacted in health and related sectors (e.g. differentiating leadership, management, managerialism and managers).
• Develop critical understanding of how organisation and change management theory and practice can be employed to alter working lives and human health (e.g. why leadership and management matter, who is involved, key roles).
• Develop critical understanding of leading teams in a healthcare context.
• Demonstrate the ability to develop service improvement proposals including the issues of budgeting and stakeholder engagement in a contextually sensitive manner (e.g. reward assumptions and goal drives, competing priorities, financial constraints).
• Develop critical reflection and reflexivity so as to understand how their specific approach to leading, organising and managing impacts on people, processes or structures.

Micro-credentials are awarded based on successfully completing a course and demonstrating the required learning outcomes through assessment. Micro-credentials are designed to be stackable – learners can accumulate credits from other specific micro-credentials to achieve a larger, major award, such as a diploma or degree.

On this course you can earn internationally recognised ECTS credits that can be stacked towards a Professional Diploma in Global Health Systems at NFQ Level 9.

A four-week online learning experience awaits you. Each week is carefully designed to offer a blend of both direct and indirect, synchronous and interactive activities. These include live lectures, exercises, discussions, reading assignments, self-study sessions, formative learning assessments, and summative preparation tasks.

Week 5 will focus on assessment, where you'll receive detailed feedback on your progress. Throughout the module, we will provide feedback at various checkpoints to help you stay on track and prepare for the final assessment.

Our virtual learning environment (VLE) is designed to be intuitive, accessible and easy to navigate. A dedicated programme coordinator will be available to you, should you experience any technical difficulties, or have any specific questions relating to learning online.

• Week 1: Explore transitioning and understanding healthcare leadership and management (management, managerialism and managers), why does it matter, who does it involve?
• Week 2: Leading and managing teams and people (culture, communication, teams, conflict, motivation), psychological safety, structures and processes, resources, decision-making.
• Week 3: Dive deep into models of change, budgeting in healthcare, and stakeholder engagement.
• Week 4: Finally, in week four, explore the development and leadership of patient-centric safety cultures, drawing lessons from adverse events. Lead and oversee governance frameworks to enhance patient safety.
• Week 5: Develop your individual action plan based on your learnings. Continuous feedback and guidance will be provided throughout the module, aligning with formative progress milestones and the weekly focus on the student summative.

Assessment methods on our micro-credential courses can include written assignments, continuous assessment, and/or presentations.

Full details on the end of course assessment will be available to students on commencement of the course.

We are proud to be a recognised University of the National University of Ireland (NUI).

Recognition by ministries and bodies in other jurisdictions must be determined by the individual applicants.