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Expand+The Graduate Certificate in Strategy, Leadership & Innovation in Healthcare is is one of a number of programmes offered by the UCD IRIS Centre for Interdisciplinary, Research, Innovation & Education in Health Systems.
It is a 30-ECTS-credit, QQI ...
Hide-The Graduate Certificate in Strategy, Leadership & Innovation in Healthcare is is one of a number of programmes offered by the UCD IRIS Centre for Interdisciplinary, Research, Innovation & Education in Health Systems.
It is a 30-ECTS-credit, QQI Level 9 interdisciplinary programme. The programme is offered every two years. The next intake is in September 2023. The minimum time to completion is one calendar year for part-time students; the maximum time is two calendar years.
These modules contribute 30 ECTS credits towards UCD's MSc in Leadership, Innovation and Management for Healthcare. Holders of the Graduate Certificate can complete the MSc by successfully completing a further 60 ECTS credits of study.
The Graduate Certificate in Strategy, Leadership & Innovation in Healthcare will appeal to healthcare professionals seeking a rigourous and comprehensive introduction to important principles and concepts to inform their leadership and management practice.
The three modules comprising the programme contribute 30 ECTS credits towards UCD's MSc in Leadership, Innovation and Management for Healthcare, and fulfil two of the three mandatory module requirements for the MSc. Holders of the Graduate Certificate can complete the MSc by successfully completing a further 60 ECTS credits of study, either by means of six 10-ECTS-credit taught modules or a combination of taught modules and a dissertation or project, that must include the third mandatory MSc module, Systems Thinking in Healthcare (NMHS 43820). See https://www.nmhs.ucd.ie/msclim for further information.
The Graduate Certificate aims to:
enhance awareness of the ways in which you and others practice leadership and management
develop an appreciation of the contribution of systems and design thinking to your practice
enable you to acquire and apply knowledge to improve the systems and processes that underpin the delivery of safe, high-quality, responsive, integrated and person-centred care
develop and strengthen your strategic sensing capabilities in order to enhance strategic capacity, engagement and alignment in your organisation
develop and strengthen your creative, innovative and knowledge management capabilities
The programme will contribute to your personal and professional development by introducing you to ways of identifying, analysing, critiquing and evaluating the ways in which you and your colleagues currently lead and manage. You will acquire the capacity to locate ways of leading and managing within relevant conceptual frameworks and to situate them in systems, organisational and team contexts.
You will be prepared to become a more responsive, effective and resilient leader and manager who thinks and practices strategically and innovatively to improve patients' and colleagues' experiences of the health system.
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Expand+The programme is delivered through blended learning, entailing face-to-face and online learning supported by Brightspace, UCD's virtual learning environment (VLE). It requires a total of 11 days' attendance between September and May.
There is a p...
Hide-The programme is delivered through blended learning, entailing face-to-face and online learning supported by Brightspace, UCD's virtual learning environment (VLE). It requires a total of 11 days' attendance between September and May.
There is a particular emphasis on experiential learning and on the application of learning to students' professional practice contexts through a range of activities. To optimise student engagement and participation, class sizes are limited to 25 students.
The teaching and learning methods include tutorials, workshops, faculty and peer-led seminars, and group work. Continuous assessment methods include project work, class presentations, student-led seminars, posters and assignments. There are no examinations.
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