Duration: 24 Months
University of Warwick
Leadership has never been more important in healthcare. It is a vital factor in highly ranked healthcare organisations where capable, high-quality leaders, who embody a collective leadership style, are essential to support high-quality patient care. Clinicians are viewed as credible leaders, whether they feel so themselves or not. Indeed, many healthcare workers take on important leadership responsibilities throughout their career, managing large teams and complex organisations. However leadership and management skills are not acquired during clinical undergraduate training. The clinician is never taught how to step away from the physician-patient relationship and examine problems at a systems level.
Whether you are a clinician seeking to move away from direct care or a senior administrator looking to take up a managerial role in a healthcare setting, this online Masters in Healthcare Leadership is designed to give you a broad, interdisciplinary perspective on the changing face of healthcare. The course provides a highly engaging, richly informative and convenient educational opportunity for busy professionals and is accessible through a dedicated state-of-the-art online learning environment.
Ranked 9th in the UK and 64th in the World, the University of Warwick is a world-leading Russell Group institution. It is an internationally-recognised centre of excellence delivering the highest standards of education, research, information and materials to improve the quality of healthcare globally.
The Masters in healthcare leadership is a truly transformative user experience that also covers administration. The content is rich, compelling, engaging and innovative. It includes interactive video, 2D & 3D animations, medical imagery and instructional competency-focused pedagogy. Students will interact and engage in:
Weekly synchronous online tutorials throughout the course
Highly interactive content and tutor-moderated discussion forums
Reflective exercises to test your thinking and learning application
The programme management team provide superb mentorship and pastoral care to ensure high engagement and pass rates.
The programme is aimed at all clinical and non-clinical professionals who want to pursue healthcare leadership and management by doing a medical leadership courses online. You must be working in a medical setting in order to do this programme.
The programme will develop your understanding and skillset while establishing robust and effective leadership practices suitable for any healthcare environment, from a small practice to larger clinical environment. Although this is a masters in healthcare leadership it is similar to a masters in healthcare administration and it does cover administration also.
This programme blends self-directed learning and Tutor-led group learning. Throughout the programme, you'll engage in: online group tutorials, tutor-moderated discussion forums, interactive case studies, reflective exercises. The programme is broken down into the following modules:
Understanding leadership and management
Understanding motivation
Influencing skills
Giving and receiving feedback
Assignment guidance tutorials & self-directed learning
Understanding safety, quality and performance in healthcare settings
Understanding new constructs of patient safety
Key concepts and processes of enquiry
Key models for developing effective improvement plans
Working with providers and consumers iteratively to design safer and high-quality systems
Analysis underpinning service improvement
Evidence based systems diagnosis
Learning, Discovery and Problem solving frameworks
Appreciative inquiry in Leadership Development & Organisational change
Using feedback in healthcare assessments
Reframing Organisations
The definition and drivers of engagement
Putting feedback into action
Establishing trust
Leading with purpose
Reactions to change – understanding optimism vs pessimism
Key models of change
Overcoming resistance in yourself
Planning to deliver change – change champions
Understanding the viral nature of behavioural change
Project managing change
Stakeholder analysis and bringing people together
Helping others to interpret future impact of decisions
Creating cross sectoral collaborations
Framing the context for change
Policy Analysis, development and implementation
Your research-based professional project will culminate in a ‘conference ready’ poster presentation and 4,000 word article ready for submission to peer-reviewed journals.
Graduates of this programme will hold a qualification from a prestigious Russell Group University ranked 9th in the UK and 64th in the World
Our tutor faculty comprise world-renowned Medical Leadership experts. They work at the intersection of industry and academia giving practitioner insight with an evidence-based management perspective.
This programme attracts very senior personnel including Chairpersons, CEOs, CMOs, DONs, Executive Managers and senior consultants from world leading private and public medical bodies giving you access to like-minded ambitious medical leaders who can enhance your employment prospects
A masters in healthcare leadership from a Russell group university will help you capitalise on the growing demand for physician leaders throughout healthcare systems.
The patient must remain at the centre of healthcare systems and good leadership is an essential component of delivering high quality patient care.
The student learning environment is accessible anytime, anywhere on any device designed with the busy clinician in mind.
Developed by Global Medical Leaders. Participants from across the globe (50+ nationalities) study together, learning from each other's experiences.
The programme is a truly transformative user experience. The content is rich, compelling, engaging and innovative. It includes interactive video, 2D & 3D animations, medical imagery and instructional competency-focused pedagogy.
We offer early registration discounts, bulk payment discounts and flexible payment plans to make this programme affordable and accessible to clinicians
The following are the most frequently asked questions about the University of Warwick Masters in Healthcare Leadership programme. If your query is not answered, please reach out to us on the live chat on the site.
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The certificate is awarded by the University of Warwick; the award itself is no different from completing an on-campus programme at the University of Warwick and the certificate is the exact same as for an on-campus programme and does not say ‘online’. It will simply state the course title ‘Master of Science in Healthcare Leadership’.
The Masters is the qualification you need for a career in the area of leadership and management while the PG Diploma provides a solid introduction to this area.
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Yes, please see the link to the full programme curriculum here.
To apply for your place on a programme, all you have to is to fill out the online application form, and when requested send in proof of eligibility (confirmation of your previous degree/other qualifications).
Healthcare professionals including managers, directors, consultants, and CEO’s.
Yes, you need to be working in a Healthcare setting to join.
A Masters in this area will really stand out on your CV and allow you to pursue both leadership and management opportunities within healthcare.
Yes, the qualification is globally recognised and as a top 10 ranking university in the UK this is a qualification you can use regardless of where you are working.
There are many job opportunities available in the area of leadership and management once you have this qualification, for example - practice manager, operational manager, head of nursing.
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This is a Masters in healthcare leadership and management but also covers administration.
This Masters will allow you to pursue a career in management and leadership.
No, once you are working in a Healthcare setting and have an honours bachelor degree you are welcome to join.