February 2027 Intake
FLEXIBLE & PART-TIME
Leading and Managing your Organisation and Service Micro-Credential (10 ECTS) NFQ Level 9 RCSI Leading the World to Better Health
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Welcome from the Module Lead Dr Mary E. Collins, Chartered Psychologist, RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences
The aim of this micro-credential is to equip you with the leadership, strategic, financial and people-management capabilities required to lead a clinical department or service effectively, and to support you in applying those capabilities directly to the organisational realities of your own working environment.
Module objectives By the end of this module, you will be able to: • Develop an understanding of different leadership frameworks and approaches • Critically debate strategy and develop competence in a number of strategic tools for use in your department • Critically debate organisational culture and structures within your working environment • Develop competency in financial management for your department • Explore performance management as a fundamental part of human resource management • Critically apply the key lessons taken from the selected case study to your own departmental area
Why this matters for Medical and Surgical Leaders Medical and Surgical training builds extraordinary technical mastery, clinical judgement and composure under pressure. What it rarely builds — because there has been no structured space for it — is fluency in budgets, business cases, organisational culture, performance conversations and the strategic positioning of a service. Yet these are precisely the demands placed on surgeons the moment they take on responsibility for a department, a theatre list, a training programme or a service redesign. PAGE 2
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The consequences of that gap are not abstract. Departmental culture shapes psychological safety, and psychological safety shapes whether concerns are raised, errors are surfaced and teams learn. Financial literacy determines whether a service can make the case for the resources it needs. Performance management, done well, retains good people; done poorly, it drives them out. Leadership in surgery and medicine is therefore not an adjunct to clinical excellence — it is one of its conditions. This module treats leadership as a set of learnable competencies rather than an innate disposition. You will work with established frameworks, apply strategic and financial tools to your own department, and test your thinking against a case analysis and against the experience of peers facing comparable pressures. The intention throughout is that what you take from this module is immediately usable in the service you lead.
Dr. Mary E. Collins CPsychol, EdD. MSc. BA. EMCC. Chartered Coaching Psychologist, Leading and Managing your Organisation and Service Module Lead, Senior Executive Development Specialist
Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this module participants will be able to: • Critically debate strategy in the context of your environment. • Complete a number of strategic tools for use in your department. ECTS: 10 NFQ Level: 9 Duration: 5 Weeks Mode of Study: Hybrid Start date: February 2027 Fees: €1,100
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• Critically debate organisational cultures and structures in your working environment. • Develop competency in financial management for your department. • Debate performance management as a fundamental part of resource management. • Critically apply the key lessons you have taken from the selected Case study to your department area.
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Pre-Class Component In order to fully benefit from lectures, it is advised that you familiarise yourself with the material that will be covered during the class in the weeks’ preceding. Please read key reading material in advance of lectures. By reviewing the material, you will become familiar with the key concepts and terminology before the lectures and this will allow you to address any difficulties.
In-Class Component It is expected that participants attend all lectures. As class participation is a vital element in the design of this module, participants are expected to engage in class discussion and debate in order to facilitate the formation of their critical thinking.
Strategic Leadership: Develop an understanding of strategy and how to effectively manage and lead the strategic process for greater service delivery. Recognise the benefits of strategic management and the basic model of strategic management and its components. Strategy: Develop an in-depth understanding of the main concepts, frameworks, theories and approaches within the strategic management literature. Recognise the nature of the healthcare organisation and the importance of strategy in leading healthcare service. Organisational Structures and Cultures: Understand the healthcare structures and their competing demands. Recognise the link between strategy, structure and culture and the approach necessary to lead and develop a culture of service excellence. Financial Management: Understand financial management practices in healthcare and the impact of service delivery.
Personal Leadership: Emotional Intelligence, Resilience & Energy Management
Post-Class Component • In-class component review and reflection • Assignment preparation • Article search and review • Podcast review • Online inter-professional communication and learning PAGE 4
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Entry Requirements
Fees and Funding
To be considered eligible for the programme, you must:
Fees: €1,100 Please note 100% funding is available
• Be a medical doctor – Bachelor of Medicine Degree – Level 8 NFQ
Documents to submit with Application
• NCHDs working in the HSE full-time may be able to use their Continuous Professional Development Support Scheme (CPD-SS) funding to cover the cost of this online micro-credential.
• Full CV – that includes the following: ~ Employment information - Job title/Level/ Location
• The course can be fully funded through the HSE Training Support Scheme fund (TSS).
• Meet English language requirements, with a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 in all sections
• Proof of sponsorship (where applicable) • Evidence of English language qualification* (where applicable)
PROVISIONAL TIMETABLE Date
Time
Event Type
Location
Thursday, 11 February 2027
9:30-16:30
Lecture
InPerson - 123 St Stephens Green, TR5
Friday, 26 February 2027
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Submission
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Friday, 23 April 2027
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Submission
Moodle
Wednesday, 3 March 2027
10:00-1:00
Lecture
Online - Zoom
Friday, 25 June 2027
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Submission
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