Course summary
Effective leadership and management do not happen by chance. This practice-related course will help you develop the knowledge, skills and qualities to be an effective health care leader. This leadership and management course is designed to give you the confidence to try new and creative approaches to the workplace, deal with complex leadership situations and provide effective patient and service outcomes. The course is aimed at all health care professionals including nurses, midwives, doctors, physiotherapists, radiographers and health care scientists who want to develop the knowledge, skills and qualities to be an effective health care leader. The full course runs full-time or part-time over one year giving you the chance to exit with the following awards: Full-time:
- Postgraduate Diploma: four modules over eight months
- Masters: four modules plus a dissertation over one year
- Postgraduate Diploma: four modules over two years
- Masters: four modules plus a dissertation over three years
- Gain the confidence to try new and creative approaches
- Learn how to deal with complex leadership situations and provide effective patient and service outcomes
- Transform patient and service outcomes at a local level
- Understand your organisation and become an effective leader
- Explore the challenges and opportunities to influence policy which impacts on patient and service outcomes
Entry requirements
A Bachelor’s degree with honours from a UK university or an equivalent academic or professional qualification (if applicable) from the UK or elsewhere i.e. incorporating study at least comparable to 120 credits at honours level as so deemed by the Board of College or a Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate from a UK university. The University requires that applicants must have satisfactory references related to the intended vocational course regarding their ability to complete the course and appropriate position within their organisation. International Students (full-time only): If you are an international applicant you must demonstrate access to a health care organisation in order to undertake and apply the required work-based learning (contextualise theory and practice). If this is not possible you must demonstrate recent (contemporary) knowledge of a health care organisation in order to undertake and apply the required work-based learning activities and contextualise theory and it is preferred that you are sponsored by the organisation/ government so have continuing links with your country health care organisation. You will be made aware of the philosophy of a work-based learning programme (contextualise theory and practice) approach from the outset.
Fees and funding
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Provider information
University of Salford
The Crescent
Salford
M5 4WT