Leadership: Effective Leadership in the Healthcare Setting

Effective leadership is one of the central attributes in the provision of effective healthcare. All members of the team will be called upon to demonstrate their leadership at any stage throughout their professional life. The Effective Leadership in the Healthcare Setting course is designed to introduce you to leadership. Leadership comes more easily to some than others. Whilst we may hear people described as ‘natural leaders’, leadership skills can be developed.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the role of leadership in the multi-disciplinary and multi-agency context of healthcare
• Discuss the characteristics of effective leaders
• Critically appraise and identify various domains and to develop your leadership skills, even whilst you are not in a formal leadership role
• Discuss the role of design thinking as an iterative and collaborative process to develop ideas for change
• Describe the change process and barriers to change.

The course contains three modules:

• Identifying your leadership potential.
• Developing your leadership.
• Leadership today: Philosophy, Innovation, Delivery.

Upon purchase of the course, you will have four weeks of online access to complete the three modules. The four week period begins from the time of purchase and you can return to the course at any time within the period you are subscribed.

It is estimated that you will need to spend approximately three hours per module and nine hours in total on this course. You don’t have to complete the modules in one sitting.

Certificate: Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a certificate which you should retain for your records.  

Course access: You will have access to the course for four weeks from the purchase date.  Please refer to your email for course access details. 

Continuing Professional Development

The Effective Leadership in the Healthcare Setting course offers the following:

• HEAL: 9 CPD Hours
• RACGP: 18 CPD Activity Points (Activity ID: 183491)
• ACRRM: 9 PDP Credit Points (Activity ID: 18463)
• ACN: 9 CPD hours*
  
  * ACN has allocated 9 CPD hours according to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia – Continuing Professional Development Standard.