Specialist Certificate in Clinical Leadership (SC-CLNLEAD) // Attributes, outcomes and skills

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Intended learning outcomes

Graduates should be able to:



  • Demonstrate an analytical and reflective approach to their clinical leadership
  • Navigate and influence their healthcare system in order to fund initiatives
  • Initiate and implement constructive change within their healthcare organisations
  • Lead improvements in patient quality and safety through effective innovation
  • Understand the unique and common challenges and approaches involved in managing, developing and coaching others within the clinical context
  • Be aware of their strengths and weaknesses as a clinical leader and be prepared to collaborate accordingly
  • Collaborate with practitioners from other health disciplines to achieve best outcomes for their patients and organisations
  • Appreciate the importance of exchanging feedback, support and assistance with colleagues

Generic skills

The course should enhance the following skills:

  • Ability to bring new problem solving and analytic skills to issues of clinical leadership
  • Lead teams and work well as a member of a team
  • Ability to break down unfamiliar and difficult challenges, make plans for, and lead the implementation of, programs that address these challenges
  • Communicate leadership visions and plans effective/y through both spoken presentations and written documents.

Graduate attributes

The Melbourne Experience enables our graduates to become:

  • Academically excellent:
    • have a strong sense of intellectual integrity and the ethics of scholarship
    • have in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline(s)
    • reach a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities, problem-solving and communication
    • be critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning
    • be adept at learning in a range of ways, including through information and communication technologies
  • Knowledgeable across disciplines:
    • examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplines
    • expand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects
    • have the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems
    • have a set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment
  • Leaders in communities:
    • initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces
    • have excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitations
    • mentor future generations of learners
    • engage in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness of community needs
  • Attuned to cultural diversity:
    • value different cultures
    • be well-informed citizens able to contribute to their communities wherever they choose to live and work
    • have an understanding of the social and cultural diversity in our community
    • respect indigenous knowledge, cultures and values
  • Active global citizens:
    • accept social and civic responsibilities
    • be advocates for improving the sustainability of the environment have a broad global understanding, with a high regard for human rights, equity and ethics

Last updated: 12 November 2022