Specialist Certificate in Clinical Leadership (SC-CLNLEAD)
Specialist CertificateYear: 2022 Delivered: On Campus (Parkville)
About this course
Contact
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Principal Coordinator
Jill Klein
Overview
Award title | Specialist Certificate in Clinical Leadership |
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Year & campus | 2022 — Parkville |
Fees information | Subject EFTSL, level, discipline and census date |
Study level & type | Graduate Coursework |
AQF level | Non-AQF |
Credit points | 25 credit points |
Duration | 12 months part-time |
The Specialist Certificate in Clinical Leadership (SCCL) provides clinicians with the leadership skills they need to improve their organisations, develop and implement change initiatives, and promote treatment quality and safety excellence within healthcare settings. The philosophy of the SCCL is to provide a contemporary, evidence-based program to health professionals to improve outcomes for their organisations, colleagues and patients. The program is targeted towards clinicians—including doctors, nurses, dentists and allied health professionals—who currently hold, or anticipate holding, leadership positions.
This offering allows for the development of leadership skills required by the clinical work context. This is not a generic leadership program; it is embedded within the clinical context, taught largely by clinicians, and focused on clinical issues and challenges. Clinicians will be transformed as leaders alongside other clinicians who will share their experiences and enhance each other’s learning. Clinicians who gain the University of Melbourne SCCL will be valued for their commitment to clinical leadership and their acquisition of skills that allow for the effective leadership of health organisations.
The SCCL comprises two core subjects: 1) Leadership in the Clinical Setting and 2) Leading Healthcare Change for Impact. Course delivery will be through a combination of face-to-face intensive periods of teaching, supported by on-line resources. Assessments will be oriented towards outcomes that demonstrate the learning of leadership best practice within the clinical setting, and the ability to apply this learning to the clinical workplace.
Links to further information
http://mdhs-study.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/specialist-certificate-in-clinical-leadership/overview
Entry requirements
1. In order to be considered for entry, applicants must have completed:
either
- an entry-to-practice undergraduate degree or equivalent in a health discipline, or
- an undergraduate degree in any discipline and at least 3 years of documented relevant clinical work experience in medicine, allied health, science or social science.
Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection.
2. In ranking and/or assessing applications, the Selection Committee will consider:
- prior academic qualifications and performance; and/or
- professional experience.
3. The Selection Committee may seek further information to clarify any aspect of an application in accordance with the Academic Board rules on the use of selection instruments.
4. Applicants are required to satisfy the university’s English language requirements for postgraduate courses. For those applicants seeking to meet these requirements by one of the standard tests approved by the Academic Board, performance band 6.5 is required.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
Leadership in the Clinical Setting must be completed prior to the commencement of Leading Healthcare Change for Impact.
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
Course structure
The course will consist of 2 core subjects:
- PADM90013 Leadership in the Clinical Settings (12.5 credit points)
- PADM90014 Leading Healthcare Change for Impact (12.5 credit points)
Subject options
Core Subjects
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
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PADM90013 | Leadership in Clinical Settings | March (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PADM90014 | Leading Healthcare Change for Impact | August (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Further study
Graduates of this course may progress to a range of postgraduate programs offered by the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences.
Last updated: 12 November 2022