Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Flexible Leadership Programmes

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If you work in the healthcare industry, and wish to advance your career, RCSI has a wide range of leadership programmes to suit your needs and schedule.

RCSI has been at the forefront of healthcare education in Ireland for over 200 years. Dedicated exclusively to cultivating and strengthening the leadership abilities of those working within the healthcare sector, the Institute of Leadership offers a safe and stimulating environment learning environment for all healthcare professionals.

Which programme is for me?


Below is a short description of our MSc degree programmes and our shorter professional diploma awards, all developed with the busy healthcare professional in mind:

 

MSc degree programmes:


Part-time and flexible using a blend of classroom and digital delivery:
The MSc in Leadership is designed to develop tomorrow's leaders today by significantly developing leadership competencies, management skills and the ability to be innovative in an uncertain healthcare environment that has limited resources, increased demands and significant budget restrictions.
The MSc in Healthcare Management is designed to facilitate healthcare professionals, managers and administrators to develop the necessary knowledge, expertise and skills which can be applied to various settings within healthcare systems.
The MSc in Quality & Safety in Healthcare Management offers you the opportunity to use quality improvement tools and interventions that are specific to quality, safety and risk in healthcare.

Professional Diplomas:


Our shorter Professional Diplomas, 9 months in duration, offer targeted, skills-focused, development opportunities for current and future leaders tasked with the planning and delivery of patient care.
The Professional Diploma in Clinical Leadership is delivered online over nine months with three in-class days. The programme consists of online content, onsite sessions and interactive webinars to offer a collaborative and supported student experience.
The Professional Diploma in Leading People and Teams (HR focus) in Healthcare is unique in that it is a multidisciplinary post graduate professional diploma programme designed to give you the necessary HR knowledge and expertise needed to manage teams and interactions in a healthcare environment.

The programme is for existing, newly appointed healthcare professionals across all disciplines in the private, public or non-profit sector who wish to develop their people management and employee relations skills.

This programme is pending accreditation.

The Professional Diploma in Leading Quality and Value Improvement will develop quality improvement (QI) competencies in you, as a healthcare professionals.  You will be skilled in QI methods and measures, and be be able to facilitate team-based clinical quality improvements and lead broader organizational improvements. Crucially, you will be able to demonstrate “value” for health service users by providing evidence of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.

This programme is pending accreditation.

Dedicated Exclusively to Leadership Education

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RCSI Institute of Leadership is Ireland's only third-level institution, dedicated exclusively to developing the leadership, management and educational capacity of health professionals to the highest international standards.

230 Years of Teaching Excellence

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Follow in the path of former students who have embraced 230 years of teaching excellence. Driven by the promise of ‘leading the world to better health, RSCI has been at the forefront of healthcare education, since its establishment in 1784. 

From advancing patient care across geographical boundaries to providing healthcare and education where there is none.

Community with extraordinary opportunities

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Healthcare leaders, who have gone onto practice in 97 countries, started their journey here, at RCSI, fueling a dynamic scientific community who speak of extraordinary opportunities.

Hear from our students

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Cinny Cusack

Rotunda Hospital Dublin 

‘Completing the programme has changed the way I think about work, and how I run my department. It has given me tools to use on a day-to-day basis, from quality improvement projects, to understanding risk and the value of accreditation.

Dr Paul O'Dwyer

National Group Clinical Advisor, Dental Care Ireland


I chose the RCSI Institute of Leadership for its distinguished history, contemporary and collaborative teaching methods, and ambitious future.

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - RCSI

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  • A top-ranked university that specialises in medicine and health sciences education and research.
  • World-class teaching facilities, including Europe’s largest and most advanced clinical simulation facility.
  • 18,000 alumni practising in 97 countries.
  • 230 years of teaching experience.
  • RCSI Institute of Leadership is Ireland's only third-level institution dedicated exclusively to developing the leadership, management and educational capacity of health professionals.