Healthcare Management Practice

Programme Overview
This programme, developed by Dublin Academic Medical Centre (DAMC) clinicians in partnership with Smurfit Executive Development, provides doctors with relevant management language, tools and best practices, and focuses on practical skill development through highly-interactive discussions, role-plays and simulations.

Participants will learn to understand key business management principles, practices and tools in relation to healthcare dynamics, financial management and leadership. Learning outcomes include increased managerial effectiveness through the application of theoretical knowledge and practice, and the evaluation and appraisal of financial data to improve service development and efficiency.

Programme Benefits
Enhanced understanding of leadership strengths and weaknesses;

Deep insight into how a leadership style can affect a participant's workplace, their colleagues and ultimately their success as a leader;

Reflection on the roles of leaders and managers in organisations;

Greater appreciation of a participant's own capacity for leadership;

Formulate a self-designed leadership development plan;

Insight into how to exercise leadership more effectively and make high impact leadership interventions;

Practice in the provision and receipt of constructive feedback;

Develop a greater sense of how a participant can contribute to team leadership;

Improve the ability to create and garner support for the organisation vision;

Insight and practice in coaching as an intervention to enhance organisational performance.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the programme, participants will be expected to be able to:

Display/Demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of key business management principles, practice and tools focusing on financial management and business planning, service development, change management, negotiation and communication;

Ascertain the factors influencing the efficiency of a service enterprise/organisation;

Apply theoretical knowledge and practice as appropriate to inform the practitioner's current and future roles within the healthcare sector;

Identify opportunities to improve the day-to-day management of healthcare service, planning, budgeting and personal effectiveness;

Evaluate and appraise data to resolve healthcare issues and improve the processes/procedures used within the healthcare environment;

Communicate clearly, major policy/strategic developments within the healthcare environment to all stakeholders.

Saturday 26th March 2022 & Sunday 27th March 2022.
Day 1 - Physicians as Leaders
Day 2 - Service Design & Deliver

Saturday & Sunday
23rd & 24th April 2022
Day 1 - Developing a Toolbox to Overcome the Immunity to Change
Day 2 - Negotiation & Influence

Saturday & Sunday
15th May 2022
Business Fundamentals & Value Measurement for Healthcare Transformation

The programme is designed for NCHDs who wish to learn about the non-clinical aspects of healthcare delivery and receive a formal postgraduate qualification (awarded at Level 9 NFQ) to assist their career development.

6 days.