Nursing & Midwifery - Advanced Leadership
Why study nursing and midwifery at RCSI Dublin?
Educating future leaders in healthcare delivery and related research is at the core of the mission of the RCSI School of Nursing & Midwifery. The School aims to develop caring, reflective nursing and midwifery practitioners who can seek out and use research-based knowledge to improve patient care.
We are committed to providing students with outcome-focused curricula shaped by innovative teaching and learning practices. We have a long association with postgraduate nursing and midwifery education and are the largest such school in Ireland.
We aspire to become recognised leaders in the provision of health sciences education, both nationally and internationally. The suite of programmes we offer nurses and midwives in pursuit of postgraduate education is continually evolving in response to the needs within the healthcare service.
Our goal is to empower nurses and midwives to be able to demonstrate the difference they make to practice, and in doing so, to be able to respond accordingly to the leadership and professional challenges that they face every day.
Course Details
The Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Leadership is a fully accredited one-year part-time programme aimed at nurses who wish to advance their academic and professional knowledge and skills within leadership in nursing.
The programme will develop your ability to critically reflect on your leadership role and examine theories and policies underpinning health and healthcare, at an individual and organisational level. The programme also aims to develop your confidence as an active member of the healthcare team and enable you to participate in the interdisciplinary team approach to care delivery.
Learning outcomes?
This programme will provide you with the skills and knowledge to:
• Critically analyse research, relevant knowledge and evidence-based practice.
• Evaluate the application of clinical judgement to professional leadership practice by utilising evidence-based practice
• Apply leadership skills in strategic planning and auditing of services as they relate to nursing practice and integrate learning from the audit process into strategies for the improvement of services
• Evaluate the role of teaching and education in the development of professional practice and initiate, implement and evaluate training as appropriate
• Analyse the components of clinical governance, patient safety and risk management and demonstrate an understanding of the challenges affecting leadership in nursing and healthcare at the individual and organisational level in an ever-changing healthcare system
• Compare and contrast management and leadership approaches.
• Critically self-evaluate your professional and personal learning needs, while identifying and accepting responsibility for seeking out opportunities for growth and learning.
Subjects taught
Modules
This one-year part-time programme is run over two academic semesters; three modules are completed in the first semester and three modules in the second semester. Semester 1 is from September – December; Semester 2 begins in January.
You will have one day of classes every two weeks in RCSI Dublin, with supplementary learning via online classes.
The programme modules are:
Module name / Credits/ Assessment method
• Advanced Research Methods/ 10/ Assignment
• Advanced Leadership - Professional & Clinical/ 10/ Assignment
• Advanced Management & Strategy 10 Assignment
• Change Management: Theory and Practice /10 /Presentation and assignment
• Education & Training/ 10/ Presentation and assignment
• Contemporary Issues: Clinical Governance, Safety and Risk Management/ 10/ Presentation and assignment
Entry requirements
To be eligible for the programme you must:
• Be a registered nurse or midwife on the active register with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Ireland, or the relevant regulatory body in your country of practice before commencing the programme.
• Hold a level 8 degree* or international equivalent, demonstrated through a defined recognition of prior learning (RPL) process.
• Meet the English Language Requirements: IELTS English proficiency test score of 6.5 or the equivalent score on another standardised test. You are exempt if you completed your undergraduate/postgraduate studies full-time in the medium of the English language (three or more years, cumulatively).
*Please note: If you do not hold a level 8 qualification, you may still be eligible to join the programme through our pathway programme. Please contact us for further information on this route.
Duration
This one-year part-time programme is run over two academic semesters; three modules are completed in the first semester and three modules in the second semester. Semester 1 is from September – December; Semester 2 begins in January.
You will have one day of classes every two weeks in RCSI Dublin, with supplementary learning via online classes.