Healthcare Leadership
IHLM’s Healthcare MBA Essentials course combines structured learning with personalised, one-on-one coaching to take participants on a “deep-dive” into the business and management practices that enable modern healthcare organisations to develop clinical and commercial advantages in challenging operating environments.
The course is designed to prepare high-potential healthcare leaders for more senior roles and greater responsibilities. It features absorbing case studies and insights from all of the core disciplines you would study during an MBA programme at a world-ranked business school, including:
Delivered via IHLM’s online e-learning platform and virtual tutorials, you will become part of a global community learning how to transform the performance of their healthcare organisation.
On completion of this course you’ll be able to:
This course is broken down into eight manageable weekly modules:
This course should take approximately 4 – 6 hours per week. You can expect to devote about 1 – 2 hours per week to watching video lectures and reading learning materials, 1 – 2 hours per week preparing for and participating in the virtual tutorial and 1 – 2 hours per week applying your knowledge through learning activities and practical assignments. Every virtual tutorial is recorded so you can rewatch it at any time.
This course has been designed for high-potential healthcare leaders from both clinical and non-clinical backgrounds who already lead a team, unit or function and want to prepare themselves for more senior roles and greater responsibilities. It will be particularly suitable for anyone who wants an introduction to all of the fundamental business and management disciplines that are studied during an MBA programme at a world-ranking business school, as they apply to healthcare.
Upon successful completion of the course you’ll receive an IHLM Certificate of CPD Completion. This may be useful for course members who belong to professional bodies that have Continuing Professional Development requirements. The course has an estimated 48 hours of guided learning.
Ready to start? Just click the ‘Register now’ button at the top of this page or use the ‘Ask us a question’ button if you’d like to talk to one of our course facilitators. The fee for this course is £995 per person. If you’d like to pay in instalments you can arrange this by contacting us at: registration@ihlm.org.
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Every healthcare provider needs to deliver high quality care to patients. But how do we define “high quality care” and what are the practices and behaviours through which it is achieved? In this module we consider the types of performance outcome that define a successful healthcare service and the characteristics of high-performing healthcare providers. The topics covered in this module include:
Despite the wealth of evidence-based research that demonstrates a consistent link between teamwork and patient outcomes, we frequently undervalue and neglect the importance of co-ordination and integration in the delivery of care. In this module we therefore take a detailed look at how to lead effective teams and transform their performance. The topics covered in this module include:
In this module we will be exploring the most influential factor that shapes the culture and success of healthcare organisations: leadership. We will review the evidence on what makes a high-performing healthcare leader and explore how you can develop your own leadership qualities. The topics covered in this module include:
For many healthcare organisations, success means delivering high quality, safe, patient-centred care. But for others there is the additional challenge of gaining and sustaining a competitive advantage over rivals. In this module we examine how healthcare providers can understand their “marketplace” and the needs of their patients in order to plan for success. The topics covered in this module include:
In our previous module we looked at how to analyse the internal and external factors that influence a healthcare organisation’s strategic choices and identify priorities for improvement in order to develop a strategic plan. In this module we shift our focus to how healthcare leaders make strategy happen. The topics covered in this module include:
In this module we explore what healthcare operations management is and why the performance it results in can make or break a healthcare organisation or service. The topics covered in this module include:
Technology has far too profound an impact on the delivery of healthcare services for decisions about its use to be left solely to technical specialists. In this module we explore the role a healthcare leader should take in deciding what digital innovations to invest in and when to use them. The topics covered in this module include:
In our final module we’re asking a simple question: how is healthcare paid for? Frequently complex, never perfect, healthcare payment systems are constantly changing and evolving in response to both economic and political pressures. The topics covered in this module include:
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Course starts: 05 March 2026
Location: Online
Course starts: 05 March 2026
Location: Online
