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.
We provide discounts to organisations registering 3 or more staff in the course and can also provide a customised in-house version tailored to your organisation’s specific needs.
All registrations are subject to our terms and conditions which are available here. By registering for an IHLM course you are accepting these terms and conditions and agreeing to be bound by them.
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:
There have never been more financial demands placed on healthcare organisations than there are today. So in this module we consider what makes a healthcare service financially sustainable and profitable, as well as how to measure financial performance in healthcare. The topics covered in this module include:
Healthcare Leadership
Our flagship course for high-potential healthcare leaders: built around the core strategic management disciplines and designed to prepare you for more senior roles and greater responsibilities.
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Quality and Safety
Discover how to set up effective error reporting systems, lead investigations into adverse incidents, implement successful patient safety improvement projects and design safer systems of care.
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Discover how to support, engage and retain your healthcare workforce when you need them the most.
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This unique programme will benefit anyone who wants to understand the potential benefits of digital technologies in healthcare and how they can capture those benefits for their own organisation.
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This programme provides you with practical tools for understanding patient needs and preferences, developing a marketing plan, building your healthcare brand and growing revenues.
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Digital Transformation
This course is designed to enable healthcare teams and professionals to set-up and manage their own virtual wards or spread the virtual ward model across their health and social care economy.
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October 18, 2023
Pretty much everyone working in business or management has heard of the MBA degree. However, few healthcare leaders have the time, money or need for such a lengthy and expensive programme.
September 8, 2022
IHLM is deeply saddened by the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty was patron of more than 600 charities, many of them in the field of health and medical care.
