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Why study at RCSI?
RCSI is one of the world’s most advanced health sciences universities and a leading international provider of education and training for all health and social care professionals.
If you would like to acquire the skills and attributes necessary to become an effective healthcare leader, we have a course that meets your needs.
More about our courses
Course type: Part-time programmes designed with busy healthcare professionals in mind.
Duration: Masters programmes: 2 years; Professional Diploma: 9 months.
Mode of delivery: Our blended programmes are delivered in a digital format, accessible from wherever you are.
Qualification: National University of Ireland and RCSI-accredited Level 9 Masters/Professional Diploma.

Gain the HR knowledge and expertise you need to manage teams and interactions in a healthcare environment while developing your people management and employee relations skills.

This innovative programme fosters collaborative learning among multidisciplinary healthcare professionals through international approaches from positive psychology and organisational theory.

Develop the expertise and skills to manage people, processes and systems across all healthcare settings, while more effectively planning, delivering and managing high-quality healthcare services.

Develop your leadership skills and competencies, and drive innovation in complex and uncertain healthcare environments where resources are limited, budgets restricted and demands increasing.

Develop quality improvement (QI) competencies and become skilled in QI methodology. Demonstrate 'value' for patients by providing evidence of economy, efficiency and effectiveness.

Build expertise in tools and interventions that are specific to healthcare quality, safety and risk, and develop skills in evaluating concepts around patient safety, quality, accreditation and governance.

Enhance the delivery of high-quality patient care and enable timely access for patients with more complex ENT conditions to hospital-based treatment.

Understand error and risk in healthcare systems and acquire skills to be safer and more efficient in your practice, while improving the safety and quality of care in the system in which you practice.
How you will learn
These courses are delivered by RCSI’s Department of Surgical Affairs and Institute of Leadership. As a student, you will enjoy an immersive and personalised education experience.
Our digital delivery model is completely responsive to the life commitments of our professional learners. You will have the opportunity to undertake your programme of study wherever you are and on your own terms.
