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Healthcare Change and Quality Improvement

TBC

This module aims to develop your skills in healthcare change management and quality improvement to apply within your clinical practice.

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Healthcare Change and Quality Improvement

TBC

This module aims to develop your skills in healthcare change management and quality improvement to apply within your clinical practice.

Award

Micro-credential

Duration

9 weeks

Mode of delivery

Hybrid - Part-time

Credits

10 ECTS

Next start date

January 2027

About

The Healthcare Change and Quality Management micro-credential is an applicable module that will ensure scholars have the necessary skills and competencies to implement healthcare change and quality management frameworks into your clinical practice.

This module will also introduce scholars to the concept of lean healthcare. Following Day 2, the team will have an action plan to characterise and investigate the process opportunities.

This course is aligned to Level 9 on the Irish National Framework of Qualifications.

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Suitable for

This programme is for medical doctors with a Bachelor of Medicine degree, holding any specialty and level from intern onwards.

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Course information

Participants on this course will gain an understanding of the fundamental principles for successful healthcare change management.

Day Date Time In person/online Event type Location
Tuesday 27 January 2027 9:30am-4:30pm In-person Lecture 26 York Street, Dublin
Sunday 14 February 2027     Self-assessment Moodle
Monday 15 February 2027 9:30am-4:30pm Online Lecture Zoom
Sunday 21 February 2027     Self-assessment Moodle
Sunday 28 February 2027     Self-assessment Moodle
Sunday 7 March 2027     Self-assessment Moodle
Monday 15 March 2027     Assessment Moodle
Tuesday 16 March 2027 9:30am-4:30pm In-person Assessment 123 St Stephen's Green, Dublin
Tuesday 20 April 2027     Assessment Moodle

This timetable is provisional.

Admissions

To be considered eligible for the programme, you must:

  • Be a medical doctor with a Bachelor of Medicine egree – Level 8 NFQ.
  • Hold any speciality and level from intern onwards (you don’t have to currently be in a clinical post).

Documents to submit with application:

Full CV to include the following:
-Employment information – job title/level/location.
-Proof of sponsorship (where applicable).
-Evidence of English-language qualification (where applicable).

Fees and funding information will be available shortly.

How to apply

Applications for this programme will open soon. In the meantime, please register your interest above.