The Professional Diploma in Strategic Transformational Leadership in Healthcare is a part-time programme taken over seven months. Entry is restricted to employees of the HSE, Section 38 and 39 bodies, and employees of the Department of Health and TUSLA.

Students take 30 credits as follows:

IM6113 Defining and Refining Senior Leadership Presence (10 credits)
IM6114 Leading Transformational Change (10 credits)
IM6115 Leading Effective Strategy Implementation (10 credits)

Module Semester Information may be found here. Module Descriptions may be found here.

Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2022/2023 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules, 2022/2023.

Programme Learning Outcomes for Professional Diploma in Strategic Transformational Leadership in Healthcare (NFQ Level 9, Special Purpose Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Integrate concepts of transformational leadership and leverage deep insight into their personal leadership capability to create a meaningful personal development implementation plan.
• Evaluate the full power of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion to lead, inspire and motivate a diverse healthcare workforce to optimise patient and service user outcomes.
• Analyse complex decisions and act courageously in the service of patients and service users where appropriate, underpinned by transformational change theories.
• Critically examine the significance of organisational purpose and the role of environmental, social and governance criteria in strategic decision-making in healthcare.
• Formulate a comprehensive range of practical recommendations for developing transformational best-practice leadership to impact organisational and patient-centric outcomes.
• Critique models of social, emotionally intelligent, and compassionate leadership to identify applications to healthcare.
• Create alignment between overall Health Service strategy and implementation plans in participant-specific contexts that puts patient and service user outcomes at the heart of transformational change.