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Certificate in Healthcare Management Practice (Virtual Delivery - Live Online)

Programme Overview - Real-time, immersive, virtual learning

This programme, developed by Dublin Academic Medical Centre (DAMC) clinicians in partnership with Smurfit Executive Development, provides doctors with relevant management language, tools and best practices, and focuses on practical skill development through highly-interactive discussions, role-plays and simulations.

Participants will learn to understand key business management principles, practices and tools in relation to healthcare dynamics, financial management and leadership. Learning outcomes include increased managerial effectiveness through the application of theoretical knowledge and practice, and the evaluation and appraisal of financial data to improve service development and efficiency.

Key Details

Saturday 23rd March 2024

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€2,500

Fees

6 days virtually

Duration

Certificate (NFQ Level 9)

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Postgraduate Centre Coordinator

To apply for this programme, please contact the Postgraduate Centre Coordinator at the Mater Hospital Postgraduate Centre on postgrad@mater.ie or telephone +353 1 803 4383. You can also visit https://www.materpostgrad.com/

The Smurfit Experience

Padhraig O’Loughlin MD MRCS, SpR in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery, Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown

A thoroughly enjoyable, and broad, especially in the context of a commitment of 6 days, introduction, to topics eminently relevant to healthcare management. I would wholeheartedly recommend this course. It was delivered by an excellent cadre of lecturers extremely well-versed in their respective topics.

Dr. Shawgi Izzeldin, Surgical Registrar, SIVUH, Cork

I would highly recommend this course for those seeking relevant knowledge and skills in healthcare and self-management. It addressed all my expectations regarding Healthcare Management.

Dr. Ike Foster Onwuchekwa, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mater Hospital

The programme was excellent. It addressed all my expectations regarding Healthcare Management. It was very practical and this made it easy to grasp. I would highly recommend it to doctors of various grades.

Dr. Ike Foster Onwuchekwa, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Mater Hospital

The programme was excellent. It addressed all my expectations regarding Healthcare Management. It was very practical and this made it easy to grasp. I would highly recommend it to doctors of various grades.

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Padhraig O’Loughlin

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Shawgi Izzeldin

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Ike Foster Onwuchekwa

Module Dates

Date

Module

Faculty

Saturday & Sunday
23rd & 24th March 2024

Day 1 - Physicians as Leaders

Day 2 - Service Design & Deliver

Prof. Karan Sonpar

Ms. Kathy O’Reilly

Saturday & Sunday
27th & 28th April 2024

Day 1 - Developing a Toolbox to Overcome the Immunity to Change

Day 2 - Negotiation & Influence

Dr. Gearoid Hardy

Saturday & Sunday
18th & 19th May 2024

Day 1 & 2 - Business Fundamentals & Value Measurement for Healthcare Transformation

Prof. Gerardine Doyle 



Smurfit Executive Development ranked 35th globally in latest 2023 Financial Times Rankings

UCD Smurfit Executive Development has been ranked 35th in the world in the 2023 Financial Times Executive Education Open Enrolment rankings. We are ranked 1st in Ireland and 21st in Europe with an increased overall participant satisfaction rating at 9.33/10.

The only Irish business school ranked in the Open Enrolment rankings, Smurfit Executive Development is globally ranked 25th place for New Skills and Learning, 28th place for Aims Achieved and 28th place for International Location which highlights the extent to which programmes are run off-site and outside the school’s base country and region bringing diversity of thought to the learning environment.

In addition, UCD Smurfit Executive Development ranked 34th for Teaching Methods and Materials, 35th for Course Design and 37th for Faculty. Find out more here.

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