A high-quality healthcare management course
Leadership for Clinicians (LeAD) is suitable for all clinical staff, regardless of profession, specialty or stage of training. It covers the competencies and leadership behaviours required to fulfil, and support others in, healthcare management roles.
Comprehensive course content
You can complete more than 60 e-learning sessions on a wide range of topics such as personal development, working with colleagues, managing services and improving care. You can select sessions that are most relevant to your role. The content is packed with case studies, animations and video clips, to help reinforce learning and understanding on key themes. There are also links to further recommended reading sources.
Highly interactive, with real-life case studies
The sessions draw on real-life scenarios and examples of service improvement techniques and challenges from across the health sectors. You can reflect on how the learning can be applied to your everyday work and better understand the role you can play in improving services.
This interactive healthcare leadership course has been developed by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management and the NHS Leadership Academy. It covers the knowledge components of the NHS Leadership Competency Frameworks, although the themes are relevant to healthcare professionals globally.
Easy online access
The learning content is available online so you can study at home, in the workplace or even on the move.
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Course content
On this course, you can choose one of two pathways. These feature the same learning sessions but they are grouped in different ways. The first pathway presents the sessions in broad content-themed modules while the second reflects the domains of the NHS Leadership Competency Frameworks.
Pathway 1
LeAD by theme
Introduction
The principles of leadership, how LeAD is arranged and the Medical Leadership Framework
Effective Leadership
Key attributes and behaviours that underpin effective leadership
Quality Improvement
Theoretical concepts and practical examples of quality improvement in healthcare
Effective Management in Healthcare
People, finance and decision-making, and their role in supporting effective service delivery to patients
Ensuring Effective Healthcare
Concepts and practical examples of delivering effective healthcare
Pathway 2
LeAD by domain
Introduction
The principles of leadership, how LeAD is arranged and the Clinical Leadership Framework
Demonstrating Personal Qualities
Self-awareness, managing yourself, continuing personal development, and acting with integrity
Working with Others
Developing networks, building and maintaining relationships, encouraging contributions and teamworking
Managing Services
Planning and managing resources/people/performance
Improving Services
Ensuring patient safety, critical evaluation, improvement and innovation, and facilitating transformation
Setting Direction
Contexts for change, applying knowledge and evidence, making decisions, and evaluating impact
For a full list of all the modules and sessions for our programmes, please go to: http://portal.eintegrity.org/catalogue
Free trial sessions
Below you can complete sample e-learning sessions for free. See how the e-learning works and how the interactive features enhance knowledge and understanding.
Just click on the play button to view each session.
Introduction to Leadership and LeAD
This session will explore the concepts of leadership in the clinical setting. It also introduces you to the e-learning support for the development of clinical leadership (LeAD) and its relationship with the Medical/Clinical Leadership Competency Framework (MLCF/CLCF).
Introduction to the Medical/Clinical Leadership Competency Framework
This session provides an overview of the Medical/Clinical Leadership Competency Framework (MLCF/CLCF). It explains how it has been constructed and how it can be used.
Testimonials
Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, National Medical Director of the UK National Health Service, commended the project and stated that 'a true leader can inspire the next generation to be good doctors'.
LeAD is a comprehensive knowledge base to help all healthcare professionals contribute to the effective running of their organisation and its future direction. Written by clinicians for clinicians, learners can be confident they are using quality material wherever they are.
Certificates
On completion, you can download and print off a certificate that is endorsed by the relevant professional body.
Buy now
To purchase a licence, please click on the relevant Register button below. You can choose from one of two learning pathways.
Multiple or multi-year licences are available. You can also pay by monthly subscription. Please contact us for details.
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