Future Healthcare Leadership

Further education / Social and healthcare

Are you a healthcare professional, ready to take the next step in a leadership role? Do you see yourself as a open to innovation and willing to take on the challenges within your field? Start building your leadership skills by taking our master-level courses!

  • Price
    150 € + 0% VAT
  • Conductor
    Arcada University of Applied Sciences
  • Language
    English
  • Scope
    10 ECTS
  • Course dates
  • Last application date
  • Entry requirements
    A bachelor degree and at least two years work experience gained after completing the higher education degree.

The field of healthcare in the Nordics faces rapid changes. Demographic shifts and digitalisation pose both challenges and open new opportunities.  To build sustainable and viable solutions new leadership is needed!

This course constitutes your first step towards leadership roles within your organisation. You will explore new leadership techniques, discover your leadership strengths and expand your professional horizon.

The course is primarily aimed at candidates with a suitable Bachelor’s degree in nursing, midwifery, occupational therapy, public health nursing, physiotherapy, emergency care, sports and health promotion or physical education.

Course contents 

During this course you will learn to reflect upon changes in personal leadership behavior. You will do this by expanding your self-knowledge, team-behavior, cultural awareness and systems
thinking.

Key elements in this course are:

  • Personal leadership
  • Communications
  • Team leadership
  • Power & organizational culture

At the end of the course you have:

  • developed as a leader through specialised knowledge in the healthcare leadership field.
  • Skills to take on complex challenges tied to leadership within healthcare e.g. navigating ambiguity, collaborating across diversity, and maintaining momentum with optimism and evidence.
  • Grown your self-reflective understanding and your behavior in order to build, guide and empowering teams in the healthcare sector.

Course dates

26.10.2021 15.00 - 17.00
9.11.2021  15.00 - 18.00
16.11.2021 15.00 - 17.00
23.11.2021 15.00 - 17.00
7.12.2021  15.00 - 17.00
14.12.2021 15.00 - 18.00

This course will consist of online activities only. The course requires active commitment each week, as peer-learning and self-driven learning activities are the foundation for deep learning. 

Assessment methods

  • Group assignment: Create a leadership project plan in order to solve a problem/challenge in the setting of Nordic healthcare. (50%)
  • Individually: Exam about different leadership theories. (30%)
  • Individually: Personal professional portfolio (20%)