Healthcare Leadership

  • Price
    150 € + 0% VAT
  • Delivery method
    Online
  • 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.

Are you a healthcare professional, ready to take the next step and respond to the new needs within your field? This course prepares you for leadership in the healthcare sector and helps you to reflect upon changes in personal leadership behaviour, as evidenced by expanded self-knowledge, team-behaviour, cultural awareness, and systems thinking.

The course

In this course we are focusing on how to grow your creative and critical thinking skills required of successful leadership and effecting organizational change.


During this course you will build your competences within:

  • Leadership
  • Sustainability, ethics and technology
  • Collective sensemaking

These competences support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG); 3,4,5,8,9,10,12 and 16.

After completing this course you will be able to:

  • report for your critical awareness of knowledge issues in healthcare leadership and in the interface between different fields in the Nordic healthcare sector
  • explain different leadership theories and discuss and evaluate them from a critical and reflective scientific manner as the basis for original thinking
  • identify trends and select suitable data in order to enhance interprofessional teamwork and development.
  • interpret your skills and techniques for leadership that will help you tackle today's complex challenges by navigating ambiguity, collaborating across diversity, and maintaining momentum with optimism and evidence
  • express specialized knowledge in the healthcare leadership field that foster your original thinking.
  • explain your self-reflective understanding and your behavior in order to build, guide and empower teams for further Nordic healthcare sector
  • discuss your personal and authentic leadership style that enhances collaboration and communications in complex healthcare settings.
  • critically acknowledge and appraise your own development challenges

Arcada – a window to the Nordics

Arcada, with its wide Nordic network and long experience of leadership in the social and healthcare sector, is a self-evident home for studies combining healthcare and leadership from a Nordic perspective. The common Nordic landscape for future healthcare arrangements offers us a dynamic and interesting starting point for learning and exploring different best practices.

Flexible and completely online

We offer a flexible online course which enables you to work alongside your studies. With several years of experience of delivering degrees online, you can rest assured that the online tuition at Arcada is of high quality.

All lectures, coaching and assignments are handled online. Lectures will usually be held on Tuesdays 15:00–17:00.

Timetable (online lectures)

31.10.2023, 15-17

7.11.2023, 15-17

14.11.2023, 15-17

21.11.2023, 15-17

28.11.2022, 15-17

12.12.2023, 15-18 Healthcare Leadership closing seminar

Upcoming events

12 Jun
2026

Graduation Ceremony

Arcada's graduation ceremony will be held on 12 June 2026, welcoming graduates and invited guests to campus to celebrate those who graduated between 1 January - 3 June 2026.

More dates

Finnish healthcare faces bottlenecks – Arcada’s project offers a path forward

Finnish healthcare is facing several simultaneous challenges. An aging population, more people with chronic diseases, and a growing shortage of staff are all increasing the pressure on healthcare. Digitalisation is often highlighted as part of the solution, but in practice, the transition is complex and takes time.

Research

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