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PgDip Healthcare Leadership at Robert Gordon University

Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom

Programme overview

PgDip is an exit award within the Healthcare Leadership course. The MSc Healthcare Leadership supports professionals to become impactful leaders for the advancement of today’s health and social care environment. The course is suitable for a range of professionals who are involved in health or social care delivery, locally, nationally, or globally. Through this course we provide a platform for professionals to explore health and social care quality, capacity, and resilience, underpinned by person centred principles.

Faculty: Multiple Schools  |  Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

What you will study

This course addresses a range of essential concepts for healthcare leadership which are embedded across the modules. The main themes in the course are: leadership, change, innovation and research, digital technology and problem-solving/decision-making for leadership. The design of the modules facilitates their application to practice-based problems and scenarios to integrate the theory delivered to the student's health context to support their development.

Career pathways

As a graduate, you will have developed the skills to become instrumental in determining the culture of an organisation, lead a large health and care organisation, manage a department or team, provide home-based support, or lead a particular project. You may enter academia and undertake further research and progress to Doctoral Study.

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Entry requirements

This course is suitable for professionals working in health and social care, including National Health Services, care organisations, private health organisations, care homes, local authorities, government health roles, occupational health, non-governmental and voluntary organisations with a care focus in the UK and internationally. Applicants normally hold a 2:2 undergraduate honours degree or its equivalent in any subject discipline. Applicants with a lower degree classification and / or relevant work experience may be considered on a case by case basis. Current (or recent) care work-related experience is required of all candidates seeking admission Alternative Qualifications Applicants who do not meet the standard entry qualifications, but do have a professional qualification, combined with a minimum of two years of relevant work experience may be considered on an individual case-by-case basis. Applicants will be required to provide a Personal Statement in support of their application which demonstrates their understanding of the course and the relevance to their future plans. International Students International students who do not meet our direct entry requirements for this course can gain additional entry points through our International College at Robert Gordon University: Applicants whose first language is not English should have an IELTS of 6.5 overall, with no component lower than 5.5, or an equivalent.

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