Healthcare Leadership

At the end of this course you, the student, will be able to:

Critically apply knowledge, understanding and skills appropriate to a professional leadership role, within the health, health-related or social care sectors.
Critically debate the key concepts and theoretical positions that have been developed, or are developing, within leadership and professional development.
Reflect on the academic and practical application of leadership theories and practices in the health and social care context.
Analyse theory and context, delivering findings through effective presentation media, to become a confident, digitally literate and innovative health or social care leader.
Critically appraise professional standards within the health and social care sectors and recognise obligations to stakeholders, the profession and society.
Synthesise relevant critical thinking through academic research completing an independent research project/dissertation at masters level.

1. A first or second class undergraduate honours degree from a UK university or overseas equivalent, or a professional qualification and/or experience considered to be equivalent to the above;
2. A reference from a tutor who has supervised the applicants undergraduate studies (or equivalent)
3. If English is not the applicant’s first language they will need to have an IELTS score of 6.0 or above, or evidence of English proficiency equivalent to these scores;.
4. Students may apply for accreditation of prior learning (APL) subject to the guidelines set out in the UWBS APL Handbook