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Healthcare Leadership - iheed (Taught)

  • PgCert
  • 6 Months
  • Part-time
  • September 2026
  • Postgraduate
Distance learning
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2025-20262026-2027
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Course summary

Clinicians are viewed as credible leaders, whether they feel so themselves or not. Indeed, many healthcare workers take on important leadership responsibilities throughout their career, managing large teams and complex organisations. However, leadership and management skills are not acquired during clinical undergraduate training. The clinician is never taught how to step away from the physician-patient relationship and examine problems at a systems level.

Course overview
This course, designed in partnership with iheed, and delivered by world-leading medical leaders, comprehensively closes the gap in clinician leadership competency. Whether you are a clinician seeking to move away from direct care or a senior administrator looking to take up a managerial role in a healthcare setting, this online Master of Healthcare Leadership is designed to give learners a broad, interdisciplinary perspective on the changing face of healthcare.

The course provides a highly engaging, richly informative and convenient educational opportunity for busy professionals and is accessible through a dedicated state-of-the-art online learning environment.

This information is applicable for 2026 entry. Given the interval between the publication of courses and enrolment, some of the information may change. It is important to check our website before you apply.

Modules

Core modules
Core Modules – Postgraduate Certificate

  • Leadership and Management in Healthcare
  • Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare
  • Diagnosing the System in Healthcare

Core Modules – Postgraduate Diploma

  • Leadership and Management in Healthcare
  • Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare
  • Diagnosing the System in Healthcare
  • Leadership of People in Healthcare
  • Leading Organisational Change in Healthcare
  • Strategic Leadership in Healthcare

Core Modules - MSc

  • Leadership and Management in Healthcare
  • Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare
  • Diagnosing the System in Healthcare
  • Leadership of People in Healthcare
  • Leading Organisational Change in Healthcare
  • Strategic Leadership in Healthcare
  • Research in Healthcare Leadership

Assessment method

Students will be assessed using a range of assessment methods as specified in each of the modules that constitute the overall programme. This may include assignments, group or individual presentations. Assessments are designed to enable students to demonstrate achievements of the course level learning outcomes.

Ways to study this course

Campuses

  • Distance learning

Study options

  • PgCert • Part-time • 6 Months
  • PgDip • Part-time • 12 Months
  • MSc • Part-time • 24 Months

Start dates

  • September 2026
  • May 2027
  • January 2027

Entry requirements

**MinimumaMinimum requirements
Hold a 2:2 honours degree from a recognised institution

English language requirements
You can find out more about our English language requirements on our website. This course requires the following:

Band A

International qualifications
We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications. requirements**

Hold a 2:2 honours degree in a discipline related to Medical Education from a recognised institution

Must be engaged in clinical education and be able to apply the learnings of the programme in a real-life setting.

English language requirements
You can find out more about our English language requirements. This course requires the following:

  • Band A

International qualifications
We welcome applications from students with other internationally recognised qualifications.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

No fee information has been provided for this course

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website.

Additional fee information

As well as tuition fees and living expenses, some courses may require you to cover the cost of field trips or costs associated with travel abroad.
General costs to be considered:

  • Core text books
  • Printer credits
  • Dissertation binding

As well as tuition fees and course costs, students should budget for:

  • Accommodation
  • Food
  • Clothes and leisure
  • Robe hire for your degree ceremony

Sponsorship information

We offer a variety of postgraduate funding options for study at the University of Warwick, from postgraduate loans, university scholarships, fee awards, to academic department bursaries. It's important that you apply for your postgraduate course first before you apply for a University of Warwick scholarship. Please visit the University's scholarship webpages.

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