Program Overview

Clinical and Professional Leadership

Overview

This Clinical and Professional Leadership module will help you gain a systematic understanding of current thinking about the processes of facilitating a culture of collaborative and inclusive leadership within complex public sector organisations.

It aims to help you to integrate the emergent changes in leadership theory within the practice environment and the impact of applying traditional private sector leadership styles uncritically within the public sector organisations.

It explores the relationship between transactional and transformational leadership and evaluates your ability to review, consolidate and extend their knowledge within your leadership role. The module explores how the effects of leadership on clinical teams influence the quality of healthcare.

You will be assessed 100% through coursework. This module can be taken as a standalone module over 6 weeks or as part of a programme of study.

Key Facts

• Course code: HESC6012
• Start dates: September 2025
• Application deadline: 1 August (for a September start)
• Location: Distance learning
• Course length: Part time: Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities: 19 hours. Guided Independent Study: 131 hours.
• School(s): School of Psychology, Social Work and Public Health
• Academic level: 6
• Academic credits: 15

Entry Requirements

• Students must normally be from a healthcare background and have support from a manager to undertake this module of study.
• In addition to the academic entry qualifications, if your first language is not English you must demonstrate that your level of English is appropriate for study at postgraduate level. An IELTS overall score of 6.5 is required for this course.

Tuition Fees

• 2025 / 26: CPD Home (UK) part time
  • £1,000 per module if taken as a standalone module or £1,210 per module if taken as part of an award bearing course
• Fees quoted are for the first year only. If you are studying a course that lasts longer than one year your fees will increase each year.
• Tuition fee instalments for the semester are due by the Monday of week 1 of each semester. Students are not liable for full fees for that semester if they leave before week 4. If the leaving date is after week 4, full fees for the semester are payable.
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