Online Medical Leadership & Management Programme – Self-Paced Learning

Finding two consecutive days for professional development is not always easy when you are working around clinical commitments, rotas and other responsibilities. Our Online Medical Leadership & Management Programme provides a more flexible way to develop the same core leadership and management skills while allowing you to organise your learning around your own schedule.

You have 90 days to work through seven structured online modules. Rather than having to complete the programme at a fixed time, you can progress at your own pace, return to material when you need to and spend more time exploring the areas most relevant to your role.

The programme combines leadership and management theory with videos, questionnaires, practical exercises and opportunities for reflection. It is designed to help you apply what you learn to the realities of working within healthcare rather than simply memorising leadership models.

Develop practical leadership and management skills

Throughout the programme, you will explore how to:

• Navigate NHS structures and organisational challenges
• Lead and motivate healthcare teams effectively
• Communicate with influence and impact
• Manage conflict, performance and challenging conversations
• Support change and service improvement
• Coach, mentor and develop colleagues
• Delegate effectively and strengthen team performance

The programme is suitable for doctors, nurses, managers and other healthcare professionals at different stages of their careers, whether you are developing your leadership skills for your current role, preparing for greater responsibility or strengthening your professional portfolio.

Learn at your own pace

You have 90 days to complete the online learning, so you do not need to set aside two consecutive days or fit your development around a fixed course timetable. You can work through the programme when your clinical and personal commitments allow and return to individual topics whenever you wish during your access period.

Combine independent learning with live interaction

The programme gives you the flexibility of self-paced learning without losing the opportunity to engage directly with a trainer. The two-hour live webinar allows you to discuss the material, explore practical leadership and management challenges and consolidate what you have learned with other healthcare professionals.

Apply leadership theory to healthcare practice

Leadership and management can become unnecessarily theoretical. The programme uses recognised frameworks and models, including the NHS Healthcare Leadership Model, while continually relating them back to situations encountered in healthcare. Videos, exercises, questionnaires and reflective activities help you consider how the concepts apply to your own role and workplace.

Develop skills relevant throughout your career

The programme is designed for healthcare professionals at different stages of their careers. The skills explored — including communication, influence, team leadership, performance management, coaching and leading change — are relevant whether you are beginning to take on leadership responsibilities or already working in a senior clinical or management role.

Prefer intensive live learning?

If you would rather develop these skills through two days of continuous trainer-led discussion, group exercises and interactive learning, our live Leadership & Management Course may suit you better. Both options cover the same core leadership and management principles; the main difference is how you prefer to learn.