Who is the course designed for?

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This Clinical Leadership module is part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Research, Education and Leadership which is itself part of a suite of part-time courses designed to enhance the specialist skills of senior healthcare professionals in training and broaden their understanding in healthcare education, research, leadership and management.

The programme has been developed by Cambridge University Health Partners, the academic health sciences centre, in conjunction with the School of Clinical Medicine and the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge.

This module is studied on a non-credit basis.

Aims of the programme

• Provide professionally relevant teaching and learning informed by research in an integrated clinical and teaching environment.
• Create an international cohort of consultants, GPs and dentists able to pursue and develop their roles in a rapidly-changing and challenging environment of clinical medicine
• Develop the confidence within this cohort to lead service improvement for safe and high quality patient care, with the required knowledge, skills and capability to have a positive personal impact on the work of others in their clinical team and wider service
• Encourage participants to develop as reflective practitioners with the emotional intelligence, resilience and astuteness required to be effective clinical leaders
• Encourage a commitment to intellectual challenge and evidence-based clinical practice informed by the latest conceptual and theoretical knowledge of medical education, research methods, ethics and clinical leadership and governance

Applications are invited from Specialty Registrars or equivalent, GPs, dentists and newly appointed consultants.

Eligible employees from CUHP partner organisations (CUHFT, Papworth Hospital NHS FT, CPFT), will be encouraged to apply; however, places will also be made available to other suitably qualified individuals.

Applicants are normally expected to a hold a 2.i degree or higher from a UK university or an equivalent from an overseas university. There is provision to accept applicants who do not satisfy the standard academic criterion. Such applicants must produce evidence of relevant and equivalent experience and their suitability for the course.

All applicants are required to demonstrate competency in English at a high level before commencing the programme (IELTS Academic test scores of: overall band score of 7.5, with not less than 7.0 in speaking, listening, writing and reading). The language requirements will be reviewed in light of changes to the General Medical Council’s English language requirements.

Fees and funding

The fees for 2020 will be £1600 (home) and £2330 (overseas).

Applications will be accepted until 31 July 2020. Please click the APPLY NOW button at the top of the page and follow the steps.

Applicants will be required to either submit or provide details of the following as part of the application process:

       If applicable, appropriate visa to attend the course.

For further information, please use the contact details below:

Academic Centre in Professional Studies

University of Cambridge

Madingley Hall, Madingley

Cambridge

CB23 8AQ

crel@ice.cam.ac.uk