This course provides the participants with an opportunity to apply learned leadership and management principles, theories, frameworks, models, and competencies in the context of health care systems, focusing on Health Care Organizations (HCOs), public health programs, Health Academic Institutions (HAIs) and academic programs.                              ​       

​This course addresses a broad range of current health topics and issues for program participants to discuss from a leadership perspective and their impact on patient care, organizational quality, and health outcomes, including the professional and social roles and responsibilities of leaders in managing the health care system and its organizations and institutions. Course topics will be updated periodically.                                                                                                                                                                            

In this course, participants learn how to search for and use the best available evidence in a systematic way in decision making and daily management practice. The course focuses on equipping participants with a range of transformational leadership skills, such as analytical thinking, information seeking, and innovative thinking. By the end of the course, participants will be able to frame the right questions, source relevant evidence, evaluate evidence, apply evidence in the decision-making process and in daily management practice, and then evaluate the impact of the evidence-based approach in healthcare organizations and/or academic institutions. ​                                                                                

This course focuses on the role of effective leadership in leading people and change that drive performance improvement at multiple levels, including local and national improvement initiatives and improvement projects at various levels of the health care system. As such, the course covers a broad range of topics on leadership and change management, including change management theories and models, future visionary leaders, transformational strategies and programs, systems and community-oriented thinking, team leadership and teamwork, self-confidence and self-development, effective communication skills, and the role of information technology management in leading and managing change.