Clinical Fellowship with Advanced Leadership Certificate in Healthcare

About the Program

The Advanced Leadership Certificate in Healthcare, designed and delivered by the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management, is an exciting new learning program available as part of a second year track of the Faculty of Medicine’s Clinical Fellowship. Coming together as two faculties, our collective mission is to cultivate world-class clinical leaders who can drive positive change in healthcare organizations, equipping them to excel in both clinical and leadership roles.

The Advanced Leadership Certificate in Healthcare goes above and beyond the development of leadership skills as an individual physician, department head, multi-person team member or education lead. It takes an interdisciplinary approach, combining theoretical and applied perspectives on leadership in personal, supervisory, team, and strategic contexts. Fellows build foundational skills to navigate and lead within the healthcare system, becoming strategic decision-makers and advocates for organizational change. The Certificate program provides Fellows with the competencies needed to run complex, multi-department healthcare institutions at the most senior levels. It also acknowledges that the context of healthcare delivery is deeply shaped by political, cultural, and socio-economic dynamics.

Offered in partnership with the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine.

Who Should Attend?

To be eligible, participants must be visa-sponsored trainees who are currently enrolled in a Postgraduate Medical Education (PGME) Clinical Fellowship at the University of Ottawa and have secured acceptance to complete a second year of fellowship training. This program is designed for experienced physicians and surgeons that are currently in a leadership role or looking for advanced roles in the healthcare system. Leaders should have experience working with a cross-section of health care professionals and/or collaborating with stakeholders.

Program Topics

Strategic Leadership

• Global trends in healthcare
• Strategic thinking and planning: aligning purpose, vision, and action
• Issues in healthcare governance and ethics
• Introduction to healthcare economics and healthcare policy development
• Navigating socio-political environments

Fundamentals of Operations Management

• Financial analysis, budgeting, and resource allocation
• Data-driven decision-making
• Preparing and pitching proposals for growth and innovation
• Leading for patient safety, quality improvement, and results
• Measuring and monitoring performance indicators

Collaborative Leadership for Organizational Learning

• Leading multi-disciplinary teams & organizations
• Healthcare education: curriculum development and contemporary methods
• Harnessing collective potential by engaging and aligning stakeholders
• Negotiation and conflict resolution
• Leading inclusively in a professionally and culturally diverse workplace

Self-Aware Leadership

• Advanced communication skills
• Navigating setbacks
• Reflection and engaged inquiry
• Maintaining balance: creativity, innovation, resilience and self-care
• Leader as coach

Applied Innovation in Healthcare

• Fostering innovation and organizational learning
• Leading organizational and systems change
• Field visits and practicum experiences focused on various aspects of innovation in healthcare

Participant Learning Outcomes

• Knowledge, skills and competencies to be a change-ready and strategic leader in the healthcare industry
• In-depth insight into emotional intelligence and self-awareness to lead yourself before leading others
• Strategies to lead and sustain highly motivated and skilled teams in a dynamic healthcare environment
• In-depth awareness of the social and economic dynamics that shape healthcare and the institutions that deliver healthcare services
• Access to a trusted community of peers who will support your continuing development leadership development throughout your career

At the end of this program, participants will have fulfilled all requirements for the Certified Health Executive certification through the Canadian College of Health Leaders.

 

Program Requirement

The Advanced Leadership Certificate in Healthcare requires participation in the following components:

• Webinars
• Face-to-face classroom-based learning
• 1:1 executive coaching
• Practicum session
• Writing and research projects
• Leadership coaching sessions
• Preceptor supervision
• Learning plans and assignments

Program Facilitators