ProfDip in Leading Digital Health Transformation

To apply for the Professional Diploma in Leading Digital Health Transformation, you must:

• Hold a bachelor degree. (If you don’t hold a bachelor degree, see the recognition of prior learning pathway outlined below).

• Be working in the healthcare industry.

• Meet the English language requirements: IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent score on another standardised test (certified proof should be uploaded with your application; see below for exemptions).

To apply for the Professional Diploma in Leading Digital Health Transformation, you must:

• Hold a bachelor degree. (If you don’t hold a bachelor degree, see the recognition of prior learning pathway outlined below).

• Be working in the healthcare industry.

• Meet the English language requirements: IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent score on another standardised test (certified proof should be uploaded with your application; see below for exemptions).

This programme will provide you with the skills and knowledge to:

• Develop your capacity to understand how the application of digital technologies can transform health delivery in terms of operational efficiencies (organisational performance), efficacy (improved patient outcomes) and enhanced societal wellbeing.

• Develop a critical understanding of current opportunities and challenges presented by the development of digital/data informed decision making for improving patient-centred and personalised healthcare.

• Apply skills of assessing the future health needs of society and associate this appropriately with the trajectory of digital technologies as enablers of data-informed decision-making and real-life application across healthcare.

• Develop competence in understanding and operating effectively in the digital health environment in terms of mindset, individual capabilities, organisational culture and ethics. Later includes critical appraisal of data sharing and the principles of shared standards in data governance in respect of digital health initiatives.

• Demonstrate the ability to challenge assumptions and question processes in the development of effective policies, procedures and strategy.

• Develop as a digital leader with the mindset, skills, insight, confidence and awareness necessary to lead, influence and collaborate with and develop others enabling the implementation of data and technology enabled digital healthcare initiatives.

• Develop a digitally-oriented mindset which enables you to critically assess and reflect on the evolving digital healthcare environment with the capacity to evaluate your own strengths and areas for development and implement learning in practice.

• Reflect on how to build the conditions for, and implementation of effective strategic collaboration (across the wider healthcare eco system) in support of data and technology enabled healthcare improvements (e.g. stakeholder buy-in, organisational efficiency, improved patient outcomes and well-being).