Healthcare Leadership
Certificate in Healthcare Leadership
Online Certificate
Designed for working healthcare professionals, this certificate offers practical examples and evidence-based content that can be applied in a structured and methodical way to quickly move from insight to action. Guided by skilled facilitators and supported by peers, learners will build a framework and gain confidence in their leadership proficiency.
Duration:
12 weeks
Price:
$2,495
CEUs:
24
Partner:
Shaping Confident Healthcare Leaders With a Top Provider of Custom Executive Education
The Certificate in Healthcare Leadership, developed in partnership with Duke Corporate Education (Duke CE, part of Duke University), empowers leaders with the mindset, skills and confidence to lead in a manner that is authentic to who they are.
Designed for healthcare professionals seeking to lead in an effective way, this program teaches leaders to evaluate themselves, improve communication, build relationships and motivate others. Using a framework developed in collaboration with industry experts and world-leading instructors, students will learn to identify techniques and leverage opportunities to increase influence across a matrixed organization. Through this online certificate, learners will build their leadership style and confidence to elevate performance and maximize impact.
14+
healthcare backgrounds and positions our learners span.95%
learner satisfaction with program offering.4-6 hours
hours of study expected per week.24 CNE Units:
are awarded upon graduation, allowing nurses to meet their CE requirements.Learner Outcomes
- Build confidence as a leader to advocate for yourself, your team, and patients
- Find self-fulfillment in your leadership role and build resilience
- Build robust networks needed to secure alignment, resources, and commitments within the health system
System Outcomes
- Elevate team effectiveness and achieve optimal organizational performance
- Shape a workforce that is excited to adapt to disruptive technologies and healthcare trends
- Build an engaged workforce with inspired and inspiring leaders
- Enable better patient care, satisfaction, safety, and reduced medical errors
- Empower leaders to set common goals and define a shared direction
- Succeed in a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) environment
Learner FAQs
Shared Common Competencies
- Leadership
- Communication
- Quality and Patient Experience
- Mental Health, Substance Abuse
- Resilience
- Cultural Engagement
Specialty Areas Supported
Unit-Specific Pathways
- MedSurg-Tele
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU)
- Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- Emergency Room (ER)
- Labor & Delivery (L&D)
- Mother Baby Care (MBC)
- Operating Room (OR)
- Cath Lab
- Hospice
- Behavioral Health
- Critical Access Hospitals
Specific MedSurg Competencies
- Surgical Care
- Integumentary
- Respiratory
- Hematology
- Cardiovascular
- Gastrointestinal
- Renal
- Endocrine
- Neurological
FAQs
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Curriculum
Module 1: Leading Self
- Unit 1: Becoming an Authentic Leader
- Unit 2: Increasing Energy, Effectiveness, and Impact
- Unit 3: Improving Communications and Building Relationships
Module 2: Leading Others
- Unit 4: Motivating and Coaching Others
- Unit 5: Aligning People and Work
- Unit 6: Addressing Performance Issues
- Unit 7: Elevating Team Effectiveness
Module 3: Leading Organizations
- Unit 8: Implementing Strategic Plans
- Unit 9: Managing the Finances
- Unit 10: When Change Happens
- Unit 11: Positioning for the Future: Communication and Influence
- Unit 12: Reflecting and Planning for Continuous Improvement
Learner Outcomes
- Increase self-awareness of personal preferences and styles and how to align with messages, habits and behaviors that project an authentic and effective leadership identity.
- Learn the value of strong relationships and networks and how to build them through communication and collaboration that increase trust and understanding.
- Support and enhance the performance of others by defining clear goals and priorities, and employing key leadership levers such as motivation, coaching, delegation and feedback.
- Align with the overall operations of the organization by understanding, translating and implementing strategic and financial plans at the team level and identifying ways to positively contribute to business performance.
- Develop leadership techniques to increase their level of influence and guide both the process of change and people transitions as healthcare continues to evolve.
Who Should Study This Program?
The Healthcare Leadership certificate is designed for:
- Aspiring or entry-level leaders working across diverse healthcare disciplines such as pharmacy, radiology, occupational therapy, etc.
- Experienced managers or directors who want to elevate their existing skills and learn more about emerging leadership trends
Learner Experience
- Social: Engage and network with fellow learners
- Relevant: Developed with experienced nurse leaders
- Guided: Expert nursing instructors give you guidance and feedback
- Asynchronous: Study on your own schedule
- Bite-sized: 4 hours of study per week
- Compassionate: Focuses on resilience and mental health
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About Duke CE
Part of Duke University, Duke Corporate Education (Duke CE) is the premier global provider of leadership solutions in context and the No. 1 provider of Custom Executive Education in North America. They are a blend of a business and university — but distinct from both. From the business world, they bring an outcomes-driven focus on client service and real-world insight into the challenges leaders face. From their university heritage, they bring academic rigor and research. The Financial Times has ranked Duke CE among the top three globally in Custom Executive Education for 20 consecutive years. Duke University is consistently ranked in the top 10 U.S. News & World Report ranking for national universities and in the top 20 globally.