2021 Curriculum learning syllabus: stage 3 special interest areas

Published: 17/04/2024

Management and Professional and Regulatory Requirements

  • Non-clinical: up to 6 months

Learning outcomes

  • Understands and undertakes managerial & organisational roles at Trust/Health Board, Regional and National levels

  • Demonstrates leadership in the planning and development of a project involving change or transformation.

 Key capabilities

A

Demonstrates understanding of the role and practice of different professionals in the organisation and delivery of the health service and promotes inter-professional understanding and working

B

Demonstrates project management skills including agenda setting, stakeholder engagement and monitoring progress across a system

C

Contributes to management meetings and is able to prepare and deliver presentations to key stakeholders

D

Undertakes review of relevant quantitative and qualitative data, in order to prepare option appraisal documents and papers for presentation and discussion

E

Supervises other members of the team in the delivery of project work

F

Understands the role of different organisations in health policy and management

Examples of evidence

Experience and logbook:
  • experience beyond the Learning Outcomes of Stage 3

  • experience of managing service changes and/or transformation projects
  • if clinical work is done during this time, then cases should be documented in the logbook.

Supervised Learning Events (SLEs) should be completed as part of any clinical work if done and linked to relevant key capabilities in Stage 3. 

Utilise SLEs where appropriate to gain feedback on activities as part of management portfolio.

Personal Activities and Personal Reflections may include:
  • portfolio of presentations of work undertaken with stakeholders

  • experience of managing project performance including governance frameworks and Quality Assurance processes

  • experience of different frameworks to assess performance and reporting mechanisms within organisations

  • engagement with different roles within Trust/Health Board, national and regional structures through attendance at meetings

  • experience of exploring the different ways patients/carers and the wider public are involved in informing service development and planning or policy

  • attendance at leadership and management training sessions including up-to-date approaches and different methodologies as part of change management

  • experience of chairing and leading meetings where appropriate

  • attendance and reflection on local, regional, national, and international (where appropriate) meetings related to management in healthcare

  • written report of project including executive summary and recommendations

  • presentation of project work and summary of findings and recommendations

  • development of implementation plan

  • presentation of project findings in the form of posters, abstracts, and presentations at an appropriate meeting.

Other evidence:
  • satisfactory MSF

Supervision level

  • Not applicable

Cross links with other domains and capabilities

  • Stage 3 non-clinical domains
  • Stage 3 clinical key capabilities where appropriate.