Program Details – 2023

The RACMA 2023 Leadership for Clinicians program will be delivered both as a blended delivery and fully online program. The blended delivery model will commence and finish with face to face delivery days. In between the scheduled face-to-face sessions there will be four interactive online sessions.

The fully online program will have all eight topics scheduled as interactive online delivery sessions.

The aims of the program are to empower clinician leaders with the knowledge, skills, confidence and self-awareness to play a central role in decision making within the healthcare and community services they are part of. The program will explore six key study themes:

1.            Understanding our healthcare system

2.            Clinical governance and medicolegal awareness

3.            Medical workforce management and engagement

4.            Leading strategy and change

5.            Financial governance

6.            Professionalism, leadership and culture

The six key study themes will be addressed through eight topics delivered both face to face and online in 2023. Each topic will incorporate pre-session work made available on the Learning Management System and an interactive session (either face to face or online). Assessment tasks related to the eight topics will be scheduled throughout the program.

To read about each of the 8 topics click HERE

Successful completion of the Leadership for Clinicians program is a RACMA Board approved pathway to apply to elect to Associate Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators. Associate Fellows of RACMA can use the post nominals ‘AFRACMA’ in accordance with the policy Membership signature blocks and post nominals.

Structure and Schedule

The 2023 program will comprise:

• eight topics;
• An introduction webinar made available via the Learning Management System;
• eight interactive sessions scheduled as either face to face or interactive Zoom sessions. Each session will vary in length from four hours to a full day.
• pre-session reading, activities and pre-recorded webinars of four to six hours for each topic. These requirements must be completed prior to the face to face or interactive sessions.

In 2023 two delivery models will be offered:

• Blended Delivery – Including four face to face days and four online interactive sessions
• Online Delivery – eight online interactive sessions

An additional cohort will focus specifically on the Private Sector. This program will cover the same eight topics as the other cohorts but will do so with a focus on the specific nuances of the private sector. The Private Sector cohort will be offered as a blended delivery program.

The timetables for the two models are:

Blended Delivery

Session	Topic	Duration		Delivery Model
1	MBTI/Adaptive Leadership	0900-1630		Face to Face
2	Practical Clinical Governance	0900-1600		Face to Face
3	Risk and Data Management	0900-1330		Online
4	System Governance	0900-1600		Online
5	Financial Governance	0900-1330		Online
6	Strategy and Change	0900-1330		Online
7	Financial Governance Medical Workforce Management	0900-1030 1100-1700		Face to Face
8	Change and Culture in Healthcare	0900-1600		Face to Face

Online Delivery

Session	Topic	Duration	Delivery Model
1	MBTI/Adaptive Leadership	0900-1630	Online
2	Practical Clinical Governance	0900-1600	Online
3	Risk and Data Management	0900-1330	Online
4	System Governance	0900-1600	Online
5	Financial Governance	0900-1330	Online
6	Strategy and Change	0900-1330	Online
7	Financial Governance Medical Workforce Management	0900-1030 1100-1700	Online
8	Change and Culture in Healthcare	0900-1600	Online