PDC50337: Leadership and Self-Awareness in the Healthcare Setting

To purchase this micro-credential

Visit the website Leadership and Self-Awareness in the Healthcare Setting and complete the following steps:

  1. Go to “How to Apply” 
  2. Add this micro-credential (and others) to a shopping cart 🛒 
  3. Login or establish your account if you don’t already have one

Course Summary:

Leadership and management are two distinct concepts that are also interconnected with each other and certainly overlap in reality.  Clinical leadership is a relatively new term that is constantly evolving due to technologies and the rising expectations of health services. This online micro-credential examines the concept of leadership,behavioral factors and styles that make an effective leader.

This is a non-creditable micro-credential which is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.

Learning Outcomes: 

  1. Develop self-awareness towards your own personal leadership attributes
  2. Review your own personal leadership attributes including the motivation to lead teams in healthcare
  3. Identify leadership styles applicable in the healthcare industry
  4. Review effective tools to use in a leadership role in healthcare.

Assessment:  Online quiz

Cost: $120

Duration: 10 hours

CPD Hours: 10

Intakes:  Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis.

Study Mode:  Online

Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations:

Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, a non-creditable micro-credential (Digital Badge) and a Certificate of Completion.

Course Enquiries:  CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au

PDC56517: Aspiring Nurse Leaders Program for Registered Nurses

To purchase this micro-credential

Visit the website Aspiring Nurse Leaders Program for Registered Nurses and complete the following steps:

  1. Go to “How to Apply” 
  2. Add this micro-credential (and others) to a shopping cart 🛒 
  3. Login or establish your account if you don’t already have one

Course Summary:

This online micro-credential introduces the Registered Nurse (RN) to beginning level management tools in their career management towards leadership and mentoring role. 

This is a non-creditable micro-credential which is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.

There are five modules to complete as part of this short course:

Learning Outcomes:  

Module 1: Adult Learning
  1. Compare and contrast the pedagogical and andragogical approaches to teaching and learning
  2. Evaluate the ways in which teaching styles and learning preferences can impact in the coaching and mentoring relationship
  3. Apply knowledge of adult learning theory to coaching and mentoring activities.
Module 2: Reflective Practice
  1. Identify the key elements of reflective practice
  2. Recognise the theoretical models of reflection
  3. Describe the process of reflective practice.
Module 3: Delegation and Accountability of the RN
  1. Explain the difference between accountability and responsibility
  2. Identify the major roles and responsibilities of the RN, Enrolled Nurse (EN) and Assistant in Nursing (AIN)
  3. Outline the concepts of assignment, delegation and supervision.
Module 4: Communication in Healthcare
  1. Identify key concepts in effective communication
  2. Recognise the importance of communication in the health setting
  3. Apply the fundamentals of effective communication in relationships and workplace documentation.
Module 5: Coaching and Mentoring in the Practice Setting
  1. Articulate an understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of coaching and mentoring
  2. Define the terms coach, mentor and preceptor
  3. Communicate a working definition of coaching and mentoring to colleagues in the workplace
  4. Analyse the relationship between coaching-mentoring and training.

Assessment:  Online Quizzes

Fee:  $200

Duration:  6 hours

Intakes:  Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis or by group enrolment for 6 or more students with an Industry Partner.

Study Mode:  Online

Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations:

Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, a non-creditable micro-credential (Digital Badge) and a Certificate of Completion.

Course Enquiries:  CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au


PDC50265: Clinical Leadership: Coaching and Mentoring in Health Care

To purchase this micro-credential

Visit the website Clinical Leadership: Coaching and Mentoring in Health Care and complete the following steps:

  1. Go to “How to Apply” 
  2. Add this micro-credential (and others) to a shopping cart 🛒 
  3. Login or establish your account if you don’t already have one

Micro-credential Summary:

The purpose of both coaching and mentoring is to help and support people to manage their own learning and to maximise individual potential, skills, performance and personal development. This online micro-credential provides a unique environment in which students can expand their knowledge and understanding of coaching and mentoring in the clinical setting. The micro-credential aims to provide theoretical understanding, experiential knowledge, and skills necessary to equip graduates to undertake coaching and/or mentoring in a range of contexts. In addition, students will explore how to assist others in the practical skills and understanding needed for successful one-to-one support.

This is a non-creditable micro-credential which is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge and aptitude in coaching and mentoring in the clinical setting
  2. Demonstrate principles of coaching and mentoring
  3. Apply foundational models of coaching and mentoring
  4. Demonstrate the core competencies of a coach and mentor in the clinical setting
  5. Differentiate between preceptor, coach and mentor
  6. Develop an understanding of personal approaches to coaching and mentoring, and demonstrate an understanding of adult approaches to learning and how to give feedback and establish the coach/mentor relationship.

Assessment:  Online quiz and activities

Fee: $110

Duration: 10 hours 

CPD Hours: 10 hours

Intakes:  Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis.

Study Mode:  Online

Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations:

This course provides Professional Development for health professionals.

Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the micro-credential, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours and a CQUniversity Certificate of Completion.

Course Enquiries:  CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au