About Blackpool Teaching Hospitals

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals is an NHS Foundation Trust which runs health and social care services in Blackpool, UK.

What we did

We designed an in-house Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Leadership programme for Foundation Year 2 doctors, which we’ve now delivered for over 10 years.

It is a practical programme, designed around the GMC Medical Leadership competency framework, not too dissimilar to what students experience on the open programme. The doctors are initially encouraged to think about their personal development and leadership competency development needs, alongside the learning they intend to take from the taught modules.

Outcomes

Many service improvement projects have been delivered for the Trust. During the year in which participants complete the programme, they work on a service improvement project, supported with action learning. This not only provides something back to their employer, it also is an opportunity to apply their leadership skills and embed their knowledge as they work collaboratively and cross-professionally in their healthcare system.

Several participants continued to study with us to gain a Master’s degree.