Today’s healthcare professionals do much more than practise medicine. They must also be fluent in business, finance, operation management and the rapidly evolving regulatory environment, all of which they are not prepared for through a medical degree. In particular, around prevention and population health, many professionals across disciplines are coming together to protect, promote and improve health through multidisciplinary working and system leadership. This course has been designed to introduce a variety of perspectives on leadership skills for public health practitioners, clinicians and professionals. The course aims to enable leaders and decision makers in the field of public health to introduce fit-for-purpose advanced leadership styles and approaches to their teams and organisations.
The course will provide participants within the public health sectors with the best scientific and management solutions to implement effectively in their organisations. At the end of the course attendees should be able to acquire a comprehensive knowledge and practical experience about advanced leadership styles and approaches in response to the various challenges facing the public health sector particularly in the post Covid-19 era.
The course covers both the practical and strategic perspectives of health, well-being and sustainability. The course also provides an overview of the challenges that can be faced by the public health systems, and an opportunity to explore different approaches to tackle these challenges.
The course is designed and will be delivered by one of the world's top and renowned expert on public health and leadership, Dr Muna Abdel Aziz
Director of Public Health for Salford, Greater Manchester from January 2020; previously held various leading positions such as Director of Public Health and Prevention Services for Warrington; Deputy Director of Sudan Public Health Institute; International CPD Adviser for the UK Faculty of Public Health, and Training Programme Director for Public Health Specialty in Cheshire and Merseyside which was part of Health Education England. She is the Founding Member of the Sudan Health Consultancy from 2003, and Founder of YourB which is the first Sharia compliant credit union in the UK.
PhD University of Cambridge and Master of Public Health University of Nottingham, UK.
PG Cert with Distinction on Workplace Based Postgrad Medical Education, Edge Hill University, UK.
Three Clinical Excellence Awards, Salford, Public Health England (2020-23).
Five levels Clinical Excellence Awards, Warrington, Public Health England (2015-19).
Clinical Excellence Award for medical leadership, Sheffield, National Health Services (2009).
Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, UK Medical Royal Colleges (2003).
15 Distinctions and 8 Prizes (1983-89); Lord Kitchener’s Memorial Prize (1989) and 50th Anniversary Prize (1989), University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine.
Contact Us
To register/enquire about this course and all our various comprehensive list of courses and workshops, please contact us (admin@wasd.org.uk) and if you have any question and/or if you would like to request a training workshop/program not listed in our portfolio please contact our training coordinator Janet Snow at: janet.snow@wasd.org.uk.
Registration and Fees
To join the workshop, you can either register online (Eventbrite) or contact WASD International Coordinator, Mrs Janet Snow: janet.snow@wasd.org.uk.
Included in the workshop fee, the following learning materials will be provided:
Admission to all sessions including tea/coffee breaks and dinner.
All overhead slides (PDF).
Case studies (PDF and video).
Copy of the workshop manual.
Certificate of attendance.
What will you learn
This integrative course aims to develop a deeper understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects to leadership in the public health sector, and to develop the essential skills and competencies necessary to plan, monitor and control different tasks and events in the public health across the world.
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
Recognise their strengths and development areas as a leader in a team, organisation or health system.
Apply different approaches to change management – Logical planning, Strategic shifts, Quality Improvement PDSAs, Stakeholder and root cause analyses.
Recognise stereotypes, blind spots, assumptions and risks.
Measure progress and consider health inequalities and unintended consequences.
Work together to plan their approach to a practical dilemma facing a clinical team or partnership, using at least one of the frameworks discussed during the session (e.g. infection control).
Set personal goals to improve their leadership at the personal, team, organisation or system level.
Program Structure
The course will provide professionals within the public health sectors with the best leadership skills to implement effectively in their organisations.
There will be an activity or set of activities for each session which will be designed to help you engage with the introduction to the theories explored within the course.
Your facilitator will be on hand to guide you through the programme and will expect you to bring personal experience and reflection on the topics covered.
Group work will be required for participants to engage in the course. Such activity allows participants to embed the new knowledge within their experience through active discussion and challenge.
Session (1)Do we know ourselves and each other well enough?
Personal Leadership.
Team Leadership.
System leadership.
Session (2) What and who are we missing?
Logical Planning framework.
Strategy development and operationalising strategy.
Quality Improvement in Healthcare Public Health.
Session (3) How can we make a difference by changing the incentives?
Improving service outcomes through ‘safe-to-fail’ experiments
What to do when you are feeling ‘stuck’
Change programmes for hospital infection control
Reflection and next steps.
Presentation of Certificates of Completion.
Dr Muna Abdel Aziz is currently the Director of Public Health for Salford, Greater Manchester from January 2020; and previously held various leading positions such as Director of Public Health and Prevention Services for Warrington; Deputy Director of Sudan Public Health Institute; International CPD Adviser for the UK Faculty of Public Health, and Training Programme Director for Public Health Specialty in Cheshire and Merseyside which was part of Health Education England.
Dr Muna field of specialization includes Public Health and Community Medicine. With over thirty years of experience in Public Health, she has both academic and professional experience working in partnership to improve the health system through leadership, management and delivery of high-quality healthcare and wellbeing services. As well as managing multi-million public health programmes, she has directed and influenced the way other sectors and partners spend their time and money. She continues to advocate for multidisciplinary approaches to complex challenges; such as mobile health solutions for universal health coverage, expanding health insurance to the informal sector, and co-producing innovative approaches with local communities. She is the Founding Member of the Sudan Health Consultancy from 2003 and Founder of YourB which is the first Sharia compliant credit union in the UK.
Qualifications
Dr Abdel Aziz is on the Public Health Specialist Register of the UK General Medical Council and registered with the Sudan Medical Council as a Specialist in Community Medicine. A medical doctor, she has been working in Public Health from May 1992; initially in the Sudan and over twenty years in the UK. She has had a distinguished academic and professional career as the top student in university and with distinctions and awards throughout her career. She has significant experience in leading transformation change, policy, strategy, teaching and research.
Her qualifications in Public Health include Clinical MD in Community Medicine (University of Khartoum, Aug 1995), her PhD from University of Cambridge (Mar 2001), Master of Public Health at University of Nottingham (Sep 2001). She was awarded full Membership of the UK Faculty of Public Health by Examination (Mar 2003), Fellowship from Aug 2006, and the Faculty Service award serving for two terms as the International CPD Adviser. More recently, she completed her Postgraduate Certificate in Workplace Based Postgrad Medical Education from Edge Hill University (Aug 2018).
Membership of Professional Bodies
UK Faculty of Public Health, Fellowship, 08/2006
UK General Medical Council, Specialist registration (Public Health Medicine), 01/2004
UK Faculty of Public Health, Membership (Part B exam), 03/2003
UK Faculty of Public Health, Diploma (Part A exam), 10/2001
UK General Medical Council, Full registration, 12/2001
Degrees
Top student, MBBS, 1989, University of Khartoum, Sudan, Causes and consequences of birth intervals among Sudanese women, Distinction.
Clinical MD in Community Medicine, 1995, University of Khartoum, Sudan, Family planning as a child survival strategy: Findings from a rural community in Sudan, Distinction.
PhD, Biological Anthropology, 2001, University of Cambridge, UK, Malaria and the growth of children in rural Sudan: A trial of insecticide impregnated bednets, Conferred.
Master of Public Health, 2001, University of Nottingham, UK, Conducting a health impact assessment: The potential and constraints. A literature review and case study of Finningley Airport Health Impact Assessment, Credit.
PG Cert, Workplace Based Postgrad Medical Education, 2018, Edge Hill University, UK, Personal philosophy of teaching, Distinction.
Excellence Awards
Three Clinical Excellence Awards, Salford, Public Health England (2020-23).
Five levels Clinical Excellence Awards, Warrington, Public Health England (2015-19).
International CPD Adviser Service Award, Faculty of Public Health (2013-18).
Clinical Excellence Award for medical leadership, Sheffield, National Health Services (2009).
Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training, UK Medical Royal Colleges (2003).
15 Distinctions and 8 Prizes (1983-89); Lord Kitchener’s Memorial Prize (1989) and 50th Anniversary Prize (1989), University of Khartoum Faculty of Medicine.
Target Participants
The course covers materials for all levels from junior through to senior professionals in the public health services.
Senior professionals in the medical health care services, multidisciplinary clinical or public health related fields.
Experienced managers in medical health care service and/or government officials.
Multidisciplinary clinicians taking up their first management or leadership position.
Researchers wishing to test a healthcare intervention or audit or evaluation.
Benefits for Employers
The course participants will have the opportunity to showcase their role in different fields with their employers. After completion of the course, participants (supported by their tutor with additional fee) will be given the opportunity to write a report describing what they have learnt and what is particularly relevant to their employers. The report will focus on one single perspective or to build a hybrid model that will help their employers to achieve their strategic and tactical goals. This will help reassure the employers of the benefits of the programme and help consolidate managers’ understanding.
