Aim and Course Description

The aim of the program is to offer a transformative and personalized learning framework for developing the capability to drive and implement the highest form of leadership, namely sustainable leadership, in the healthcare industry. Through the CAVE Approach©, an Aristotelian virtues-based approach which uniquely consolidates professional achievement, personal happiness and sustainability, the program provides current and aspiring healthcare leaders with the conceptual framework, systems thinking and methodology to consistently apply sustainable leadership in healthcare settings. Holding a holistic perspective, the program helps participants to build their identity as conscious agents of sustainable development, and sustainable leaders.

Also, it offers a new definition of performance to enable them to identify and manage the fundamental aspects of it. Exploring the notion of comprehensive performance, participants gain insight into how core aspects of performance affect the capability to meet the sustainability requirements and to effectively and efficiently apply the leadership skills that traditional management suggests as standards of professional performance in healthcare settings. Furthermore, the program provides a methodology to adequately manage the fundamental aspects of performance, so that to enhance healthcare professionals’ overall capability to apply sustainable leadership, and to consistently promote the best interest of patients, their colleagues, themselves, the healthcare settings, the healthcare organization, society, and humanity at large.

The program is conducted in English to enable the participation of stakeholders from abroad with the aim to foster sustainable leadership in healthcare on an international scale.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The program consists of the following courses:

This course reviews the historical evolution of leadership theories and how healthcare leadership has changed over time. It also highlights how current and aspiring leaders explore today’s frameworks and standards for leadership development.

This course aims to introduce current and aspiring healthcare leaders to sustainable leadership, a new modus operandi in healthcare industry that serves professional efficiency, personal wellbeing of healthcare professionals and institutional, social and global sustainability.

This course introduces participants to the Aristotelian conceptual framework that the CAVE Approach© relies on to enhance the fundamental capabilities for sustainable performance management and sustainable leadership.

This course addresses the need for alignment with medical organization's mission vision, and it identifies and explores opportunities to influence medical organization's strategy. It also studies the alignment with public and private healthcare settings processes, structures, and quality's requirements. It further supports ethical issues in medical organization's decision-making and reporting structures. It finally suggests alignment with the human resources processes and functions. 

This course presents the instrumental role of the Intellectual virtues in sustainable leadership, and facilitates the development of the virtues of Judgment, Prudence and Insightfulness.Also, it demonstrates the’ interdependence of these virtues with other fundamental capabilities, namely other Aristotelian virtues. Furthermore, it provides criteria and tools for their development.

This course introduces participants to people’s competencies. It refers to practices of self-reflection and self-management and more specifically it identifies and reflects on the ways one's own values and experiences affect medical practice. It supports methods of self-confidence building based on personal strengths and weaknesses.     

This course presents the instrumental role of Moral virtues in sustainable leadership and facilitates the understanding and development of the Individual Moral virtues of Courage, Liberality (Generosity), Magnificence, Calmness, and Temperance.  

This course provides information on the clinical leadership domain, to provide leadership guidance to the healthcare team to promote health, facilitate self-care management and optimize patient engagement.

This course facilitates the understanding and development of the Social Moral virtues of Honesty about Oneself, Honor, Magnanimity, Humor, and Friendliness.

This course enhances resilience in healthcare, factors influencing it and techniques to improve it for health professionals is small or large organizations.

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