Course Summary
Enhance your leadership with the broad knowledge to speak to the wide variety of components affecting the health of populations, and the leadership skills and techniques to implement change.
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Career Sectors
This course prepares you for working in the Career Sectors below. Follow the links to get a fuller understanding of the sectors you are preparing for.
Entry Requirements
To be eligible for the programme you must:
Hold a bachelor degree. If you don’t hold a bachelor degree, please see the recognition of prior learning pathway.
Recognition of prior learning (RPL)
If you do not meet the minimum academic requirements above, you may still be eligible to apply through recognition of prior learning (RPL). RPL is the assessment of knowledge, skills and competence previously acquired.
Learning occurs in many contexts which include work, involvement in social and community activities, or learning through life experience generally. RPL does not give credit for experience as such; rather it considers the learning that was acquired as a result of the experience.
RPL may be used to gain:
Admission to courses/programmes where a person may not have obtained the standard entry requirements.
Exemptions from course modules which duplicate the learning outcomes an individual has already demonstrably acquired through prior learning.
English language requirement exceptions
You must meet the English language requirements (unless exempt): IELTS score of 6.5, Duolingo 105-110, or equivalent score on another standardised test. Please see below for list of exemptions.?
Exemptions may apply for:
If you have completed your school or undergraduate studies (three or more years) through English in a country where English is the majority native language
If you have completed their school or undergraduate studies (three or more years) in an English speaking institution in a country where English is not the majority native language and where an IELTS score of 5 or more was a requirement for admissions to the programme
If you have been working in a country (three years or more) where English is the majority native language or for an employer where English language is the official language
Graduates of an RCSI Undergraduate, Masters or Professional Diploma programme in Dublin and Bahrain
Please note: Certified proof must be uploaded as part of your application.
Application Details
Next start date September 2025
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Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests. If these interests do not describe you, this course may prepare you for work you may not find satisfying.
Investigative
The Investigative person will usually find a particular area of science to be of interest. They are inclined toward intellectual and analytical activities and enjoy observation and theory. They may prefer thought to action, and enjoy the challenge of solving problems with sophiscticated technology. These types prefer mentally stimulating environments and often pay close attention to developments in their chosen field.
Career Progression
PgCert in Population Health Leadership
PgDip in Population Health Leadership
MSc in Population Health Leadership
The curriculum builds cumulatively in three stages of development and leadership training, through which students can progress from a Level 9 Postgraduate Certificate in PHL (30 ECTS) that establishes the foundations, scope, rationale and intervention routes of population health leadership, to a Level 9 Postgraduate Diploma in PHL (60 ECTS) that builds specialist skills in population health science and intervention.
Finally, an MSc in PHL award is achieved through production of a structured applied project to include literature review, policy relevance statement, evidence of project implementation, outcomes evaluation, discussion and reflection.
Postgraduate certificate and postgraduate diploma awards can be completed without further progression.
Duration
Mode of delivery
Online - Part-time