About the Course

This six hour, tailor-made course has been developed to introduce you to healthcare leadership. You will have access to talks given by some of the most prominent medical leaders in the UK.

These will cover the six HLA pillars of leadership as follows:

Leader as an Entrepreneur and Innovator
Mr Andrew Dickenson
Leading in the ‘Next Normal’ - Learning from Covid-19
18 minutes

Peter Young
Bedside Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the NHS - A Guide
28 minutes

Cathy Lawson
Leadership in Sustainability
31 minutes

Ms. Nadine Hachach Haram
A new era in surgical training: What role will technology play?
17 minutes

Ali Abdaal
Medicine and Side Hustles
27 minutes

Leader as a Manager
Namita Kumar
Why Should doctors bother with Leadership or Management?
25 minutes

Adrian Boyle
How it feels to be in charge of an Emergency Department in a pandemic
23 minutes

Dr Michael Brady
Addressing LGBTQ+ inequalities
18 minutes

Leader as a Follower
Yathu Maheswaran
The Age of Followership - Followership during the COVID-19 Pandemic: What can we learn?
15 minutes

Jane Thurlow
My Leadership story - The role of the Mentor
17 minutes

Leader as a Philosopher
Neena Modi
Democracy
13 minutes

The Work Well Doctors with...
Nirja Joshi and Alex Lai
Helping You to Achieve a Happy, Healthy and Fulfilled Life
18 minutes

Flora Smyth Zara
Introducing arts and humanities into dental curriculum
15 minutes

Leader as a Communicator
HLA Panel Race and Health with...
Jahangir Alom
Marie Gabriel
Parth Patel
Chaand Nagpaul
Halima Begum
1 hour

Henrietta Hughes
National Guardian - Freedom to Speak Up
21 minutes

Leader as a Negotiator
Zahed “Hamza” Al-Khateab Armed Conflict and Health 55 minutes

Dr Siyana Mahroof-Shaffi To Lesvos and Beyond…23 minutes

About the Author

Dr George Miller

Dr George Miller is an Imperial Public Health Registrar and Emergency Medicine Doctor. As Director-General, Dr Miller takes responsibility for the HLA Scholars’ programme, as well as chairing the HLA Research Collaborative. Dr Miller is also an Honorary University Lecturer, a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management, lead for the Intermediate Leadership Programme and a Senior Project Manager at Medics.Academy. Dr Miller was one of the top scoring applicants for the AFP, CST and Public Health Training across the country, and has since presented national courses on ‘Success in Medical School’, ‘Preparing for the AFP’ and ‘Preparing for the PSA’. Dr Miller is currently conducting policy research at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford.

Course Curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction

    • Start your Leadership Journey with the HLA

    • Becoming a HLA Associate Member

    • Become a HLA Associate Member
  • 2

    Leader as an Entrepreneur and Innovator

    • Introduction

    • Leading in the ‘Next Normal’ - Learning from Covid-19 with Mr Andrew Dickenson

    • Bedside Innovation & Entrepreneurship in the NHS - A Guide with Peter Young

    • Leadership in Sustainability with Cathy Lawson

    • A new era in surgical training: What role will technology play? With Ms. Nadine Hachach Haram

    • Medicine and Side Hustles with Ali Abdaal

  • 3

    Leader as a Manager

    • Introduction

    • Why Should doctors bother with Leadership or Management? With Namita Kumar

    • How it feels to be in charge of an Emergency Department in a pandemic with Adrian Boyle

    • Addressing LGBTQ+ inequalities with Dr Michael Brady

  • 4

    Leader as a Follower

    • Introduction

    • The Age of Followership - Followership during the COVID-19 Pandemic: What can we learn? With Yathu Maheswaran

    • My Leadership story - The role of the Mentor with Jane Thurlow

  • 5

    Leader as a Philosopher

    • Introduction

    • Democracy with Neena Modi

    • The Work Well Doctors with Nirja Joshi and Alex Lai

    • Introducing arts and humanities into dental curriculum with Flora Smyth Zara

  • 6

    Leader as a Communicator

    • Introduction

    • HLA Panel Race and Health with Jahangir Alom, Marie Gabriel, Parth Patel, Chaand Nagpaul and Halima Begum

    • National Guardian - Freedom to Speak Up with Henrietta Hughes
  • 7

    Leader as a Negotiator

    • Introduction

    • Armed Conflict and Health with Zahed “Hamza” Al-Khateab

    • To Lesvos and Beyond with Dr Siyana Mahroof-Shaffi

  • 8

    End of course

    • Assignment

    • Feedback

    • Certificate

    • Register Your Interest - HLA Leadership Programmes

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