Advancing global healthcare leadership: enhancing evidence-based practice competencies in postgraduate programmes for non-clinical executives

Thesis

Global healthcare systems necessitate an innovative approach to leadership, particularly for non-clinical executives, to address growing complexities worldwide. Evidence-based practice combines the best known research with clinical expertise and patient values. There is a need to add evidence-based practice to postgraduate programme curricula to train healthcare leaders in best practices for decision-making, especially non-clinical executives.

This dissertation explores university postgraduate global healthcare leadership programme websites to learn the extent to which evidence-based practice competencies are incorporated into the programmes. A textual content analysis was conducted in review of 114 programmes at 108 universities. The findings reveal a noteworthy gap in the engagement of evidence-based competencies in non-clinical executive leader training.

As a result, the study advocates for the recognition of Global Healthcare Leadership as an academic discipline or field of study. Global Healthcare Leadership is an interdisciplinary model in which Global Healthcare, Global Leadership, and Evidence-Based Practice collectively form the eld of Global Healthcare Leadership. The dissertation concludes that an integrated, interdisciplinary approach is crucial for preparing non-clinical executives to address the multifaceted challenges of global healthcare.

The growing recognition of global healthcare leadership as a distinct academic discipline has driven the integration of global healthcare and global leadership competencies into postgraduate programmes. There is a rising emphasis on incorporating evidence-based practice to cultivate scholar-practitioners. The dissertation urges that the academic discipline train scholar-practitioners ready for leading in the global healthcare milieu.

Authors: Mathis, SD

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-pyngbd27m
• Type of award: MSc taught course
• Level of award: Masters
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: global leadership; postgraduate programmes; global healthcare systems; scholar-practitioners; healthcare leadership education; evidence-based practice (EBP); textual content analysis; non-clinical executives; global healthcare leadership; interdisciplinary models
• Subjects: Healthcare leadership education; Evidence-based practice (EBP); Interdisciplinary models; Global healthcare systems; Global healthcare leadership; Global leadership; Postgraduate programmes; Non-clinical executives