DCAL is a curriculum of professional development designed specifically for Australia’s current and future healthcare leaders, targeting the hot topics of safety, quality and communication.
- Interactive online education
- Study from workplace or home
- Gives the option of doing one course, many courses, or the whole program
Key features
- Interactive and enjoyable education in bite size (15 minute) pieces
- Enhanced learning with peers, with online discussions and support by experts
- Case scenarios with health and medical contexts
- Behaviour changing content that can be immediately applied into the workplace
- Direct pathways to higher degrees with no wasted learning experiences
- Developed and delivered by The University of Queensland
- Each course is a modular component of a UQ Master of Health Sciences course
- No exams or assignments in short courses, BUT:
- Upgrade to the academic pathway if and when you choose
The program comprises 32 online short courses (10 hours each) and participants can enrol in any number of courses and access the education at any time, online.
Developed by
The University of Queensland, in association with Queensland Health, national experts and stakeholders, the program provides health managers and clinicians with nationally recognised online education that can be undertaken in bite sized pieces.
Short course participants share identical experiences with postgraduate students, so all your learning counts if you choose to upgrade to the Academic Packs (including assessment) and earn transferable credits to higher degree programs.
Course themes
The program curriculum has five major themes that are recognised by clinicians and health services leaders as areas of urgent need in professional development:
- Leadership fundamentals
- Quality and safety
- Professional and workforce development
- Health services management
- Innovation and change
Looking at aggregating your learning towards a higher degree?
DCAL short courses are modules of courses within The University of Queensland higher degree programs listed below:
- Master of Health Science (Clinical Leadership)
- Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences (in several fields of study which map to DCAL themes)
