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Govern Healthcare With Greater Confidence

The one-day Clinical Governance for Directors™ course is designed by clinical leaders to help current, new and aspiring directors understand and monitor clinical governance at board level.

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  • Real-life case simulations
  • Monitor quality and safety performance
  • Question clinical governance with confidence
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Know If Your Hospital Is Safe

Clinical Governance for Directors is a one-day course, made up of two sessions, that gives you a deep understanding of your clinical governance duties and responsibilities as a director. You'll gain the insight to understand, assess and question clinical governance across your organisation, from compliance and incident management to credentialing and high-risk clinical services.

Who This Course Is For

Current Board Directors

Whether on a large hospital board or a smaller aged, community or primary care board, strengthen your clinical governance knowledge.

New and Aspiring Directors

Taking on your first health board role, or preparing for one? Get up to speed on your governance duties.

Healthcare Executives

For executives who report directly to a board and need to understand clinical governance as directors see it.

Clinicians in Leadership

Connect your clinical expertise with board-level governance responsibilities, oversight and organisational decision-making.

Understand Clinical Governance At Board Level

Two practical sessions take you from the frameworks that govern clinical care to how boards apply them in practice.

Clinical governance workshop

Session 1

The key clinical governance responsibilities of boards and directors, the national and jurisdictional regulatory frameworks for standards and compliance, and the history of board-related clinical governance failures in Australia.

Board members in a session

Session 2

How boards monitor clinical governance performance and outcomes, working through case scenarios as simulation exercises to meet board obligations and identify and respond to an impending failure.

Make More Effective Board Decisions

Build the clinical governance expertise to ask relevant questions, minimise your personal risk and improve the quality and safety of care your organisation provides.

Healthcare board reviewing information

On completion, you'll have detailed knowledge and application of:

  • Your key clinical governance roles and responsibilities as a healthcare director, and the board's
  • Accreditation compliance, National Standards, credentialing, incident management and health service performance monitoring
  • Clinical governance aspects of risk management, insurance impacts, medico-legal and Coroner reporting obligations
  • Board KPIs for monitoring clinical governance and high-risk clinical services
  • How to test whether your health service is delivering safe care
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Facilitated by published medical specialists with extensive healthcare board experience, using relevant case studies in an immersive setting with peer healthcare leaders.

Your One-Day Course At A Glance

An intensive one-day program. Enquire to find out more about securing your place.

In person in Brisbane or online
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  • 1-Day AIHE Clinical Governance for Directors™ Course
  • Complimentary 12-month AIHE membership
  • Pre-reading course material
  • AIHE Course Assessments
  • GAIHE post-nominals
  • Eligible for CPD points
  • AIHE micro-credentialling – certificates & digital badges

What Past Participants Say

Why Health Leaders Chose AIHE

Why Choose AIHE

Prestigious GAIHE Post-Nominal

Earn the GAIHE post-nominal, recognising your expertise in governing safe, high-performing and accountable healthcare organisations.

Clinician-Led, Expert-Taught

Developed by clinical leaders and taught by respected voices in board and healthcare governance.

Healthcare-Specific Governance

Built around the clinical, regulatory and safety realities healthcare boards face.

Practical, Bespoke Learning

Move beyond theory with relevant scenarios, discussion and practical approaches you can apply in your role.

National Director Network

Connect with a growing national network of healthcare leaders, executives, clinicians and governance professionals.

Flexible Delivery

Join online from anywhere in Australia, with in-person delivery available in Brisbane.

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Healthcare Leadership By Healthcare Leaders

AIHE is an exclusive health leadership development and healthcare advisory service. Our practical, relevant and bespoke programs, courses and webinars are designed and developed by clinical leaders for healthcare professionals, healthcare leaders and board directors. We also deliver healthcare consultancy and advisory services, plus thought leadership, industry analysis and horizon scanning that give leaders business and leadership intelligence.

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