Workshops and Seminars 2021-22

The Management in Medicine Programme is running a series of workshops and evening seminars during the 2021-22 academic year. Details of forthcoming events can be found on the main Management in Medicine Workshops and Seminars page. This page contains information on previous events.

Past events

What can health and care systems do to tackle inequalities?

Monday 13 June 2022 18:45 to 20:15

Speaker: Professor Kevin Fenton

Professor Fenton is a senior public health expert and infectious disease epidemiologist, who has worked in a variety of public health executive leadership roles across government and academia in the UK and internationally, including taking a leading role in London’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

People, not workforce

Saturday 11 June 2022 10:00 to 13:00

Speakers: John Drew, Director of Staff Experience and Engagement at NHS England Improvement

This session explored the four pillars of the NHS People Plan, and the progress made so far. Picking up on the themes of the People Promise (e.g., health and wellbeing, having a voice, compassion and inclusion).

Brick Hospital

Saturday 28 May 2022 09:00 to 13:30

Speakers: Rasmus Thøger Christensen, Medical Doctor and Co-Founder and Managing Director, LIVSKRAFT

BRICK HOSPITAL is a LEGO-based game where each player is given a series of tasks related to the patient’s journey through the hospital – from admittance to diagnosis and treatment through to discharge. Through several rounds of the game, using reflection and facilitated improvement processes, the players are given a unique insight into interdisciplinary team-work and optimization of patient flow using game-based learning.

Update from the USA: what’s next for digital health after a pandemic?

Tuesday 24 May 202218:45 to 20:15

Speakers: Professor Timothy Hoff, Visiting Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College. He is Professor of Management Healthcare Systems and Health Policy, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University.

This seminar focused on the use of digital health technologies during the Covid-19 pandemic including telemedicine, and what the prospects are for using such technologies in patient care moving forward post-pandemic.

Working with others

Monday 9 May 2022 18:45 to 20:15

Speakers: Máire and Paul Brankin, both members of Green Templeton College, who work with Chairs, Chief Executives, senior managers and medical leaders in the NHS, helping them to develop their leadership and management skills

Designed for present and past medical students, doctors in training and other healthcare professionals, this seminar focused on personal qualities and managing services. It also included developing self awareness, managing yourself, continuing personal development, building and maintaining relationships, developing networks, working with teams and managing people.

The art and science of making improvements in healthcare

Saturday 26 March 2022, 10:00 to 13:00

Speakers: Dr Anny Sykes, consultant in respiratory medicine, Oxford University Hospitals and Azom Mortuza, Divisional Director of Operations at North Middlesex University Hospital Trust

Most healthcare workers recognise the need to make improvements in clinical pathways, processes, systems, and outcomes. So do their patients. Yet making these improvements often feels impossible alongside the challenges of day-to-day work and in the complex cultures of healthcare organisations. This interactive workshop was for anyone who has ever wished they knew more about the science of healthcare improvement and the art of leading change in organisations.

From ego to eco: what do leaders need to get better at?

Monday 28 February 2022, 18:45 to 20:15

Speakers: Professor Sue Dopson, Governing Body Fellow, Green Templeton College and Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Drawing on a small research study that interviewed leaders from across many sectors about what were the main challenges faced and what did they think leaders needed to get better at. This interactive session explored the relevance of the findings of this study for health care organisations and leadership roles in the NHS.

Economics and health – where is the value in that?

Saturday 19 February 2022, 10:00 to 13:00

Speakers: Jacque Mallender, international health and public policy economist, and health evaluation practitioner

During the seminar Jacque explores the economic paradigm of the NHS, and how economics can help grow value through cycles of improvement.

Medical leadership in complex systems

Monday 7 February 2022, 18:45

Speakers: Dr Nick Broughton, consultant forensic psychiatrist

Dr Nick Broughton describes his journey to become a senior leader and how he has developed his own leadership style and capability reflecting on his experience of having led three complex organisations.

What future for the NHS after COVID and Brexit?

Monday 6 December 2021, 18:45 to 20:15

Speakers: Dr Nick Fahy, Director of the Health and Wellbeing Research Group at RAND Europe, Research Fellow of Green Templeton College and an Honorary Senior Researcher in the Department of Primary Health Care Sciences.

The speaker explained how the NHS came into being, comparing it with other models of health system, and considering also the challenges it faces – the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, the changing circumstances of Brexit, and the fundamental long-term challenges such as funding and workforce.

Leading during uncertainty

Saturday 6 November 2021, 10:00 to 13:00

Speakers: Dr Oscar Lyons who runs leadership development programmes for doctors, allied health professionals and researchers across a range of NHS organisations and universities and Dr Esse Menson who is an accredited mediator, conflict coach and trainer, certified in Compassion and Mindful Self-Compassion training.

Leadership often requires us to respond to uncertainty in ways that help our teams to work effectively and to achieve our goals for our patients. In this interactive session the participants were introduced to some tools to help them consciously choose how to lead and support their teams during uncertainty.

How can we organise remote consultation services that are safe, effective and equitable?

Monday 18 October 2021, 18:45 to 20:15

Speaker: Professor Trish Greenhalgh, Senior Research Fellow, Green Templeton College; Professor (Clinical) of Primary Care Health Sciences, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford

The policy vision of remote consultations is of an efficient, safe and accessible remote service delivered through state-of-the art digital technologies and implemented via rational allocation criteria. The reality is less glamorous. Research reveals that in the real world, remote services involve multiple contradictions and tensions—for example, between quality and efficiency, or between infection control and patient choice—leading to ethical dilemmas for managers, support staff and clinicians. These dilemmas cannot be resolved by rigid standard operating procedures or algorithms: they require contextual judgement.

Management in Medicine accreditation launch and information session

Monday 11 October 2021, 18:45 to 19:30

Dr Nick Hicks, Chair of the Management in Medicine Programme and Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, introduces the process by which you can benefit from the recent accreditation of this programme, by the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.

The Management in Medicine Programme at Green Templeton aims to develop management and leadership skills for health and care systems in early career professionals. It is open to medical students, doctors in training, postgraduate students and others with an interest in healthcare management.