Management in Practice Certificate

The Irish College of GPs Management in Practice course is a highly interactive, blended learning programme designed to provide the participant (general practitioners, practice managers and other staff) with management competencies that are relevant and applicable to their everyday practice.

The modular approach provides participants with an option to complete the entire course or to choose specific modules during the year.

Course fees

• Full course fee - €2,000
• Module fee - €450

Course Director: Mr Barry O'Brien
Course Co-ordinator: Education Department, Irish College of GPs
If you need any further information, please contact us

The course will commence in November 2024 and run one module per month until May 2025. Pre-reading and other elearning content will be available online on the 'module opens' dates. Participants are expected to watch the pre-recorded content prior to attending the live Zoom Webinar Q&A session at the end of each module, which will generally be held at 1pm on a Tuesday, as per the course timetable.

Each module will contain approximately 2 hours of pre-recorded videos, a 1 hour live Zoom Webinar Q&A session and 1 hour of additional reading. Full course participants are asked to submit a management project towards the end of the course, this is not subject to grading.
CPD and a completion certificate is awarded upon completion of the required module completion activities. 

• Attendance at the live Zoom webinar including Q&A
• View/participate in the discussion boards

You will be contacted in relation to access to the Education Platform on the day of the module launch.  Please see the module launch dates below. 

Participants will have the option to complete the entire course or to choose specific modules during the year.

*Please note: Course participants (practice managers or administration staff) need to create an account with the Irish College of GPs and register themselves for the course. GPs cannot register on behalf of administration staff; every course participant is required to have their own account. Please contact us with any queries.

• Register for full course
• Admission deadlines and further information for each module are available in the next section on this page

Who is this course suitable for?
GPs, GP trainees, practice managers and other staff members who wish to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for the effective management of their practice.

This course has been developed for GPs and General Practice administration staff that are in practice in Ireland.

How will it be taught?

• A blend of pre-module reading and viewing of pre-recorded content
• Live Zoom webinar including Q&A with subject experts
• Discussion via a moderated discussion forum
• Webinar recordings will be available to participants throughout the course year

What will I learn?
As part of this course participants will:

• Be able to fully develop their management role
• Have appraised their practice profitability and its relationship to the quality of service (and service provision) within the practice
• Manage practice resources more effectively and efficiently
• Ensure that their colleagues in the practice have a better understanding of the practice manager's role
• Have increased their knowledge of management principles and techniques, of the practice, general practice and wider health care sector
• Have identified solutions to problems commonly experienced in the management of a general practice
• Have achieved improved specific skills, e.g. people management skills
• Reappraise their own job role using what they have learnt on the course for professional and personal development
• Implement significant change within the practice

How will the course/module be assessed?

• Live Q&A attendance
• View/Participation in discussions board
• Project Report submission (Full course participants only, not graded)