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Email academic.registry@tcd.ie• Gain practical skills in Lean and operational excellence tailored to healthcare settings.
• Learn to reduce waste, enhance patient flow, and drive measurable service improvement.
• Apply industry-recognised tools to optimise performance and patient outcomes.
• Healthcare professionals in operations, administration, or service delivery roles.
• Clinical directors, managers, and service leads seeking to implement efficiency and quality improvements.
• Build your capability in Lean thinking to improve healthcare service performance.
• Learn to lead change initiatives that optimise resources and enhance patient-centred care.
• Gain hands-on experience with tools and methodologies that can be applied immediately in your organisation.
There is one intake per year in September, with potential to expand to additional intakes based on demand.
• A Level 8 degree or equivalent professional qualification.
• A minimum of 3 years’ professional or managerial experience in a healthcare or related setting.
• Up to date CV
• Language requirements for students whose first language is not English are IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL IBT 90 for non-native English speakers.
• Core concepts of Lean operations and their role in improving healthcare systems.
• How to analyse process efficiency, patient flow, quality, and capacity management.
• Strategies to engage healthcare teams in sustainable improvement initiatives.
• Apply Lean tools to real-world problems in your healthcare organisation.
• Evaluate case studies and develop an implementation plan tailored to your workplace.
• Complete a final project focused on enhancing patient-centred operational performance
Delivered online across 6 sessions of 2.5 hours. Also, we would like to have the flexibility to deliver in-person, if required.
Final written assignment applying Lean methodology in a healthcare context.
Active participation in lecturer-student feedback process. Students will be expected to develop learning logs on the lectures and their understanding of the material in their own environments.
September 2026
Jane Flanagan
Richard Keegan
11 August 2026
All applicants are required to have a minimum of 3 years professional or managerial work experience (this is in-line with entry criteria for other TBS post-experience postgraduate programmes such as the MBA and Executive MBA programmes).
Up to date CV required which outlines your previous education, employment history and your places of residence, especially in the past five years.
All applicants to Trinity are required to provide official evidence of proficiency in the English language. Applicants to this course are required to meet Band B (Standard Entry) English language requirements. For more details of qualifications that meet Band B, see the English Language Requirements page here.
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To apply, click on the relevant Apply Link below
General Enquiries: micro-credentials@tcd.ie
Recruitment Officer: Jane Flanagan jane.flanagan@tcd.ie
Course Director: Richard Keegan rkeegan@tcd.ie
Register your interest at Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin.
As Ireland’s leading university, we offer a wide range of postgraduate programmes at masters, diploma and certificate level.
Trinity is an international university steeped in history, with a reputation for excellence in education, research and innovation.
