Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme
2024/25 Programme
The Royal College of Psychiatrists Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme aims to develop and support a new cohort of emerging medical leaders within psychiatry.
2024/25 Scheme Programme
This is the programme outline for the 2024/25 Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme.
Most modules will be delivered via Zoom from 9.15am-4.30pm. The module dates will be available here in June. The Welcome event in September 2024 and the Politics, Power and Persuasion module in January 2025 will take place in-person from 9.15am-4.30pm. The Celebrating Success event in June 2025 will run from 10am-4.00pm. Please note these three in-person modules will take place at 21 Prescot St, London (participants in the scheme should reclaim expenses from their local organisation). Modules will not be recorded or available to watch on demand.
Find out more about the Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme Team and our Module Leads for 2024/25.
| Module title | Date | Module leads | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The RCPsych Leadership and Management Fellow Scheme | September 2024 In-person session, 21 Prescot Street | Alex Till, David Bishop, Marcin Ostrowski, Ross Runciman, Suhana Ahmed |
| 2 | Authentic leadership: learning your own leadership style | September 2024 Virtual session | Derek Tracy, Medical Director of West London NHS Trust |
| 3 | My project and me | October 2024 | Deepa Bagepalli Krishnan, Specialty Registrar in General Adult Psychiatry - Health Education England (East Midlands) & RCPsych LMFS Alumni |
| 4 | Inclusive Leadership: leading effective teams | November 2024 Virtual session | Ananta Dave, Medical Director - Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| 5 | Clinical informatics & digital leadership | December 2024 Virtual session | Ayesha Rahim, Deputy Medical Director & Chief Clinical Information Officer - Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
| 6 | Fellows’ Away Day | January 2025 In-person session, 21 Prescot Street | Alex Till, David Bishop, Marcin Ostrowski, Ross Runciman, Suhana Ahmed |
| 7 | Running a modern mental health organisation | February 2025 Virtual session | Nick Broughton, Chief Executive - Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| 8 | Leading together - meaningful co-production and wellbeing | March 2025 Virtual session | Subha Thiyagesh, Medical Director - South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| 9 | Connection across the system | April 2025 Virtual session | Billy Boland, Medical Director - South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust |
| 10 | A celebration: from then, to now, to next | June 2025 In-person session | Alex Till, David Bishop, Marcin Ostrowski, Ross Runciman, Suhana Ahmed |
Additionally, there will be three mentor information sessions via Zoom:
- September 2024, 12-1pm
- November 2024, 12-1pm
- February 2025, 12-1pm