MSc/PhD Scholarship: studying the implementation and scale-up of the co-designed collective leadership intervention from an implementation science perspective

A fully funded MSc/PhD Scholarship is being offered on the ’Collective Leadership and Safety Cultures’ (Co-Lead) programme in University College Dublin’s Health Systems Research Group.

UCD is one of Europe’s leading research-intensive universities. UCD is Ireland’s largest and most diverse university with over 30,000 students, drawn from approximately 124 countries. The Health Systems team is an expanding, dynamic, inter-disciplinary group of researchers working across a broad range of health and social sciences disciplines. Our research approach is underpinned by rich contextual analysis, interdisciplinary approaches and co-design with healthcare professionals, patients and the public.

We are currently recruiting for a MSc/PhD student on the Health Research Board (HRB) funded Co-Lead research programme to allow full-time research towards a Structured PhD on Implementation Science. Co-Lead is a 5-year programme that will research the impact of an emerging model of leadership (collective leadership) on team performance and on healthcare safety. We are designing and implementing collective leadership interventions for different team types and testing the impact of these interventions on staff performance and patient safety. The overall aim is to support quality and safety cultures through the development of a new model of leadership that is associated with effective team performance.

PhD Topic - Implementation Science:
Objective: to study the implementation and scale-up of the co-designed collective leadership intervention from an implementation science perspective. The student will work closely with the partner healthcare teams in the Ireland East Hospital Group.

Programme Structure:
The structured PhD degree is a doctoral training programme with the core component of advancement of knowledge through original research and integrated support for professional development. The programme is student-centred and the qualification is designed to enhance, improve and directly engage the student in relevant research skills. In addition, it will offer the student disciplinary, generic and transferable skills, tailored to suit the experience of the student and reflect the disciplinary requirements.

Entry Requirements:
Scholarship applicants should hold, or expect to receive, a first class or a good upper second class Honours degree (or equivalent) in an area relevant to the proposed field of research. Where an applicant does not meet this requirement (e.g. they hold a lower second class undergraduate degree), they are eligible to apply if they hold, or expect to receive, a Masters degree (in an area relevant to the proposed PhD) before starting their studentship. Scholarships awarded based on predicted grades will be conditional upon final results.

Applications:
Scholarship applicants should submit a CV and cover letter detailing their qualifications and experience to Dr Aoife De Brún and Prof Eilish McAuliffe at: [Email Address Removed] / [Email Address Removed]. Please reference the Project ID ’Co-Lead1’.