As a medical or public health specialist, you’re expected to deliver expert clinical or population-level insight and lead people through increasing complexity, pressure and change.
Yet most of us are never formally trained in how to lead conversations that motivate, support and develop others, especially when the stakes are high and time is limited.
That’s where coaching skills make a critical difference.
Coaching Skills for Medical & Public Health Leaders
An EMCC-Accredited Foundation Programme
Delivered by Dr Fiona Day
This evidence-based course is designed specifically for senior doctors and public health specialists who want to strengthen their leadership impact while staying true to their professional values.
It equips you with practical coaching skills you can use immediately in:
- Clinical and public health leadership roles
- Appraisal, supervision and mentoring conversations
- Multidisciplinary team leadership
- System-level and service transformation work
Why Coaching Skills Matter for Medical & Public Health Specialists
Healthcare leadership today demands more than technical authority.
As a specialist, your influence increasingly depends on your ability to:
- Enable others to think clearly under pressure
- Support colleagues through uncertainty and change
- Build engagement, ownership and accountability
- Develop future clinical and public health leaders
Coaching skills help you shift from problem-solver to capability-builder, without losing pace or standards.
This programme supports the growing Leader-as-Coach approach, now recognised as a core leadership capability in modern healthcare systems.
How The Course Benefitted a UK Public Health Leader
‘What I found particularly useful was the emphasis on how I can better incorporate coaching skills into my day to day work, rather than it being seen as a separate “add on.” Fiona’s style of training pushes you but is also very empathetic and nurturing; the course resources and materials are brilliant.’
What You’ll Learn
This course blends psychological insight, leadership theory and real-world healthcare application, helping you develop:
✔ Skilled Coaching Conversations
Learn how to structure effective coaching conversations that unlock insight, responsibility and action — even in short, everyday interactions.
✔ Practical Mentoring & Development Approaches
Understand how coaching and mentoring differ, when to use each, and how to support colleagues at different career stages.
✔ Enhanced Self-Awareness as a Leader
Develop reflective practice skills that strengthen your presence, judgement and emotional intelligence in complex leadership situations.
✔ Transferable Tools You Can Use Immediately
Gain simple, robust frameworks you can apply in supervision, appraisal, team leadership and strategic roles.
Who This Course Is For
This programme is ideal for:
- Medical consultants and specialists
- Public health consultants and specialists
- Clinical and public health leaders with people responsibility
- Health leaders involved in health care education, supervision or service leadership
If you’re seeking to lead with influence rather than authority alone, this course is designed for you.
What You’ll Gain
By the end of the programme, participants consistently report:
✔ Greater confidence in leading difficult or developmental conversations
✔ Stronger engagement and ownership within teams
✔ Improved effectiveness in mentoring, supervision and appraisal
✔ Increased leadership presence and credibility
✔ A clearer, more sustainable leadership style
You’ll also receive an EMCC-accredited Foundation Certificate in Coaching & Mentoring, providing internationally recognised professional accreditation.
Why Learn with Dr Fiona Day
Dr Fiona Day uniquely combines:
- Senior medical and public health leadership experience
- Coaching psychology expertise
- Extensive experience developing healthcare leaders
Her approach is practical, evidence-based and deeply grounded in the realities of medical and public health practice.
Take the Next Step in Your Leadership Development
Coaching skills are no longer optional for medical and public health specialists: they are essential for those shaping the future of healthcare systems.
Places are limited.
If you’re ready to strengthen your leadership impact while supporting others to thrive, this course offers a powerful next step.
👉 Learn more and register here.
Dr Fiona Day is a Chartered Coaching Psychologist accredited by the British Psychological Society, and by EMCC as a Master Practitioner Coach & Mentor.
Book a Confidential Consultation today!
She has experience as a system and Board-level medical and public health leader. Fiona focuses on coaching medical and public health leaders, and also trains health leaders in coaching and mentoring skills at EMCC EQA Foundation Level. Get 3 hours of FREE CPD with Fiona’s ‘Health Career Success Programme’ here, and listen to her podcast ‘Transformational Thinking for Health Leaders’ here.
