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RIYAADA Institute for Leadership & Governance offers an intensive range of Executive Micro-Credentials and Short Courses designed for healthcare professionals, managers, public-sector leaders, NGO professionals, and other working professionals seeking focused, practical upskilling.
These programs are designed around real-world healthcare and leadership challenges. Each course runs for 2–3 weeks, typically requiring 20–30 hours of learning, combining expert instruction, practical exercises, simulations, reflective learning, and a substantive capstone project.
Each Executive Micro-Credential follows a practical assessment model designed to measure both knowledge and the ability to apply learning in professional settings.
| Assessment Component | Weight |
|---|---|
| Participation & Reflective Practice | 20% |
| Applied Assignment(s) | 25% |
| Project / Simulation | 25% |
| Capstone Project | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
The emphasis is on application, professional judgment, problem-solving, and measurable outputs rather than examinations alone.
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This intensive course develops leadership capabilities for healthcare professionals working in fragile, complex, and resource-constrained environments.
Week 1 — Foundations & Diagnostics
Leadership foundations, contextual analysis, stakeholder assessment, and identification of priority challenges.
Week 2 — Tooling & Design Labs
Practical leadership tools, decision-making frameworks, stakeholder engagement, and action-plan development.
Week 3 — Implementation Clinic & Capstone
Application of leadership tools to real-world challenges and preparation of an executive action plan.
Executive Action Plan + First-Week Implementation Moves
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This course focuses on practical governance structures, accountability mechanisms, performance monitoring, transparency, and organizational oversight.
Week 1 — Frameworks & Roles
Governance principles, organizational roles, decision rights, and accountability structures.
Week 2 — Dashboards & Risk
Performance indicators, governance dashboards, risk identification, and monitoring systems.
Week 3 — Public Reporting, Audit & Evaluation
Transparency, reporting, audit readiness, and evaluation mechanisms.
Governance Pack
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This course develops practical skills in using health information and analytics to support evidence-based management and decision-making.
Week 1 — Indicator Logic & Data Dictionary
Health indicators, indicator definitions, data structures, and data dictionaries.
Week 2 — Data Quality & Dashboard Prototype
Data-quality checks, validation, analysis, and dashboard development.
Week 3 — Review Huddles & Action Memo
Using data for management discussions, performance reviews, and decision-making.
Live Dashboard + Decision Memo
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This course provides practical tools for designing, managing, monitoring, and reporting healthcare and development projects funded through grants and external financing.
Week 1 — Logframe & Work Breakdown Structure
Project logic, objectives, outputs, activities, indicators, and work breakdown structures.
Week 2 — Scheduling, Budgeting & Procurement Integrity
Project schedules, budgets, procurement planning, and compliance.
Week 3 — Risk, MEL & Project Pack
Risk management, monitoring and evaluation, learning systems, and project documentation.
Fundable Project Pack + MEL Plan
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This intensive course prepares healthcare leaders to coordinate emergency response, incident management, surge operations, and post-incident learning.
Week 1 — ICS/EOC Fundamentals
Incident Command Systems, Emergency Operations Centers, roles, responsibilities, and coordination.
Week 2 — Hazards & Incident Action Planning
Hazard analysis, preparedness, response planning, and Incident Action Plan development.
Week 3 — Triage, Surge, Logistics & AAR
Mass-casualty response, surge management, logistics, and after-action review.
Incident Action Plan + After-Action Review
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This course equips healthcare professionals with practical approaches to quality improvement, patient safety, incident analysis, and sustainable improvement.
Week 1 — Safety Culture & Root Cause Analysis
Safety culture, incident learning, and Root Cause Analysis.
Week 2 — Indicators & Improvement Sprint Design
Quality indicators, measurement, PDSA cycles, and improvement-sprint planning.
Week 3 — Implementation & Sustainment
Implementation strategies, monitoring, sustainability, and improvement review.
Quality Improvement Sprint Results Brief
Duration: 2 Weeks | Approximately 20 Hours
This focused program develops structured reasoning, analytical thinking, evidence appraisal, and professional decision-making skills.
Week 1 — Structured Reasoning & Debiasing
Problem definition, structured reasoning, cognitive biases, and analytical frameworks.
Week 2 — Evidence Appraisal & Decision Memo
Evaluating evidence, comparing options, and developing defensible decisions.
Decision Memo + Defense
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This course develops the ability to anticipate emerging risks, prepare crisis-response systems, communicate during uncertainty, and make decisions under pressure.
Week 1 — Foresight & Risk Radar
Emerging risks, scenario thinking, early-warning signals, and risk mapping.
Week 2 — Playbook & Communication Protocols
Crisis-response playbooks, communication structures, and escalation protocols.
Week 3 — Decision Cell Simulation & AAR
Crisis decision-making simulation followed by structured after-action learning.
Crisis Playbook + Improvement Backlog
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This program helps leaders translate organizational strategy into measurable priorities, resource decisions, operational plans, and performance reviews.
Week 1 — Strategy Map & OKRs
Strategic objectives, outcomes, indicators, and OKRs.
Week 2 — Portfolio Choices & Resources
Prioritization, resource allocation, and strategic portfolio management.
Week 3 — Operating Model & QBR
Operating models, performance reviews, and Quarterly Business Reviews.
Strategy Dashboard + QBR Presentation
Duration: 2 Weeks | Approximately 20 Hours
This course develops practical skills for designing evidence-informed policies and translating policy priorities into implementable plans.
Week 1 — Theory of Change & Political Economy
Problem analysis, stakeholder interests, theory of change, and policy context.
Week 2 — Instrument Design, KPIs & Planning
Policy options, implementation instruments, indicators, and action planning.
Policy Options Paper + Implementation Plan
Duration: 2 Weeks | Approximately 20 Hours
This course examines population needs, equity, vulnerability, service-delivery systems, and measurable development outcomes.
Week 1 — Equity & Vulnerability Diagnostics
Population needs, vulnerability, equity analysis, and priority-setting.
Week 2 — Delivery Systems & Outcomes
Service-delivery approaches, outcomes, indicators, and program design.
Program Concept + Results Framework
Duration: 2 Weeks | Approximately 20 Hours
This course introduces practical demographic analysis for healthcare planning and evidence-informed policy development.
Week 1 — Indicators & Projections
Population indicators, demographic trends, and projections.
Week 2 — Implications & Policy Briefing
Translating demographic evidence into healthcare and policy implications.
Demography-to-Policy Brief
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This course develops leadership and quality-assurance capabilities for educators, academic managers, and health-sciences institutions.
Week 1 — Curriculum Mapping
Curriculum structure, competency mapping, and alignment.
Week 2 — Assessment & Rubrics
Assessment design, evaluation methods, and rubric development.
Week 3 — Quality Assurance & Accreditation
Quality systems, accreditation readiness, and institutional improvement.
Mini Self-Study + Institutional Improvement Plan
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This course develops practical research and innovation skills for health-system leaders who need to generate evidence that informs policy and management decisions.
Week 1 — Question Design & Scope
Research questions, problem framing, scope, and objectives.
Week 2 — Methods & Data Governance
Research methods, data management, ethics, and data governance.
Week 3 — Translational Products & Impact Planning
Turning research findings into practical policy and management products.
Policy-Oriented Research Brief
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This course focuses on strengthening governance systems, decision-making structures, transparency, accountability, and organizational performance.
Week 1 — Diagnostics & Design
Governance assessment, organizational diagnosis, and system design.
Week 2 — Decision Rights & Governance Cadence
Decision-making authority, committees, reporting, and review mechanisms.
Week 3 — Transparency, Audit & Coaching
Transparency, audit mechanisms, leadership coaching, and continuous improvement.
Governance Operating Manual
Duration: 3 Weeks | Approximately 30 Hours
This course develops practical approaches to sustainability, operational efficiency, resource optimization, and environmentally responsible healthcare management.
Week 1 — Baselines & Audits
Sustainability baselines, organizational audits, and performance assessment.
Week 2 — Efficiency & ROI
Resource efficiency, cost optimization, return on investment, and improvement opportunities.
Week 3 — Green Procurement & Dashboards
Sustainable procurement, environmental indicators, and performance dashboards.
Sustainability Dashboard + Action Plan
RIYAADA Institute for Leadership & Governance maintains academic and professional standards designed to protect learners, faculty, partners, and communities.
RIYAADA applies a strong academic-integrity framework that includes:
All relevant fieldwork and applied learning activities follow appropriate safeguarding and ethical standards, including:
Where required, the Institute supports:
Learners requiring additional support may receive:
RIYAADA may recognize relevant prior learning through a portfolio-based Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) process where evidence and competencies can be appropriately verified.
To support practical and interactive learning:
Every Executive Micro-Credential is designed around a substantive professional capstone.
Rather than completing the course with theory alone, participants produce a practical output that can be adapted to their workplace.
Examples include:
Successful participants receive:
Digital Badge + Verifiable Certificate
Participants may combine 3–4 related micro-credentials into a Professional Track Certificate.
Example tracks may include:
This approach allows working professionals to build targeted competencies progressively while maintaining flexibility around professional responsibilities.
RIYAADA uses program-level performance indicators to monitor learning quality, completion, application, and longer-term impact.
These measures support continuous improvement of curriculum, teaching, learner support, and institutional impact.
RIYAADA’s program implementation follows a structured approach to ensure quality, relevance, and sustainable delivery.
Confirm institutional partners, MoUs, delivery sites, data-access arrangements, and safeguarding approvals.
Localize cases and learning materials to the operating context, including relevant health-system priorities, DHIS2 indicators, and health-security gaps.
Conduct faculty orientation and bootcamps, calibrate assessment and grading, and prepare faculty for LMS and data-privacy requirements.
Launch selected short courses, gather learner and faculty feedback, evaluate results, and refine course materials.
Implement the full course calendar, conduct quarterly governance reviews, and undertake annual external evaluation.
RIYAADA Institute for Leadership & Governance and NOVA Institute can collaborate to co-develop, co-deliver, and co-accredit practice-oriented professional education for health leaders.
The partnership framework emphasizes academic quality, professional relevance, research, innovation, and practical institutional impact.
The Joint Steering Committee meets quarterly and provides strategic oversight of:
The Academic Council oversees:
The Program Office manages day-to-day implementation, including:
The collaboration may include the following workstreams:
Syllabi development, assessment moderation, quality reviews, and tracer studies.
Guest teaching, faculty exchange, co-mentoring, and professional development.
Practice-oriented research, policy briefs, implementation toolkits, and innovation projects.
Partnerships with teaching hospitals, ministries, NGOs, and other health-sector institutions.
Learning management systems, low-bandwidth learning packs, digital assessment, and learning analytics.
The partnership framework supports:
Partnership performance may be monitored through:
Course-specific financial arrangements, including cost and revenue sharing, are established through individual course or partnership agreements.
Financial arrangements should include transparent budgeting, appropriate audit mechanisms, risk management, and periodic partnership review.
The degree-level academic curriculum includes the following courses:
| Code | Course | Credits | Maximum Weeks |
| HSLD-601 | Healthcare Administration & Governance | 3 | 12 |
| HSLD-602 | Leadership in Fragile & Conflict-Affected Settings | 3 | 12 |
| HSLD-603 | Strategic Planning & Execution | 3 | 12 |
| HSLD-604 | Health Financial Management & Budgeting | 3 | 12 |
| HSLD-605 | Healthcare Law, Policy & Ethics | 3 | 12 |
| HSLD-606 | Office & Operations Administration | 3 | 12 |
| HSLD-607 | Emergency Preparedness & Response | 3 | 12 |
| HSLD-608 | Risk Management, Quality & Patient Safety | 3 | 12 |
| PHSD-611 | Foundations of Public Health & Social Determinants | 3 | 12 |
| EPBI-612 | Epidemiology & Biostatistics for Decision-Making | 3 | 12 |
| HSSB-613 | Health Systems Strengthening — Six Building Blocks | 3 | 12 |
| HPOL-614 | Health Policy, Planning & Governance | 3 | 12 |
| HFUC-615 | Health Financing & Universal Health Coverage in Fragile States | 3 | 12 |
| HOPS-616 | Hospital Operations & Quality Improvement | 3 | 12 |
| PSCG-617 | Patient Safety & Clinical Governance | 2 | 12 |
| EMOC-618 | Emergency Preparedness, EOC & Outbreak Management | 3 | 12 |
| SDAT-619 | Surveillance, Field Epidemiology & DHIS2 Analytics | 2 | 12 |
| ONEH-620 | One Health — Risk, Readiness & Response | 2 | 12 |
| PHSC-621 | Pharmaceutical Regulation & Supply Chain | 2 | 12 |
| RSCH-622 | Research Methods, Academic Writing & Ethics | 3 | 12 |
100 Points
| Criterion | Points |
| Problem Clarity & Evidence | 25 |
| Options & Decision Criteria | 20 |
| Feasibility & Risk | 15 |
| Equity & Ethics | 10 |
| Implementation & KPIs | 15 |
| Communication Quality | 15 |
| Total | 100 |
100 Points
| Criterion | Points |
| Executive Clarity | 25 |
| Analytical Rigor | 25 |
| Practicality & Alignment | 20 |
| Use of Data & Visuals | 15 |
| Q&A Handling | 15 |
| Total | 100 |
20 Points
| Criterion | Points |
| Preparedness | 5 |
| Constructive Contributions | 5 |
| Peer Feedback Quality | 5 |
| Reflection Depth | 5 |
| Total | 20 |
100 Points
| Criterion | Points |
| Role Execution & Teamwork | 30 |
| Procedures & Safety | 30 |
| Decision Quality | 20 |
| Communication | 20 |
| Total | 100 |
The Health Systems Management Seminar and Workshop is an intensive professional-development program designed to strengthen participants’ understanding of Health Systems Strengthening (HSS), analytical and problem-solving capabilities, and practical management skills.
The program combines case studies, role-play, simulations, group learning, evaluation clinics, and structured remediation.
Participants will:
Introduction to health systems management, including:
Participants apply concepts to real-world and simulated cases through:
Scenario-based learning focuses on:
Participants integrate their learning through:
| Assessment | Weight |
| Attendance & Participation | 20% |
| Group Case Studies | 30% |
| Individual Assignment | 20% |
| Final Assessment | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
Participants will develop:
RIYAADA’s degree-level curriculum provides foundational and advanced expertise in public health, health systems management, policy, financing, quality, emergency preparedness, data, research, and pharmaceutical systems.
3 Credits
Introduces the foundations of public health, population health, health determinants, health equity, and community-level interventions.
3 Credits
Develops practical skills in epidemiological reasoning, basic biostatistics, interpretation of health data, and evidence-informed decision-making.
3 Credits
Examines the major components of effective health systems and approaches to strengthening service delivery, workforce, information, medicines, financing, and governance.
3 Credits
Focuses on health-policy development, strategic planning, governance structures, implementation, and accountability.
3 Credits
Explores healthcare financing mechanisms, resource allocation, financial protection, and approaches to advancing Universal Health Coverage in fragile settings.
3 Credits
Develops practical skills in hospital operations, service improvement, workflow management, performance measurement, and quality improvement.
2 Credits
Focuses on patient-safety systems, clinical governance, risk management, incident learning, and continuous quality improvement.
3 Credits
Develops capabilities in emergency preparedness, Emergency Operations Center coordination, outbreak response, incident management, and continuity planning.
2 Credits
Develops practical capabilities in health surveillance, field epidemiology, health-information systems, and DHIS2-based analysis.
2 Credits
Explores the interconnected health of people, animals, and ecosystems, with emphasis on risk assessment, preparedness, and coordinated response.
2 Credits
Examines pharmaceutical regulation, procurement, inventory management, medicine availability, supply-chain systems, and quality assurance.
3 Credits
Develops research-design, academic-writing, evidence-appraisal, research-ethics, and professional communication skills.
RIYAADA Institute for Leadership & Governance designs its programs around a simple principle:
Learning should lead to practical action.
Each course therefore emphasizes:
Participants do not simply complete coursework. They develop practical products that can support decision-making, organizational improvement, governance, quality, emergency preparedness, and health-system performance.
Whether you are seeking to strengthen your leadership skills, improve healthcare quality, manage projects and grants, use data for decision-making, lead emergency response, or develop stronger governance systems, RIYAADA’s Executive Micro-Credentials provide focused learning designed around professional practice.
Explore our courses, select the competency area that matches your professional goals, and turn learning into measurable workplace impact.
Mogadishu, Somalia
Website: www.riyaadaacademy.com
Email: info@riyaadaacademy.com
Phone: +252 61 5572605
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