Milken Institute School of Public Health
Healthcare Management
Develop leadership skills to manage change and disruption in the healthcare industry.
Start date
To be confirmed
Course duration
8 weeks
Excluding orientation
Language
English
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Effort
6–8 hours per week
Self-paced learning online
Course overview
The projected number of health sector jobs to be created by 2030.
McKinsey (2020).
Of the 30 fastest-growing occupations in the U.S., the majority are in healthcare and related professions.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (Sep, 2019).
Duration: 8 weeks (excluding orientation)
Rising healthcare costs, the growth of aging populations, increasing chronic diseases, and advances in technology and medicine demand that healthcare professionals are equipped to formulate leadership solutions and patient-centered strategies to improve healthcare delivery systems.1 On the Healthcare Management online short course, you’ll have the opportunity to develop the managerial skills necessary for modern healthcare environments.
Over the course of eight weeks, you’ll examine the core leadership principles required to lead and manage people in the healthcare industry, plan strategically, and respond to the changing healthcare environment. With exposure to industry experts, you’ll learn to manage a healthcare workforce, understand healthcare financing, decision-making and problem-solving, in order to improve your organization and the patient experience.
1 Deloitte (2019).Is this course for you?
Aimed at both medical and non-medical professionals, this course addresses the administrative skills for leading an effective service delivery organization through disruption. Participants will benefit from the core principles of management and strategy, empowering them as leaders within healthcare delivery organizations. In addition, this course offers managers the opportunity to validate their skills and sharpen their business acumen and market knowledge before entering a new role. By learning how to plan strategically and respond to the changing healthcare environment, professionals will learn to lead, motivate, and manage people within the healthcare environment.
Course overview
Introduction
Duration: 8 weeks (excluding orientation)
Rising healthcare costs, the growth of aging populations, increasing chronic diseases, and advances in technology and medicine demand that healthcare professionals are equipped to formulate leadership solutions and patient-centered strategies to improve healthcare delivery systems.1 On the Healthcare Management online short course, you’ll have the opportunity to develop the managerial skills necessary for modern healthcare environments.
Over the course of eight weeks, you’ll examine the core leadership principles required to lead and manage people in the healthcare industry, plan strategically, and respond to the changing healthcare environment. With exposure to industry experts, you’ll learn to manage a healthcare workforce, understand healthcare financing, decision-making and problem-solving, in order to improve your organization and the patient experience.
1 Deloitte (2019).Is this course for you?
Aimed at both medical and non-medical professionals, this course addresses the administrative skills for leading an effective service delivery organization through disruption. Participants will benefit from the core principles of management and strategy, empowering them as leaders within healthcare delivery organizations. In addition, this course offers managers the opportunity to validate their skills and sharpen their business acumen and market knowledge before entering a new role. By learning how to plan strategically and respond to the changing healthcare environment, professionals will learn to lead, motivate, and manage people within the healthcare environment.
What will set you apart
A strategic plan for your organization that focuses on patient-centered service delivery.
The ability to lead and manage a diverse healthcare workforce and drive a culture of safety.
An understanding of the healthcare market, as well as financing and payment systems.
The knowledge needed to enhance team performance, and explore problem-solving and decision-making methods.Course curriculum
Orientation module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Module 1
Principles of organizational theory in health care
Module 2
Developing effective communication skills
Module 3
Motivation methods to drive performance
Module 4
Building successful teams
Module 5
Organizational culture and change management
Module 6
Healthcare financing systems
Module 7
Strategic planning for your healthcare organization
Module 8
Leadership and personal mastery
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Faculty Director
Kami Rapp
Professorial Lecturer at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University
About the certificate
Develop leadership skills for the healthcare industry and earn an official certificate of completion from the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course
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