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Graduate Certificates
Healthcare Management |
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Healthcare is one of the fastest growing sectors in the economy. According to some estimates, healthcare has accounted for as much as a third of new private jobs in recent times. The healthcare management certificate program is designed for students to understand the structure and components of the healthcare sector and their interdependencies. In addition, students will learn how services such as ambulatory care and inpatient care will affect the cost, quality, and accessibility of healthcare delivery.
Persons are eligible for admission to the graduate certificate program if they have been admitted to the Graduate School at The University of Akron. Students admitted to the healthcare management certificate program may enroll only in those courses required for the completion of the certificate.
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| 6500:580 |
Introduction to Health Care Management |
3 |
| 6500:582 |
Health Services Operations Management |
3 |
| 6500:683 |
Health Services Systems Management |
3 |
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Choose 6 credits from the following:
| 6500:585 |
Special Topics in Health Services Administration |
3 |
| 6500:686 |
Health Services Research Project |
3 |
| 6500:688 |
Independent Study in Health Services Administration |
3 |
| 3250:536 |
Health Economics |
3 |
| 3850:615 |
Epidemiologic Methods in Health Research |
3 |
| 3850:656 |
Sociology of Health Care |
3 |
| 4800:630 |
Biomedical Computing |
3 |
| 8200:632 |
Fiscal Management in Nursing Administration |
3 |
| 6500:602 |
Computer Techniques for Manager |
3 |
| 6500:641 |
Database Systems |
3 |
| 6500:650 |
Human Resource Systems for Managers |
3 |
| 6500:663 |
Data Analysis for Managers |
3 |
| 6500:675 |
Supply Chain Management |
3 |
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| 6500:6xx |
Any Course with the approval of the Director. |
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580 INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH-CARE MANAGEMENT 3 credits
Prerequisites: graduate standing. Introductory course for health professionals covering principles and concepts of management applied to health services organizations. For those registered for graduate credit, a major paper is required.
582 HEALTH SERVICES OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT 3 credits
Prerequisites: 580 or 600 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Application of operations and systems analysis to health services organizations.
683 HEALTH SERVICES SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT 3 credits
Prerequisites: 580 or 600 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Study of health services organizations, comparative delivery systems, the roles of third-party payers and government policy in health care. Seminar format: major research paper required.
585 SPECIAL TOPICS IN HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 3 credits
Prerequisites: permission of instructor. Special topics in health services administration (e.g., management) focusing on historical and/or contemporary managerial organizational and/or policy/strategy issues as related to health-care organizations and health-care systems. Separate topics may be repeated for a maximum of six credits. For those registered for graduate credit, a major research paper is required.
686 HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH PROJECT 3 credits
Prerequisites: 683 or permission of instructor. In-depth field study in health services administration with applications of research and analysis skills. Course requires review of literature and a major research paper.
688 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 1-3 credits
(May not be repeated for more than three credits) Prerequisites: 580 or 600 or equivalent or permission of instructor. Independent study and research of a special topic of interest in health services administration (e.g., management), chosen by the student in consultation with and under the supervision of the instructor.
536 HEALTH ECONOMICS 3 credits
Prerequisites: permission of instructor. Economic analysis of health care. Stresses health policy issues, includes study of demand and supply of medical services and insurance, analysis of health care industries.
615 EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS IN HEALTH RESEARCH 3 credits
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Sociology or permission of instructor. Designed to introduce the student to methods of developing and understanding information concerning the distribution of illness and injury in society and evaluations of interventions to reduce the burden.
656 SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH CARE 3 credits
Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Sociology or permission of instructor. A general study of the field of medical sociology with special emphasis on analysis of health and health care in the contemporary urban United States.
630 BIOMEDICAL COMPUTING 3 credits
Computer applications in health care, clinical laboratories, AMHT, medical records, direct order entry, A-D, D-A conversion, patient monitoring, peripherals and interfaces, diagnostic algorithms, automated EEG, ECG systems.
632 FISCAL MANAGEMENT IN NURSING ADMINISTRATION 3 credits
Prerequisites: Admission to Graduate Program or permission of instructor. Examines management of fiscal resources in nursing service settings.
602 COMPUTER TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGEMENT 3 credits
Introduction to the use of integrated spreadsheet software, database management software and the analysis and design of management information systems.
641 BUSINESS DATABASE SYSTEMS 3 credits
Prerequisites: Introduction to issues underlying the analysis, design, implementation, and management of business databases.
650 HUMAN RESOURCE SYSTEMS FOR MANAGERS 3 credits
Prerequisites: 600 or equivalent. A broad survey of the fundamental principles, research findings and practices related to the acquisition, development, maintenance and effective utilization of a business firm’s human resources.
663 DATA ANALYSIS FOR MANAGERS 3 credits
Prerequisites: 601 or equivalent. Design, evaluation and interpretation of research in business and organizations. Integrates quantitative and behavioral concepts and processes encountered in conducting such research, including ethical issues.
675 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 3 credits
Prerequisites: 600. Focuses on the integration of activities and information/material flows across multiple organizations that comprise the supply chain, and the relationships among those organizations.
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