HPSM 6268 - Health Services Administration and Management

[3 Credits]

This course is designed to provide public health and health professional students with an introduction to the skills needed to manage and lead health care and public health programs, organizations and systems with an emphasis on planning and execution. The key activities (planning, deciding, communicating, controlling), competencies (conceptual, technical, interpersonal, political and entrepreneurial), roles (interpersonal, informational, decisional) and obligations (to individuals, the public, third parties, employers and profession) and the disciplines of resource management (human, organizational, financial) and quality and cost management will provide a theoretical and practical framework for the analysis of cases from the public and private sectors. The course is focused on what public health and health professionals need to know in all areas of practice today and includes overviews of the topics, case presentations, and study questions.