PUBPOL 5990

PUBPOL 5990

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024.

Provides students with information and exposure to current and emerging issues in the health services industry. Topics may include financial management of health care facilities, human resource management, information systems, cost-effective clinical decision making, quality measurement and outcomes, public health, and entrepreneurship in the health services industry.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Sloan students or permission of Sloan Associate Director, Cathy Bartell.

Outcomes
  • Students will gain familiarity with different aspects of the health care industry and how they relate to each other, and with management challenges faced by leaders in various areas and their approaches to these challenges. Examples of topics include management challenges in health care consulting, hospital operations, health care finance, information systems and health policy.
  • Students will develop an understanding of potential career paths in the health care industry.
  • Students will develop networking and communication skills to facilitate their personal and professional growth and begin to learn to manage the professional social environment typical of the health care industry, including skills in resume writing and interviewing.

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  8393 PUBPOL 5990   LEC 001

    • F Warren Hall 175
    • Sep 15 - Sep 22, 2023
    • Bartell, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment: priority given to Sloan students.