312.601.01
Fundamentals of Management for Health Care Organizations
Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
Health Policy and Management
Credit(s)
5
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Tu, Th, 9:00 - 10:20am
Lab Times
Wednesday, 1:30 - 3:20pm (01)
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Discusses how to manage in health care organizations, including management processes, organizational structures, and types of governance and management issues of U.S.-based health care delivery systems. Topics to be examined include introduction to health care systems; managing health care organizations; health care environments, administrative management responsibilities; approaches to performance improvement and financial management concepts.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the functions and processes required to manage an effective health care organization
- Discuss the role and role expectations of managers in health care organizations
- Analyze health care organizations and their functions in order to facilitate change and performance improvement
- Evaluate the technical and management challenges of managing health care organizations through the use of case studies
- Apply management theories and tools to the analysis of a current health care organizational issues
Enrollment Restriction
Open to graduate students only
During the Wed discussion/lab sessions, students will practice concepts presented and developed during the T/Th lectures. Students who take this course should NOT register for 551.601.81.