Week One

Approaches to Managing Health Services Organizations, 551.602.11

2 academic credits
June 1–2, 2009, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Instructors: William J. Ward, Jr., MBA, and Ann-Michele Gundlach, EdD
Prerequisite: Managing Health Services Organizations, 551.601

This course offers an opportunity to apply concepts learned in the course Managing Health Services Organizations. The following areas will be considered: organizational design and evaluation of an organization from the perspective of open systems; community-focused strategic management; perspectives of key stakeholders and ways organizations meet their expectations; governance in health care organizations; the role of conflict in health care organizations; preparing, implementing and communicating a budget that is based on limited resources within a business; performance improvement concepts and tools in a health care organization; and the construct of a “balanced score card” for a health care organization. Students taking this course for graduate academic credit will be evaluated based on group exercises and class participation. No assignment will be accepted after August 7, 2009.
*May be used toward the Certificate in Health Finance and Management
Healthcare Management sequence

Fundamentals of Budgeting and Financial Management, 551.603.11

3 academic credits
June 3–5, 2009, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Instructor: William J. Ward, Jr., MBA

The objective of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the role of budgeting as a key component of the administrative process. Students will learn how to develop a budget, as well as how to evaluate the financial status of a department or operating unit and determine what, if any, corrective actions need to be taken. Skills will be taught regarding a variety of analytical methods that support sound management decision making, including benefit/cost ratio analysis, variance analysis and break-even analysis. The course will also include approaches to benchmarking, productivity improvement techniques and methods for building cost standards. Students taking this course for graduate academic credit will be evaluated based on a final exam. This exam will be due within one month of the conclusion of the course, on a date identified by the instructor. No assignment will be accepted after August 7, 2009.
*May be used toward the Certificate in Health Finance and Management
Healthcare management sequence

Public Health Practice, 305.607.11

4 academic credits
June 1-4, 2009
Instructor: Thomas Burke, PhD

Focuses on the areas of knowledge and skill necessary to the administration of health agencies. Studies administrative structure, intergovernmental relations, legislation, politics, and the public budgetary process with reference to health departments on the federal, state, and local levels. Reviews public sector issues for which health agencies are responsible, including AIDS, health promotion strategies, primary care, and immunization programs. Students taking this course for graduate academic credit will be evaluated based a final paper. The paper will be due within a month of the conclusion of the course, on a date identified by the instructor. No assignment will be accepted after August 7, 2009.

 Obesity Economics, 300.859.11

1 academic credit
June 5, 2009
Instructor: Kevin Frick, PhD

The economic approach to evaluating obesity focuses on attributable health care expenditures, quality adjusted life years, productivity changes, consumer sovereignty, and the incentives and regulations that can be used to change individual adult, parent, and child behavior. This course will introduce each concept and apply it to a discussion of the issues around obesity. The objective of this class is to explore the economic impact of obesity and to discuss economic policy that is related to obesity among adults and obesity among children. Students taking this course for graduate academic credit will be evaluated based a final paper. The paper will be due within a month of the conclusion of the course, on a date identified by the instructor. No assignment will be accepted after August 7, 2009.

 Public Health and the Law, 306.650.11

3 academic credits
June, 1-3, 2009
Academic credit tuition:
Non-academic credit tuition:
Instructor: Stephen Teret, JD and Jon Vernick, JD

Introduces non-lawyers to the important role played by the law in determining the public's health. Students analyze judicial opinions, statutes, and regulations in classroom discussions. Covers substantive legal topics including the balance between individual rights and public health initiatives, privacy, medical malpractice, and informed consent. Students taking this course for graduate academic credit will be evaluated based on class participation and a final paper. The paper will be duw within one month after the conclusion of the course, on a date identified by the instructor. No assignment will be accepted after August 7, 2009.