Health Care Management Science

(3 Credits)

This course is designed to equip students with a fundamental understanding of health system management and transformation including delivery models, value-based care, population health, policy, change management, and continuous quality improvement. It will introduce basic contextual knowledge about healthcare systems and quantitative models for improving healthcare system performance. Students will learn through the combination of interactive didactics, assigned reading, expert guest speakers, and completing a group capstone quality improvement project in a healthcare setting.