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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

    

A program for the health care administrators who are more work oriented than school oriented, but who qualify as administrators in various facilities.

REQUIREMENTS:

  1. 32 semester/48 quarter credits
  2. Critical Analysis, Annotated Bibliography, Proposal and Thesis
  3. 26 semester/39 quarter credits through this program
  4. 25%-50% credits from core curriculum

PREREQUISITES:

A bachelor degree or the equivalent in the same, or in a related area, plus 2 years work experience in the field.

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:

DISTANCE EDUCATION

CURRICULUM:

(CORE REQUIREMENTS)


Medical Care Organization
Health Economics
Policy Analysis
Quantitative Methods
Health Science
General Systems Theory
Introduction to Clinical Medicine
Administrative Communication
Legal Problems in Health Care Administration
Manpower Management and Labor Relations
Research Methodology

COURSE OUTLINES / SYLLABI
1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 420

              Title:         Medical Care Organization

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will know current methods of research and data analyses.

  2. Course Description: Discussion will focus on basic concepts of medical care organization: values, needs and utilization; issues in health care manpower, institutions and system organization; general issues in public policy, reimbursement and regulation; and broad community and organizational considerations in medical care organization.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell
    2. Frank Bracelin
    3. Joseph Kahn
    4. Lorin Lindner
    5. Harvey A. Loomstein
    6. Deryl Gulliford

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 325

              Title:         Health Economics

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will know what is currently written in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: An intensive analysis of issues in health economics, with primary emphasis on microeconomic considerations. Discussions will focus on the demand, supply, distribution and production of health services, inflation and the economics of health care policy.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell
    2. Frank Bracelin
    3. Joseph Kahn
    4. Lorin Lindner
    5. Harvey A. Loomstein
    6. Deryl Gulliford

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 340

              Title:         Policy Analysis

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will be able to critically analyze problems in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: A sequence of electives dealing with the formulation and analysis of health policy at all levels of government. Students develop a conceptual and analytic framework for policy analysis based on the theoretical constructs of political science, sociology and economics.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell
    2. Frank Bracelin
    3. Joseph Kahn
    4. Lorin Lindner
    5. Harvey A. Loomstein
    6. Deryl Gulliford

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 345

              Title:         Quantitative Methods

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will be able to critically analyze problems in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Focus largely on statistical inference and related topics, including the statement of the problem, data collection, considerations, data processing, hypothesis testing and estimation, parametric statistical analysis and interpretation of the results.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell
    2. Frank Bracelin
    3. Joseph Kahn
    4. Lorin Lindner
    5. Harvey A. Loomstein
    6. Deryl Gulliford

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 350

              Title:         Health Science

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will know current methods of research and data analyses.

  2. Course Description: Epidemiological methods are explained as tools useful not only for explaining disease phenomena but for the planning and evaluation of health services. Provides students with a better understanding of the scope of health services, health professionals and levels of care.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell
    2. Frank Bracelin
    3. Joseph Kahn
    4. Lorin Lindner
    5. Harvey A. Loomstein
    6. Deryl Gulliford

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 355

              Title:         General Systems Theory

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will know current methods of research and data analyses.

  2. Course Description: Health is viewed as a subsystem of society and interfaces among health and other social subsystems are analyzed. Broad social and cultural issues form a context for meaningful discussion of health planning and administration in the current and future decades.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell
    2. Frank Bracelin
    3. Joseph Kahn
    4. Lorin Lindner
    5. Harvey A. Loomstein
    6. Deryl Gulliford

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 360

              Title:         Introduction to Clinical Medicine

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will be able to manage various tasks in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Lectures will address facets of the health system; the concept of primary care and other organizational issues, definitions of health and illness, provider vs. consumer responsibility in health maintenance.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell
    2. Frank Bracelin
    3. Joseph Kahn
    4. Lorin Lindner
    5. Harvey A. Loomstein
    6. Deryl Gulliford

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 417

              Title:         Administrative Communication

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will show proficiency in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Course will increase student's proficiency in written communications, verbal communication, public presentations, audiovisual methods, grantsmanship and office correspondence.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell
    2. Frank Bracelin
    3. Joseph Kahn
    4. Lorin Lindner
    5. Harvey A. Loomstein
    6. Deryl Gulliford

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 425

              Title:         Legal Problems in Health Care Administration

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will be able to critically analyze problems in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Special emphasis is placed on issues such as malpractice, informed consent, medical staff appointments, directors' and administrators' liability, medical records and refusal of treatment. The course should make the student aware of the multitude of legal problems which confront the health administrator on a daily basis.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell
    2. Frank Bracelin
    3. Joseph Kahn
    4. Lorin Lindner
    5. Harvey A. Loomstein
    6. Deryl Gulliford

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 430

              Title:         Manpower Management and Labor Relations

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will be able to manage various tasks in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Including personnel administration and labor relations, with an emphasis on the health field. Specific attention is directed to recruiting techniques, wage and salary administration career development programs, labor negotiations and union/management relationships.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell
    2. Frank Bracelin
    3. Joseph Kahn
    4. Lorin Lindner
    5. Harvey A. Loomstein
    6. Deryl Gulliford

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 431

              Title:         General Biology

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will know what is currently written in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: A concentrated introduction to modecular, cellular, genetic and evolutionary biology. Emphasis on fundamental principles, concepts, facts and questions which underlie more detailed consideration later in the core curriculum.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Richard Rosenbloom

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Health Care Administration

1.3         Course Number:      LFS 435

              Title:         Research Methodology

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: To familiarize students with the basic research skills appropriate to the master level of competency, allowing for both application and verification.

  2. Course Description: This course is designed to develop proficiency in methods of research, including data collection, data analysis, experimental design, reliability testing and appropriate research skills. Originality is encouraged through innovation and daring.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell
    2. Frank Bracelin
    3. Joseph Kahn
    4. Lorin Lindner
    5. Harvey A. Loomstein
    6. Deryl Gulliford



 
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