Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership
Student Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from this program will:
- Analyze and synthesize diverse stakeholder perspectives in health services
- Articulate and communicate health policy positions to key decision makers
- Apply the frameworks of economic decision-making to the health landscape
- Perform basic economic analysis using models and applied mathematics
- Analyze financial information and reports pertinent to health care organizations
- Apply basic financial management tools to health care organization settings
Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership
The Department of Public Affairs offers a 12 credit hour professional Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership. This certificate may be earned alone or in combination with another graduate degree at UMKC and is especially appropriate for those who aspire to a successful career leading and managing with the complex health-care landscape.
Admission requirements are the same as those required for admission to the department's regular M.P.A. program. Students in other graduate programs at UMKC who are interested in pursuing this certificate should contact the Bloch School Graduate Programs Office.
Curriculum for the Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership:
Program Requirements (12 credit hours total)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HLTH-ADM 5571 | Financial Management Issues of Health and Human Services Organizations | 3 |
| or HLTH-ADM 5580 | The Economics of Health and Medicine | |
| HLTH-ADM 5581 | Health Policy in the United States | 3 |
| Choose two of the following: | 6 | |
| Financial Management Issues of Health and Human Services Organizations (if not completed above) | ||
| Quality and Safety in Health Care | ||
| Health and Social Equity | ||
| Leadership and Management in Health Care Organizations | ||
| Data Analysis for Health Care Managers | ||
| The Economics of Health and Medicine (if not completed above) | ||
| Total Credits | 12 | |