Curriculum

The program curriculum is designed to combine a strong education in the core functions of health sector management with the flexibility to obtain an enhanced understanding and skill set with the student's particular areas of interest.  In March of 2007, a new curriculum was established effective the fall of 2007.  This curriculum provides a more developed approach to 1) build on the functional skills of the core MBA curriculum, 2) provide targeted understanding of the nature of the health sector and the application of those basic skills to the sector, and 3) provide even greater flexibility to address specialized interests within the sector, whether health service delivery, life science products, consulting, or any other focused area.  The following information on this site encompasses the new curriculum.

Key Course Elements:

• Case Method. Case analysis applies concepts in real-world situations to create useable skills.
• Guest lectures. The program draws on the presence of leading national organizations, in the life sciences, service delivery, information technology, and public policy. Senior management staff comes to class to discuss real-life challenges and opportunities.
• Classroom exercises. Students are engaged in experiential planning and problem-solving to develop immediately applicable skills.
• Team Learning is a key element, and involves group projects developed in and out of the classroom. Often these are some of the most important parts of the educational experience, and create a depth of experience useful in the job market.

The HSMP Core Combines:

• MBA Core: The School's required MBA courses give you a solid mastery of such management fundamentals as strategic planning, IS, accounting, finance, operations management, quantitative methods, economics, marketing, and organizational behavior.

• Health Sector Core: The required health sector courses prepare you to apply MBA core concepts to the structure and operation of the health sector. These courses include:

2nd Semester (Spring)

• HM703: Healh Sector Issues and Opportunities

3rd Semester (Fall)

• HM710: Health Service Delivery: Strategies, Solutions and Execution

  OR

• HM717: Bio-Pharma and Medical Device Companies: Strategies, Solutions and Execution

• Health Sector Electives: Take any two of these electives to create an intensive and targeted education within any subset of the health sector.
  
  • HM710: Health Services Delivery: Strategies, Solutions and Execution or HM717: Bio-Pharma and Medical Device Companies: Strategies, Solutions and Execution (Course will count as an HSM elective if not taken as part of your HSM core.)
  • HM801: Bench-to-Bedside - Translating Biomedical Innovation from the Laboratory to the Marketplace
  • HM817: Health Information Technology
  • HM833: Health Sector Marketing 
  • HM840: Health Sector Consulting
  • OM840: Managing and Improving Quality: Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (Course project must relate to the health sector)
  • SP852: Starting New Ventures (Business plan developed must relate to the health sector)
  • HM802: Introducing and Sustaining Health Sector Innovation
  • HM856: Corporate Entrepreneurship in the Health Sector
  • Life Sciences Products: Discovery and Development
  • Consulting Practicum in the Health Sector
  • Advanced Health Sector Marketing

Attend a Class:

We will be happy to arrange for you to attend a health sector management course during your visit to the School of Management.

 

Faculty

Mark Allan, MBA	Faculty Director, Health Sector Management Program; Executive in Residence/ Lecturer, Finance and Economics
Roberta N. Clarke, D.B.A.	Associate Professor, Marketing
Stephen M. Davidson, Ph.D.	Professor, Strategy and Policy
Fred K. Foulkes, D.B.A.	Professor, Organizational Behavior; Faculty Director, Human Resource Policy Institute
Janelle Heineke, D.B.A.	Associate Professor and Chair, Operations and Technology Management
Nancy Levy, Ph.D.	Lecturer, Strategy and Policy
Joseph D. Restuccia, Ph.D.	Professor, Operations and Technology Management
Stephen Rosenthal, Ph.D.	Professor, Operations and Technology Management
Michael Shwartz, Ph.D.	Professor, Operations and Technology Management