Courses

This course will explore how US Healthcare system has evolved and how the US confronts emerging issues in healthcare. Specific topics discussed will include the historical evolution of health systems, the various models used around the world, the main components of a health system, and the criteria used to assess the functioning of a health system. Included will be discussions on how health systems can be reformed and what strategies may be used to accomplish this.

Students explore and analyze current ethical issues such as biomedical research, insurance statutes, and demand management. Students survey the extensive legal foundations of health care, and apply current case law to contemporary situations. Topics include legal aspects of legislation, patient rights, data security, professional liability, and labor relations. (3 units; As offered and Online)

This course examines complex global health challenges, threats, tensions, and multiple programmatic and policy responses adopted by low and middle income countries and communities. The course addresses a number of challenges, including but not limited to the global burden and distribution of disease and mortality, the determinants of health inequalities and vulnerabilities, infectious and non-communicable disease management and prevention, vulnerable populations and family health, food and nutrition, global health systems, sustainable development, global health interventions and policy outcomes.Prerequisite: HSC 740 Evaluation and Measurement. (4 units)

In this course, students will examine contemporary health service issues through multi-disciplinary perspectives and analyze how organizational leaders strategize to improve organizational and healthcare system performance, thereby meeting individual and community health needs. Some topics may include organizational leadership, decision-making, fiscal management, marketing, continuous quality improvement/total quality management, etc. Prerequisite: HSC 750 Quantitative Research Methods. (4 units)

This course provides doctorate students with a foundation for accessing, assessing, and utilizing evidence-based medicine in their research, scholarly work, and workplace in medicine. Students will explore various forms of medical evidence, how to critically analyze it, and how to integrate findings into their medical practice.

This course introduces students to the medical research process, structure, and design. An emphasis will be placed on evaluating different types of research design, the benefits, and considerations of each and how to integrate them into scholarly research. Students will select their topic, recruit a board of advisors, complete a literary review, develop the structure and outline for their manuscript for their doctoral project required for graduation from the doctorate program.

This course is part of a series of Doctoral Project courses which provide graduate students with the structure to design, execute, and disseminate scholarly work. Students will continue research on their selected topic, develop the structure, outline, and competition of the initial draft of their manuscript for their doctoral project required for graduation from the doctorate program.

This course is part of a series of Doctoral Project courses which provide graduate students with the structure to design, execute, and disseminate scholarly work. Students will continue research on their selected topic, develop the structure, outline, and competition of the initial draft of their manuscript for their doctoral project required for graduation from the doctorate program.

This course provides graduate students with the structure to complete and disseminate scholarly work. Students will prepare to submit their final doctoral project manuscript following completion of review by their board of advisors, peer-review, and chair review of their manuscript with the goal to pursue publication and presentation of their research.

This course evaluates the primary theories and cross-cultural perspectives on leadership and the respective implications and applications in developing a holistic and international model for leadership. Students will develop a comprehensive philosophy of leadership which also evaluates their assumptions about the nature and knowledge of truth, God, humanity, good and evil, and society and their respective implications for leadership in a global society. Students will also develop a leadership improvement plan that examines their leadership strengths and challenges. Students will evaluate established classics in the leadership genre and various case-studies on leadership. (4 units)

This course evaluates leadership in context of organizational and institutional environments. Students will develop an in depth understanding of organizational and institutional theory and practices recognizing the unique contribution of both fields in understanding the formal and informal structures and rational and irrational processes in any collective activity. Students will be equipped with multiple perspectives to strategically frame and leverage organizational and institutional policies and practices to promote ethical and desired outcomes. Pre- or Co- Requisite(s): LDR 702. (4 units)

This course is in a series designed to provide intensive professional exposure in chosen clinical specialties to further the student’s clinical medicine proficiency and professional competencies. Students will apply advanced and specialized knowledge, skills, and attitudes beyond entry-level practice as it applies to medical acumen, preceptorship, research, and education.

This course is in a series designed to provide intensive professional exposure in chosen clinical specialties to further the student’s clinical medicine proficiency and professional competencies. Students will apply advanced and specialized knowledge, skills, and attitudes beyond entry-level practice as it applies to medical acumen, preceptorship, research, and education.