Healthcare Leadership Program (Accelerated)

This interdisciplinary program prepares individuals employed in health care for professional careers and leadership roles within dynamic health care organizations.  To achieve this goal, the program draws from several academic disciplines including communication, health care administration, business, and the social sciences to provide learners with a holistic and humanistic approach to value-centered leadership. 

This value-centered approach integrates leadership theories with ethical behavior within the context of the organization’s values.  In an era of increased financial constraints and regulatory demands, value-centered leadership provides organizations and their members a sound foundation for professional practice.  This foundation serves to balance the environmental demands and increase the effectiveness of health care teams in today’s service-oriented, multicultural, health care system.

Graduates of the Healthcare Leadership program will:

• Communicate effectively across their organizations
• Cultivate productive relationships in a complex healthcare environment
• Develop a service orientation consistent with professional and ethical principles
• Problem-solve and develop solutions
• Understand and apply the organization’s goals and strategies
• Demonstrate individual and team leadership skills