PUBPOL 5990

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PUBPOL 5990
Challenges and Trends in the Health Services Industry

Course information provided by the 2023-2024 Catalog.

Provides students with information and exposure to current and emerging issues in the health services industry. Topics may include financial management of health care facilities, human resource management, information systems, cost-effective clinical decision making, quality measurement and outcomes, public health, and entrepreneurship in the health services industry.


Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Sloan students or permission of Sloan Associate Director, Cathy Bartell.

Outcomes

  • Students will gain familiarity with different aspects of the health care industry and how they relate to each other, and with management challenges faced by leaders in various areas and their approaches to these challenges. Examples of topics include management challenges in health care consulting, hospital operations, health care finance, information systems and health policy.
  • Students will develop an understanding of potential career paths in the health care industry.
  • Students will develop networking and communication skills to facilitate their personal and professional growth and begin to learn to manage the professional social environment typical of the health care industry, including skills in resume writing and interviewing.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 10076 PUBPOL 5990   LEC 001

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  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Non-Sloan students require approval from Cathy Bartell cjb42@cornell.edu to enroll.