PUBPOL 5990

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  • Schedule of Classes - September 22, 2025 1:06PM EDT

PUBPOL 5990
Challenges and Trends in the Health Services Industry

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 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.


Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to: Sloan Master of Health Administration (MHA) students or with permission of instructor.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025FA, 2025SP, 2024FA, 2024SP

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.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  5499 PUBPOL 5990   LEC 001

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Gardner, M

      Wang, S

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    • Gardner, M

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Gardner, M

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Gardner, M

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Gardner, M

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Gardner, M

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Gardner, M

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    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Gardner, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment preference given to: Sloan Master of Health Administration (MHA) students.