Master of Advanced Studies in the Leadership of Healthcare Organizations

As of Winter 2024, the Leadership of Healthcare Organizations MAS program is discontinued

 

Program Overview

The Master of Advanced Studies in the Leadership of Healthcare Organizations was designed to build leadership and management skills for healthcare professionals. The curriculum integrated a focus on critical healthcare issues with foundational knowledge in topics such as finance, law, technology, and leadership including inspiring team performance and implementing organizational change. Through a highly interactive, seminar-style classroom environment with peers and faculty, participants directly apply recently learned business knowledge and insights to current healthcare situations and challenges.

The degree consists of 42 quarter units of study. Coursework is completed in 1 academic year (4 quarters). Classes are held in the evening to allow flexibility for students with busy lives. A 2-unit class is normally taught one night a week from 5:30 pm – 7:15 pm. A 4-unit class is normally taught one night a week from 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm.

Program Focus

  • Process improvement
  • Organizational and personal leadership
  • Complex healthcare challenges
  • Quality improvement
  • Project management
  • Financial decision making and analysis
  • Identify your personal leadership style, competencies, and gaps
  • Develop a leadership approach that allows you to effect change and innovate in complex healthcare settings
  • Become a more effective negotiator and advocate for your teams, departments, and projects
  • Improve your ability to communicate with colleagues and senior management

Objective & Competencies

  • Assume leadership responsibilities in a healthcare organization
  • Articulate and address complex business challenges facing the healthcare industry
  • Conceive of and implement productive changes in healthcare organizations, especially related to process improvement and quality of patient care
  • Utilize personal leadership approach to effect change and innovate in complex healthcare settings
  • Effectively negotiate and advocate for teams, departments, and projects

Curriculum

A Thank You From The Program Directors

It has been a pleasure to lead LHCO graduates through the program and am so proud that many of you have found success with the skills learned in the program. Wishing you satisfying careers in leading healthcare organizations. Please stay in touch via the LHCO LinkedIn page and my email, rokaplan@health.ucsd.edu
— Dr. Robert Kaplan

Todd Gilmer, PhD

Program Director

Chief
Division of Health Policy
 
Professor
Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health

Robert Kaplan, PhD

Program Associate Director

Professor of Practice
Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health
 
Partner
The Torrey Pines Health Group

Contact Us

Program Inquiries

Emails will be checked every week and monitored until June 2024.

lhco@ucsd.edu

Degree Verification

For degree verification requests, please contact the following:

registrar-verificationhelp@ad.ucsd.edu

Transcripts Requests

For transcripts requests, please contact the following:

registrar-transcripthelp@ad.ucsd.edu

Mailing Address

Office of Advanced Professional Education and Development
UC San Diego Extended Studies and Public Programs
9500 Gilman Drive, 0170X
La Jolla, California 92093-0170 USA

Stay Connected!

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