MPH in Health Care Management

The HCM curriculum is unique in that it combines courses at the Yale School of Management (SOM) with courses at the School of Public Health. The longstanding, unique partnership between YSPH and SOM provides exemplary management education and ensures that our students are exposed to both schools. The HCM program is but one demonstration of Yale’s commitment to collaboration between schools and flexibility in building a course of study to meet your individual aspirations.

• Organizational behavior and leadership
  
• Business economics and finance
• Quality improvement and implementation science
• Operations and information management
• Cost-effectivess analyses
• Hospital and integrated delivery system administration
• Life sciences industries

• The close integration of our program, between YSPH and a top 10 ranked business school such as SOM, is not something that any other MPH program in the United States can offer.
• Our curriculum is curated each year in a joint effort between SOM and YSPH to ensure that our students are able to access the best learning opportunities at both schools. Students will take courses such as Accounting, Negotiations, Competitive Strategy, and Managing Marketing, at SOM, with experienced Professors in Management, and take foundational courses in Health Policy, Finance and Management from our very own Professor Howard Forman.
• Our relationship with SOM allows our students to access over 50 clubs and organizations, internship and job opportunities featured on SOM’s job portal as well as on-campus recruitment visits, SOM’s state of the art facilities and a weekly networking happy hour (closing bell). Access to services at both schools allow our students to explore opportunities that suit their diverse career interests, whether that might be healthcare consulting, global health, the non-profit sector, hospital administration, or social entrepreneurship, to name just a few.
• The program is small enough that students get 1:1 access to dedicated HCM faculty often at a moments’ notice, providing them unparalleled support.
• The Colloquium in Healthcare Leadership brings prominent leaders from public, private, and nonprofit healthcare organizations to campus for candid discussions. In addition to a unique opportunity for students to deepen their understanding of the major trends in healthcare as well as the challenges of being a leader in this space, students choose two dinners to attend with our speakers.
• Our job placements are incredibly impressive and starting salaries are very competitive. A number of firms visit campus just to recruit within our small cohort. See more on our Career Management Center page.
• Each year our students, in a joint effort with colleagues from SOM and the schools of medicine and nursing, lead one of the best Healthcare Conferences on offer in the United States. The 2020 conference features an exclusive event with 19th US Surgeon General, and treasured alumnus, Dr. Vivek H. Murthy.

The MPH degree requires a total of 20 course units. The MPH in Health Care Management (HCM) requires the student to complete or acquire an exemption from the following courses. Full time students must carry a minimum of 4 course units each semester. If a course is waived, a substitute course must be identified. In addition, all 2-year MPH students are required to complete an Applied Practice Experience (APE). An internship may fulfill this requirement if it meets certain conditions. Please refer to the Internship and Practicum Guidelines for more information.

• Public Health Primer - 0 units; summer
• PUBH 505 Biostatistics in Public Health I - 1 unit; fall
• PUBH 507 Social Justice and Health Equity - 1 unit; fall
• PUBH 508 Foundations of Epidemiology for Public Health - 1 unit; fall
• PUBH 510 Health Policy and Health Care Systems - 1 unit; fall
• PUBH 100/PUBH 101 Professional Skills Series - 0 units; fall/spring
• Applied Practice Experience** - 0 units
  **The Summer Internship may meet the APE requirement but the workplan must first be approved by the Office of Public Health Practice. Students are strongly encouraged to complete the APE through the Summer internship requirement. If not, students will need to take a practicum course during the 2nd year using one of their remaining electives.

Required Courses for HCM (9-10 course units)

• HPM 583 Methods in Health Services Research - 1 unit; spring
• HPM 586 Microeconomics for Health Policy and Health Management - 1 unit; fall
• MGT 699 Colloquium in Health Care Leadership (two semesters) - 0.5 units; fall/spring
• MGT 502* Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance - 1 unit; fall
• MGT 525* Competitive Strategy - 1 unit; spring
• MGT 698* Health Care Policy, Finance, and Economics - 1 unit; spring
• MGT 856* Managing Marketing Programs (half-term) - 0.5 units; spring 2
• MGT 879* Health Care Operations (half-term) - 0.5 units; spring 1
• MGT 887* Negotiations: Beyond Win-Win (half-term) - 0.5 units; fall 2
• HPM 688 Managing Health Care in Complex Systems (capstone) - 1 unit; spring

One of the following Life Science Electives:

• BIS/SBS 640 User-Centered Design of Digital Health Tools - 1 unit; spring
• HPM 548 Pharmaceutical Industry and Public Policy - 1 unit; spring
• HPM 595 Food and Drug Administration Law - 1 unit; spring
• MGT 654 Data-Driven Value Creation in Healthcare and Life Sciences - 0.5 unit; spring
• MGT 657* Creating Healthcare and Life Sciences Ventures - 0.5 unit; spring
• MGT 663* Innovation, Investments, and New Frontiers in Medicine - 0.5 unit; fall
• MGT 668 Narratives in Health Media on the Social Internet - 0.5 units; spring
• MGT 995* Sustainable Innovations - 0.5 unit; spring

One of the following Social Entrepreneurship Electives:

• MGT 527* Strategic Management of Nonprofit Organizations - 1 unit; fall
• MGT/HPM 631* Public Health Entrepreneurship & Intrapraneurship - 0.5 unit; fall
• MGT/SBS 512* Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship - 1 unit; fall
• MGT 621* Managing Social Enterprises - 1 unit; spring
• MGT 801* Impact Measurement & Financial Reporting in the Social Sector - 0.5 unit; spring

Elective Courses (6-7 units depending on practice requirement and distributional elective choice)

*These courses are offered in the School of Management.

When you graduate from YSPH, you have options! Our curriculum is closely mapped to the core and departmental competencies so that you will have a foundation in the skills you need for a successful career in public health. See our Career Management Center pages to see where our alumni live and work after completing their MPH studies.

The core curriculum of the MPH program focuses on competencies in evidence-based approaches to public health (1–4), public health and health care systems (5–6), planning and management to promote health (7–11), policy in public health (12–15), leadership (16–17), communication (18–20), interprofessional practice (21), and systems thinking (22).

Upon completing the core curriculum, the student will be able to:

1. Apply epidemiological methods to the breadth of settings and situations in public health practice.
2. Select quantitative and qualitative data collection methods appropriate for a given public health context.
3. Analyze quantitative and qualitative data using biostatistics, informatics, computer-based programming and software, as appropriate.
4. Interpret results of data analysis for public health research, policy, or practice.
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5. Compare the organization, structure, and function of health care, public health, and regulatory systems across national and international settings.
6. Discuss the means by which structural bias, social inequities, and racism undermine health and create challenges to achieving health equity at organizational, community, and societal levels.
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7. Assess population needs, assets, and capacities that affect communities’ health.
8. Apply awareness of cultural values and practices to the design or implementation of public health policies or programs.
9. Design a population-based policy, program, project, or intervention.
10. Explain the basic principles and tools of budget and resource management.
11. Select methods to evaluate public health programs.
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12. Discuss multiple dimensions of the policy-making process, including the roles of ethics and evidence.
13. Propose strategies to identify stakeholders and build coalitions and partnerships for influencing public health outcomes.
14. Advocate for political, social, or economic policies and programs that will improve health in diverse populations.
15. Evaluate policies for their impact on public health and health equity.
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16. Apply principles of leadership, governance, and management, which include creating a vision, empowering others, fostering collaboration, and guiding decision-making.
17. Apply negotiation and mediation skills to address organizational or community challenges.
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18. Select communication strategies for different audiences and sectors.
19. Communicate audience-appropriate public health content, both in writing and through oral presentation.
20. Describe the importance of cultural competence in communicating public health content.
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21. Perform effectively on interprofessional teams.
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22. Apply systems-thinking tools to a public health issue.

The following are the core competencies specific to the MPH in Health Care Management at the Yale School of Public Health, taught in conjunction with the Yale School of Management:

• Evaluate health care financing, regulatory and delivery systems.
• Conduct financial analyses, including reading and analyzing financial statements.
• Utilize statistical analysis skills to conduct health systems and policy research.
• Apply management problem-solving skills to improve functioning of organizations and agencies in health systems.
• Apply operations management concepts to address organizational performance issues in health service organizations.