Accelerated MBA/MPH in Health Care Management

This innovative program, the first of its kind in the United States, enables students to earn an MBA and an MPH in just 22 months through intensive study at the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) and the Yale School of Management (SOM). Qualified students will complete core coursework in management and public health, providing them with knowledge and skills to become leaders in health care organizations across the globe.

Coursework begins in the summer at YSPH. Students will complete degree requirements through a combination of required and elective courses at SOM and YSPH. Elective coursework may be taken at SOM, YSPH or another Yale school. Additionally, students will participate in SOM’s International Experience, and will complete an applied practice experience in the health care industry after their first academic year in the program.

This joint degree program requires that applicants apply and gain admission to both schools. Please visit the Yale School of Management admissions page for more information about SOM’s application procedures and requirements.

Students begin the program with an intensive summer session at YSPH, where they complete MPH core courses in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The first fall and spring semesters are spent at SOM, and students take courses at both schools during the remaining final year. In this program, students complete a minimum of 14 course units at YSPH and 52 course units at SOM.

Full time students at YSPH must carry a minimum of 4 course units each semester. If a course is waived, a substitute course must be identified.

• BIS 515 Accelerated Biostatistics - 2 units
• CDE 515 Accelerated Epidemiology - 1 unit
• EPH 100 or 101 Professional Skills Series - n/a
• EPH 510 Health Policy and Health Care Systems - 1 unit
• EPH 513 Major Health Threats: Ethics and Practice - 1 unit
• SBS 505 Accelerated Social Foundations of Health - 1 unit

• HPM 570 Cost-Effectiveness Analysis and Decision Making - 1 unit
• HPM 583 Methods in Health Services Research - 1 unit
• MGT 699 Colloquium in Health Care Leadership (two semesters)* - 0.5
• HPM 688 Managing Health Care in Complex Systems (capstone) - 1 unit
• MGT 698 Health Care Policy, Finance, and Economics - 1 unit

One Global Health Leadership Elective: Choose from the Global Health Concentration list.

One of the following:

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

1-2 Course Units, dependent on Practice Requirement credits.

One of the following:

• EPH 500 Public Health Practicum - 1 unit
• EPH 501 U.S. Health Justice Concentration Practicum - 1 unit
• EPH 521 Summer Internship - APE (Must be approved by YSPH Office of Public Health Practice) - n/a
• EPH 555 Practicum in Climate Change, Sustainability and PH - 1 unit
• EMD/SBS 584 Advanced Global Health Justice Practicum: Fieldwork - 1 unit
• EMD/SBS 588 Health Justice Practicum - 1 unit
• HPM 555 Health Care Management Practicum - 1 unit
• HPM 556 Advanced Health Policy Practicum - 1 unit

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.