Health Care Administration Micro-credential
  • Type Validation
  • Level Intermediate
  • Time Months
  • Cost Paid
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Health Care Administration Micro-credential

Issued by Purdue University Global

This health care administration micro-credential starts an exploration into the health care industry and provides a survey of the core disciplines of health care administration, including the areas of administration, ethics, strategy, and general health care management.

  • Type Validation
  • Level Intermediate
  • Time Months
  • Cost Paid
Additional Details

Skills

  • Health Care Administration

Earning Criteria

  • HA405: Leadership and Ethics in Health Care. This course provides the opportunity to examine and critically reflect on the nature and implications of leadership ethics in health care. It examines key characteristics of ethical leadership and the theoretical underpinnings of sound moral decision making and action of health care leaders. Processes for identifying and cultivating health care leaders, cultural competence, continued learning, and bioethics in health care are also explored.
  • HS230: Health Care Administration. This course discusses the scope and practice of health care administration. Students learn various models of health care delivery systems and social, political, individual, and organizational forces that impact health care delivery. Studies will include marketing, operations, financial, and human resources management, as well as effective communication strategies involved in health care administration.
  • HS410: Organization and Management for Health Care. This course centers on the foundations of health care organizations and systems, particularly the outside influences of licensing and accrediting agencies. The clinical classification systems, clinical vocabularies, and nomenclatures are detailed. The nontraditional role of the health information professional in management and administrative roles is also discussed.
  • HS450: Strategic Planning and Organizational Development for Health Care. This course explores strategic management for health care organizations built on professional ethics, personal integrity, and respect for all persons. It covers theoretical, procedural, and cultural aspects of change management through strategic planning and organizational analysis.
  • PS390: Introduction to Industrial/Organizational Psychology. This course explores industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology in the workplace, examining historical influences, theories, and current perspectives. It discusses ethical standards and research in the field as well as practical applications for organizations. It provides foundational knowledge of industrial psychology: personnel selection, training and development, and performance appraisal, and theories of organizational psychology.