Health Care Management

Health Care Management

Issued by USF Office of Corporate Training and Professional Education

Managers are imperative in health care organizations, their role is different than management in other sectors, including the health care manager’s role on the interprofessional team. This session will review three prominent skills necessary for managers to lead health care organizations: Systems Thinking, Peter Drucker’s Five Basic Functions of the Manager, and Evidence-based Management.

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Systems Thinking

Earning Criteria

  • Describe the management role in all types of organizations.
  • Differentiate general management from health care management.
  • Identify the functions of the manager on the interprofessional health care team.
  • Understand how health care managers act as leaders.