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CHAL - Healthcare Advocacy & Leadership

Public Health Graduate Certificate Graduate

Program Delivery

Online Program

Program Level

Graduate

Degree Designation

Certificate Graduate

Program Type

Certificate

College

College of Graduate & Continuing Studies

School/Department

Public Health

Program Description

This certificate will prepare students to utilize change theories, system science, and ethical leadership practices to assess and analyze healthcare systems, public policy, advocacy, and healthcare industry regulations from the U.S. and other countries.

Program Specific Admission Requirements

Completion of the Public Health Foundations certificate.

A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or an equivalent degree from a foreign institution, as evaluated by WES, IERF, SpanTran, or CED.

If English is not a student’s first language, proof of English language proficiency is required. This can be demonstrated in one of three ways:

  • TOEFL – a minimum score of 550 (paper-based test) or 80 (Internet-based test) is required.

  • IELTS – a minimum composite score of 6.5 is required.

  • The applicant holds a baccalaureate or master’s degree from a college/university/institution in which the primary language of instruction was English

Objective

Explain the interrelationships among access, quality and costs and the health of populations.

Objective

Explore health care policy formation at local, state, and national levels of government.

Objective

Differentiate how culture, systems thinking, examining organizational failures and performance improvement along a continuum can lead to innovative strategies for addressing threatening challenges in today’s healthcare systems.

Objective

Adopt leadership approaches effective for identifying strategies that drive change in complex health organizations.

Objective

Effectively lead and participate in positive health care organization practice change through analysis, innovation, effective inter-professional communication, and team building.

Objective

Develop and employ Health Advocacy tools for influencing health policy.