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DHSc in Population Health

Program

Alexis Skoufalos, EdD
Program Director

Program

Susan Aloi, PhD, FACMPE
Assistant Program Director

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Curriculum

Courses

The DHSc program is a 3-year cohort program consisting of 51 credit hours. Students take courses together on the same schedule. All courses are 100% online except for the residencies, which take place on our Philadelphia campus over long weekends. Below are the courses for each year of the program (subject to change). All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted.

Fall

  • DHS 750 Beginning Residency I (1)
  • DHS 711 Payors and Value-Based Care (3) (Fall A)
  • DHS 700 Descriptive Research Methods (3) (Fall B)

Spring

  • DHS 751 Spring Residency II (1)
  • DHS 701 Population Health Research Methods (3) (Spring A)
  • HPL 550 Comparative Health Systems (3) (Spring B)

Summer

  • DHS 702 Population Health Management Strategies (3) (Summer A)
  • DHS 703 Systematic Reviews & Analysis (3) (Summer B)

Fall

  • DHS 752 Fall Residency III (1)
  • DHS 704 Population Health Implementation Science I (3) (Fall A)
  • DHS 707 Concepts of Practice-Based Statistics I (3) (Fall B)

Spring

  • DHS 753 Spring Residency IV (1)
  • DHS 705 Population Health Implementation Science II (3) (Spring A)
  • DHS 708 Concepts of Practice-Based Statistics II (3) (Spring B)

Summer

  • DHS 710 Healthcare Leadership Strategies to Drive Change (3) (Summer A)
  • DHS 706 Academic & Professional Writing (3) (Summer B)

Fall

  • DHS 754 Fall Residency V(1)
  • DHS 800 Dissertation I (3)

Spring

  • DHS 801 Dissertation II (3)

Summer

  • DHS 755 Final Residency VI (1)
  • DHS 802 Dissertation III (3)

For course descriptions, please view the Jefferson College of Population Health Course Descriptions page.

Program Objectives

Graduates of the DHSc program will be prepared to:

  • Assume leadership roles in professional, clinical, academic, or community organizations
  • Apply their knowledge of concepts to lead, inspire and facilitate the work of interprofessional teams
  • Assess and evaluate issues of strategic importance and offer recommendations based on relevant data
  • Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop and test population health interventions that are informed by relevant models, valid and reliable data and stakeholder needs
  • Assess the impact and effectiveness of strategic population health improvement plans