Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) - Clinical (MD) Dual Degree
At a Glance
Contact
Name:
Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD
Curriculum
Courses are taken over three semesters as a step-out year from the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) medical school between third and fourth year. Students begin in Fall A and end after Summer A; the coursework encompasses 10 months. Students must be in good standing at SKMC.
| Semester | Location | Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
| Fall | Online | OPX 550 | Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification | 3 |
| Fall | Online | OPX 520 | Change Management | 3 |
| Fall | Online | POP 510 | Health Economics, Risk & Finance | 3 |
| Fall | Online | Elective | Concentration Elective I | 3 |
| Fall | Online | MBX 604 | Business Model Innovation | 3 |
| Spring | Online | MHA 704 | Practicum for Clinicians | 3 |
| Spring | Online | OPX 530 | Applied Leadership Strategies for Effective Change | 2 |
| Spring | Online | MBX 602 | Managing Innovative People and Teams | 3 |
| Spring | Online | Elective | Concentration Elective II | 3 |
| Spring | Online | MBX 715 | Special Topics: Managerial Economics | 3 |
| Summer | Online | Elective | Concentration Elective III | 3 |
| Summer | Online | MHA 520 | Fundamentals of Statistics | 3 |
| Summer | Online | MBX 716 | Special Topics: Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance | 3 |
| Transfer Credits | Foundations of Medicine | 12 |
Concentrations
Concentrations include five choices with three courses each.
| Semester (Fall I, Spring II) | Location | Course Number | Course Name | Credits |
| Fall | Online | OPX 535 | Strategic Execution | 3 |
| Spring | Online | HQS 504 | High Reliability | 3 |
| Summer | Online | OPX 531 | Evaluating Healthcare Operations | 3 |
| Fall | Online | HAI 501 | Health Informatics, Analytics & AI | 3 |
| Spring | Online | HAI 527 | Analytics & AI Leadership | 3 |
| Summer | Online | HDS 532 | Data Visualization | 3 |
| Spring | Online | POP 500 | Essentials of Population Health | 3 |
| Fall | Online | POP 506 | Value-Based Care | 3 |
| Summer | Online | POP 501 | Population Health Analytics, Informatics, and Digital Health | 3 |
| Fall | Online | PBH 501 | Foundations of Public Health | 3 |
| Spring | Online | PBH 502 | Society, Behavior, & the Environment | 3 |
| Summer | Online | PBH 515 | Cultural Humility & Competence | 3 |
| Fall | Online | HQS 500 | Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety | 3 |
| Spring | Online | HQS 509 | Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality | 3 |
| Summer | Online | HQS 512 | Business Case of Quality | 3 |