Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) - Clinical (MD) Dual Degree

At a Glance

  • College

    College of Population Health

  • Degree

    Doctor of Medicine, MHA

  • Campus

    Center City

  • Format

    Online

  • Credits

    50

  • Duration

    5 Years

Contact

Name: Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD
Position:
  • Program Director
  • Associate Professor

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Curriculum

Courses are taken over three semesters as a step-out year from the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (SKMC) 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. 

Year 1: Fall

Course Credits Weeks
OPX 550: Fundamentals of Six Sigma DMAIC (additional course fee) 3 15
OPX 520: Change Management 3 7
POP 510: Health Economics, Risk, & Finance 3 7
MBX 604: Business Model Innovation 3 8
Concentration Course I (see below)       3      7-12

 

Year 1: Spring

Course

Credits

  Weeks

MHA 704: Practicum for Clinicians

    2      15

OPX 530: Applied Leadership Strategies for Effective Change

    3

     7

MHA 520: Fundamentals of Practice-based Statistics

    3

     7

MBX 602: Managing Innovative People and Teams

    3

    8

Concentration Course II (see below)

    3     7-12

Year 1: Summer

Course

Credits

  Weeks

MBX 715: Managerial Economics

    3

      7

MBX 716: Fundamentals of Accounting and Finance

    3       7

Concentration Course III (see below)

    3

    7-12

 

   

Healthcare Leadership & Operations Management

Course

 Credits

OPX 531: Evaluating Healthcare Organizations 

      3

OPX 535: Strategic Execution

      3

HQS 504: High Reliability

      3

Healthcare Quality & Patient Safety

Course

 Credits

HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety 

      3

HQS 509: Applied Principles of Healthcare Quality 

      3

HQS 512: Business Case for Quality

      3

Population Health Management

Course

 Credits

POP 500: Essentials of Population Health 

      3

POP 506: Value-Based Care

      3

HAI 501: Health Informatics, Analytics, & AI

      3

Global Health & Health Equity

Course

 Credits

PBH 502: Society, Behavior, & the Environment

      3

PBH 501: Foundations of Public Health

      3

PBH 515: Cultural Humility & Competence

      3

Health Informatics & Digital Transformation

Course

 Credits

HDS 532: Data Visualization 

      3

HAI 501: Health Informatics, Analytics, & AI

      3

HAI 527: Analytics & AI Leadership 

      3