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Population Health

Program

Mary Reich Cooper, JD, MD
Interim Program Director

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Curriculum

Courses

(* refers to footnotes)

Advanced Practice Certificate (APC) in Population Health

  • HPL 550: Comparative Health Systems
  • POP 500: Essentials of Population Health
  • POP 510: Health Economics, Risk, & Finance 

Graduate Certificate in Population Health

  • HPL 550: Comparative Health Systems
  • POP 500: Essentials of Population Health
  • HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety
  • OPX 532: Project Management Essentials
  • POP 510: Health Economics, Risk, & Finance

Master's Degree

Science Track

  • HPL 550: Comparative Health Systems 
  • POP 500: Essentials of Population Health 
  • HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety 
  • POP 510: Health Economics, Risk, & Finance 
  • HPL 504: Health Law & Regulatory Issues 
  • HDS 501: Health Informatics & Analytics
  • AHE 509: Epidemiology & Evidence for Outcomes Research
  • OPX 532: Project Management Essentials
  • OPX 520: Change Management
  • Elective (Program Director approval needed) (*2)
  • POP 650: Capstone *  

Management Track

  • POP 500: Essentials of Population Health 
  • POP 510: Health Economics, Risk, & Finance
  • HDS 501: Health Informatics & Analytics
  • OPX 520: Change Management
  • HQS 500: Introduction to Healthcare Quality & Safety
  • OPX 532: Project Management Essentials
  • POP 560: Population Health Strategy & Management I
  • POP 561: Population Health Strategy & Management II
  • OPX 530: Applied Leadership Strategies for Effective Change (*1)
  • Elective (Program Director approval needed) (*1,2)
  • POP 650: Capstone  *

*Footnotes

There is a maximum number of credits that can be waived or substituted. Students must request applicable waivers at time of admission - they are not automatically applied. See Student Handbook for more details.

  1. Waived for members of the American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) who have completed the master's pre-requisites, or graduates of an accredited MBA/MHA program.
  2. Waived for members of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) who have completed qualifying courses in the SHM Leadership Academy.

* All Masters' tracks culminate in a Capstone which incorporates knowledge and skills gained through the master's program education. The Capstone should advance knowledge which can be applied to the student’s discipline and/or organization. 

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

Program Outcomes

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate in Population Health are able to:

  • Articulate U.S. Healthcare organization and delivery, and how it impacts strategy and operations for achieving value-based care.
  • Define population health, and describe how public health resources can align to address social determinants of health in order to improve health care outcomes.
  • Incorporate principles of healthcare quality and safety to improve the care of patients and populations.
  • Apply principles of economics, risk, and finance to the development and implementation of health care strategies.
  • Describe how policy, medicolegal, and regulatory factors inform and impact health care systems. (Science track)
  • Organize and implement clinical programs while understanding the role of analytics and principles of implementation science. (Management track)

Graduates of the Master of Science in Population Health Program are able to achieve the above competencies plus:

All Tracks:
  • Apply quantitative and qualitative analytic skills to develop, implement, and evaluate programs that address population health issues at the institutional, community, regional, and national levels.
  • Apply principles of change management to more successfully influence healthcare programs and outcomes.

Science Track:

  • Assess and interpret healthcare policies, legal precedents, statutes, and regulations.
  • Analyze the impact of socio-cultural factors on access to heatlh care and adjust health promotions and interventions accordingly.
  • Apply social, behavioral and organizational science to the diagnosis, development and implementation of organizational change.
  • Participate in structured simulations that demonstrate the breadth of population health.

Management Track:

  • Discuss and design clinical programs and initiatives which demonstrate understanding of social, clinical, and financial factors impacting population health.
  • Apply leadership strategies for effective change to clinical operations.