PUBPOL 5990

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PUBPOL 5990
Challenges and Trends in the Health Services Industry

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2024-2025. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

Provides students with information and exposure to current and emerging issues in the health services industry. Topics may include financial management of health care facilities, human resource management, information systems, cost-effective clinical decision making, quality measurement and outcomes, public health, and entrepreneurship in the health services industry.

When Offered Fall, Spring.

Permission Note Enrollment limited to: Sloan students or department permission (sloan@cornell.edu).

Outcomes
  • Students will gain familiarity with different aspects of the health care industry and how they relate to each other, and with management challenges faced by leaders in various areas and their approaches to these challenges. Examples of topics include management challenges in health care consulting, hospital operations, health care finance, information systems and health policy.
  • Students will develop an understanding of potential career paths in the health care industry.
  • Students will develop networking and communication skills to facilitate their personal and professional growth and begin to learn to manage the professional social environment typical of the health care industry, including skills in resume writing and interviewing.

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7601 PUBPOL 5990   LEC 001

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    • Aug 30, 2024

    • Gardner, M

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    • Sep 6, 2024

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    • Sep 20, 2024

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    • Sep 27, 2024

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    • Oct 18, 2024

    • Gardner, M

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    • Nov 1, 2024

    • Gardner, M

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    • Nov 15, 2024

    • Gardner, M

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    • Dec 6, 2024

    • Gardner, M

  • Enrollment limited to: Sloan students or department permission required (sloan@cornell.edu).