Health Systems Leadership Graduate Certificate

Designed in close collaboration with the School of Nursing at Edgewood College and local healthcare system experts and based on the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME) competency criteria, the Health Systems Management Certificate prepares future executives to make a meaningful difference in a wide range of healthcare delivery and financing organizations. In addition to administrative managers, the program is well suited for physicians, pharmacists and other clinicians, lawyers and accounting professionals serving health system clients. To earn the Health Systems Management Graduate Certificate, students will complete at least 15 credits from the courses listed below. With the permission of the graduate advisor and the Dean of the School, the student may request a course substitution for courses listed below or from general MBA courses. Graduate Certificate credits may be applied toward the MBA in Health Systems Leadership if you decide later to pursue that degree.

Certificate Prerequisites

The following are to be completed before, or soon after, beginning the courses for this certificate:

• Mathematics – proven proficiency at the level or college algebra
• An introductory statistics course
• A microeconomics principles course