EMHA 2020-21 Course Schedule

Seventh Cohort
First-year classes are held Tuesday evenings, 4 to 8 p.m.
(Second-year classes are held Wednesday evenings, 4- 8 p.m.)

Fall Year 1 (Tuesday classes)

Orientation: August 15, 2020 in Iowa City

  1. HMP:5200 Healthcare Management (3 credits = 5 weeks)
    Aug. 25 – Sept. 22
    How do healthcare organizations thrive in transformative times?
    Principal Domain: Managing Resources – Operations
    Instructors: MacKinney and Mueller (IC), Evans (DM)
  2. HMP:5310 Healthcare Quality Management (2 credits = 4 weeks)
    Sept. 29 – Oct. 20
    How does measurement in healthcare organizations lead to effective and efficient management?
    Principal Domain: Managing Resources – Information
    Instructors: Maher (DM), Jutting (IC)
  3. HMP:5402 Corporate Financial Reporting (3 credits = 5 weeks)
    Oct. 27 – Dec. 1 (Nov 24 off for Thanksgiving break)
    How is financial activity captured and turned into action in healthcare organizations?
    Principal Domain: Managing Resources – Finance
    Instructors: Kirschner (DM), Hensley (IC)

Dec. 8 Capstone class – Business Communications

Dec. 15 – Jan. 5, 2021 off for winter break

Spring Year 1 (Tuesday classes)

  1. HMP:5610 Health Policy (3 credits = 5 weeks)
    Jan 12, 2021 – Feb. 9, 2021
    How are healthcare laws, regulations, and public programs developed and implemented, and what are the impacts on healthcare financing and delivery?
    Principal Domain: Setting Strategy
    Instructors: Harbison (IC), Vermeer (DM)
  2. HMP:5320 Analytics for Healthcare Management (3 credits = 5 weeks)
    Feb. 16, 2021 – March 30 2021 (March 16, 2021, off for spring break)
    (March 21, 2021 – March 24, 2021 ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership (Chicago) – optional)
    How is data turned into information that supports decision making in healthcare organizations?
    Principal Domain: Managing Resources – Information
    Instructor: Shane (IC), Phillips (DM)
  3. HMP:5342 Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare (3 credits = 5 weeks)
    April 6, 2021 – May 4, 2021
    How do healthcare organizations implement change?
    Principal Domain: Managing Resources – Information
    Instructors: Maher (DM), Jutting (IC)

May 11, 2021 Capstone class in Iowa City (TBD) – Medical Practice Administration

May 18, 2021 off

Summer Year 1 (Tuesday class)

  1. HMP:5001 Interprofessional Healthcare Administration I (3 credits = 5 weeks)
    May 25, 2021 – June 22, 2021
    How do the first three competencies for interprofessional collaborative practice help to achieve healthcare’s ‘triple aim’?
    Principal Domain: Leading People
    Instructors: Uden-Holman (IC), Anderson (DM)