Health Management & Policy
Curriculum and Competencies 

Program length: 61 Credits

OMPH Core Courses (16 Credits)

Required Course Title Course titles vary but competencies are identical. PSU's course title is listed first.	Credits	PSU Course Number	OSU Course Number
Values and Ethics in Health Care Ethics	3	PA 573	H 518
Health Policy Analysis Health Policy	4	PA 571	H 530
Introduction to Health Economics Economic Issues in Health and Medical Care	3	PA 586	H 532
Organizational Behavior in Health Services Organization Healthcare Organization Theory and Behavior	3	PA 541	H 536
Strategic Management of Health Care Organization	3	PA 576	H 556

 

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Select 12 Credits; Courses may be selected at the partner campuses with consent of advisor.

At OSU choose from the following courses (3 credits each): Health Care Law and Regulation, Financial Management of Health Services, Continual Improvement in Health Care, Program Evaluation and Management in Health Services, Health Administration, Health Care Information Systems Management

At PSU choose one of the suggested courses (3 credits each): Health Care Law and Regulation, Financial Management of Health Care Organizations, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis / Reimbursement Mechanisms, Research Methodology in Health and Safety, Health Care Marketing, Contracting and Negotiation in Health Care  

Other HMP Suggested Electives

Select 12 Credits; Courses may be selected at the partner campuses with consent of advisor.

At OSU choose from the following courses (3 credits each): Leadership and Governance in Health Care, Advanced Health Policy,  Grantwriting for Nonprofit Organizations, Nonprofit Field Study in Oaxaca, Mexico, Creating Collaborative Communities, Human Resource Management in the Public Sector, Volunteerism and Volunteer Management, Community Organizing, Qualitative Research Design, Media Advocacy and Public Health, Women and Holistic Health, Women's Reproductive Health, National Long-term Care Policy, Perspectives on Aging, Politics of the News, Concepts of Community Development, Epidemiology II (OHSU), International Health Epidemiology (OHSU)

At PSU choose one of the suggested courses (3 credits each): Public and Private Health Insurance, Systems Thinking and Practice, Long-Term Care Alternatives, Financing and Administration of Long-Term Care, Health Care Information Systems, Management of Human Resources, Environment, Safety and Health Policy and Law, Emergency and Disaster Management, Design for Environment, Safety and Health, Mental Health, Public Health and Women: Social and Policy Issues, Program Planning/Proposal Wiring in Health and Human Services, International Health

Organizational Experience (6 Credits)

All HMP track students will be required to complete a minimum six credit organizational experience at or near the end of their coursework. That experience will provide the student with the opportunity to apply what he/she has learned in the classroom to an organizational setting.