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Healthcare Administration specialization
Description
The Healthcare Administration specialization is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills and competencies necessary for managing in the 21st century healthcare industry. Healthcare managers must have expertise not only in healthcare, but also a working knowledge in key business areas such as operations, accounting, finance, marketing, human resources, leadership, strategy and more.
The knowledge gained from the Healthcare Management provides you with an excellent foundation of knowledge, skills and abilities for working effectively in a variety of management capacities. You’ll also be prepared to work in various non-clinical, non-management positions within the industry.
The knowledge gained from the Healthcare Management provides you with an excellent foundation of knowledge, skills and abilities for working effectively in a variety of management capacities. You’ll also be prepared to work in various non-clinical, non-management positions within the industry.
10 Specialization Courses
30 Credit Hours / 40 ECTS
This course focuses on students developing competence and proficiency in critical analysis, problem-solving, research techniques, multimodal communication methods, and professional networking. The course includes rigorous academic curriculum and experiential learning structures using integrative teaching and learning practices focused on the students’ professional position intended at graduation. The purpose of this course is to facilitate experiences for students that lead them to make connections between classroom studies and life outside the classroom in a way that transforms theory into practice. The course also assists students with understanding how culture affects and influences their identity and their interactions within societal organizations.
This is a capstone experience and the final class of a required four-course sequence in the General Education curriculum. Students will present cumulative work from their experiences in prior courses with emphasis placed on students’ integration and synthesis of their acquired skills in problem-solving, multimodal communication methods, professional networking, critical analysis, and research techniques. The course aims to assist students with developing a sense of agency and responsibility for engagement within society. Rigorous academic curriculum and experiential learning structures using integrative reaching and learning practices are included in this course. The purpose of this course is to facilitate experiences for students that lead them to make connections between classroom studies and life outside the classroom in a way that transforms theory into practice.
This course provides the student with a comprehensive understanding of informatics in the healthcare industry. Healthcare informatics is addressed from a systemic, patient, management, and educational perspective.
This course examines the ever-changing legal trends faced in the healthcare environment. This course will provide the student with the skills necessary to mitigate liability through risk management principles, develop relationship management skills, incorporate employment law procedures, and manage communication.
This course applies planning and controlling concepts to increase the value of the supply chain to the healthcare supplier. Students learn to evaluate and improve processes. Other topics include process selection, process design, theory of constraints, project implementation, capacity planning, lean production, facility location and business forecasting that are unique to healthcare.
This course introduces the student to core components and trends in social gerontology. Social, physical, economic, and political viewpoints are taken into account to assess the interdisciplinary nature within the field.
A study of the interface between the individual, the formal and the informal groups in organizational settings. Focus will be on individual growth, developing interpersonal skills, and understanding group dynamics.
A study of the human resource function in business. Major areas of study will include staffing, recruitment, training and development, wage and salary administration, job analysis and evaluation, and labor relations.
An advanced course designed to integrate the functional concepts and techniques from the foundation courses in the curriculum. It provides the student with a thorough appreciation of the role of the general manager, with emphasis on strategy formulation and implementation. This is a writing intensive course.
This course is a critical examination of various moral problems present within the healthcare industry. The emphasis is given to those moral problems that arise for stakeholders within the healthcare industry, especially for those in a decision-making role involving conflicting values, each of which represents something good in itself in order to do what is right.
Careers Opportunities according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Healthcare is one of the fastest growing industries in the U.S.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment in managerial roles within the healthcare industry is expected to grow 32% from 2020 to 2030, while 2.6 million new jobs will be created to care for an aging population.
Career opportunities include
- Healthcare Administrator
- Healthcare Facilities Manager
- Healthcare Quality Manager
- Health Project Manager
- Health Services Manager
- Human Resource Manager
- Medical Manager
- Medical Office Administrator
- Pharmacy Technician
Tuition & Fees
Payment of the Application Fee
As part of the application process, all candidates applying must make the payment of a non-refundable Application Fee of CHF 250.- before being able to submit their application. The Application Fee is payable via a debit/credit card or via bank transfer.
Please follow the payment instructions outlined below when paying the Application Fee.
1) Payment via debit/credit card
On our secure payment portal, debit and credit cards may be utilized to pay the Application Fee. The accepted cards include: Visa, Visa Electron, V Pay, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express, JCB, Bancontact.
Click here to pay the Application Fee
Instructions when making the payment via debit/credit card:
2) Payment via bank transfer
Should you wish to make payment via bank transfer, please use the following banking details:
Beneficiary: AGSB SA (Chemin du Levant 5, 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland)
Bank: Valiant AG
Account Number: 50.744.796.455.0
IBAN: CH34 0630 0507 4479 6455 0
SWIFT/BIC: VABECH22XXX
Instructions when making the payment via bank transfer:
Please Indicate the Reason for Payment: Full name followed by Application Fee
(example: John Doe Application Fee)
If someone you know has agreed to pay for your Application Fee (for example, a parent, guardian, family member, or sponsor), then they should indicate your full name followed by the wording “Application Fee” in the Reason for Payment.
Please follow the payment instructions outlined below when paying the Application Fee.
1) Payment via debit/credit card
On our secure payment portal, debit and credit cards may be utilized to pay the Application Fee. The accepted cards include: Visa, Visa Electron, V Pay, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express, JCB, Bancontact.
Click here to pay the Application Fee
Instructions when making the payment via debit/credit card:
- Insert your full name and followed by the wording "Application Fee" (example: John Doe Application Fee);
- Enter your card details onto the secure portal;
- Enter your email in the "Email" tab to receive the e-receipt;
- Click on "Confirm" to make payment.
2) Payment via bank transfer
Should you wish to make payment via bank transfer, please use the following banking details:
Beneficiary: AGSB SA (Chemin du Levant 5, 1814 La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland)
Bank: Valiant AG
Account Number: 50.744.796.455.0
IBAN: CH34 0630 0507 4479 6455 0
SWIFT/BIC: VABECH22XXX
Instructions when making the payment via bank transfer:
Please Indicate the Reason for Payment: Full name followed by Application Fee
(example: John Doe Application Fee)
If someone you know has agreed to pay for your Application Fee (for example, a parent, guardian, family member, or sponsor), then they should indicate your full name followed by the wording “Application Fee” in the Reason for Payment.
(due before we review the application documents)
Admission Fee: CHF 1'500.-
(due when you have been accepted to the program)
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