Current Term Classes - Certificate in Health Sciences Management

Summer 2024

Class registration opens on March 28. (Date may be subject to change.)

The School of Continuing and Professional Studies may cancel, modify, or make substitutions for any published class or program, may change instructors, and may change the dates and times a class is offered. The information published here and in the catalog is subject to change.  For the most up-to-date and complete information, please use the SIS Class Search.

PSHM 5080: Legal and Ethical Decision-Making in Health Care  
Online Synchronous | Tuesdays, 6-10pm | Jun 4 - Aug 6  
Focuses on principles & theories of law related to healthcare delivery, management & administration. Examines the application of laws on healthcare liability prevention & the risks managers face. Explores legal & ethical issues in healthcare systems; and investigates the healthcare administrator as decision-maker, leader and moral agent. Evaluates situations with potential ethical/legal implications.  
Stephen Oliver | 3 GR Credits | Elective 

PSHM 5805: Health Information Systems and Applications 
Online Synchronous | Wednesdays, 6-10pm | Jun 5 – Aug 7 | Synchronous course dates are 6/5, 6/12, 7/10, 7/24, 8/7; All other classes are held asynchronously 
Examines how informatics in the health care industry improves patient care, health outcomes, efficiency, quality & evidence-based decision making; evaluates challenges and strategies for health care managers in implementing health information systems & their costs, benefits, and impacts in health care organizations. Analyzes key issues in data management, security, privacy and confidentiality. Prerequisite: Admission to HSM Graduate Certificate 
Kevin Jackson | 3 GR Credits | Required  

* Asynchronous online courses at SCPS can sometimes include synchronous sessions. Attendance is strongly encouraged but not mandatory. Synchronous sessions will be recorded.

* The information contained on this website is for informational purposes only. The Undergraduate Record and Graduate Record represent the official repository for academic program requirements.