Health CareLeadership of Healthcare Organizations
OFFICE: La Jolla Village Professional Center
8950 Villa La Jolla Drive, Suite C215
(858) 964-1017
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http://health-execed.ucsd.edu/mas/lhco.html
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Program Description
The Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in the Leadership of Healthcare
Organizations provides depth and focus on management for health
care professionals with an emphasis on clinical process improvement.
The goal of the program is to prepare health care professionals to participate
more effectively in the business decisions that affect the quality of
patient care by teaching participants to deal with error prevention,
process quality, and systems of care. Students gain the advanced knowledge
and skills that are essential to manage escalating challenges in the
competitive business environment of health care. The MAS program crosses
many fields and clinical and administrative professions in the health
industry, including medicine, nursing, mental health, dentistry, insurance,
pharmacy, and other related areas. The program is appropriate for nurses,
managers, physicians, allied health professionals, health care executives,
and medical students as they assume more active roles in health care
leadership and on management teams.
The MAS in the Leadership of Healthcare Organizations is a part-time,
self-supporting degree program with a flexible course schedule designed
for working professionals. It is the first graduate degree of its kind
within the University of California system. The UCSD graduate division
confers the MAS degree and the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
in the UCSD School of Medicine is responsible for the academic management
of the curriculum. UCSD Extension administers the program and provides
student advising and career counseling services.
Admission
New students are admitted in the fall, winter, and spring quarter
of each academic year. Prospective candidates should submit and
complete the official UCSD online graduate application for admission,
the application fee, one set of official transcripts from each institution
attended after high school, three letters of professional recommendation,
and a current résumé or c.v. The GRE/GMAT is not required;
however, it is strongly recommended that candidates have a minimum
of five years of professional experience in health care. International
applicants must submit official scores from the Test of English
as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). The application deadlines are June
15 (fall), October 15 (winter), and January 15 (spring).
Program of Study
The part-time degree program is designed to be completed in one, two,
or three years, depending upon a participants time to devote to
the program. Classes are typically scheduled in the late afternoons,
evenings, or weekends to meet the demands of working professionals.
Students are required to complete thirty-six units of core courses and
two prerequisite courses. The prerequisite courses may be taken concurrently
with the core courses in the MAS program or prior to being admitted
in the degree program.
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