What's special about this program?
What does the curriculum offer?
Can I continue to work while completing this program?
Students
Alumni
Faculty
Preceptorships
• MHA Seminars
Course Sequences
Course Descriptions
Accreditation
Alumni
Faculty
Preceptorships
• MHA Seminars
Course Sequences
Course Descriptions
Accreditation
How do I get more information?
UIC School of Public Health:
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The only CEPH-Accredited School of Public Health in Illinois
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An ASPH Member
A program of the Division of Health Policy and Administration of the School of Public Health
MHA Topics Seminar Schedule
The MHA Topics course (HPA 490) offers an opportunity for MHA students and others to learn about specific area of
Healthcare Administration practice from professionals actively engaged in those fields. Seminars are scheduled
for Wednesday afternoon from 3:30 to 5:00 P.M. in the Fall and Spring semesters.
Within each semester's schedule of 15 seminars there will be two multi-session specialty clusters to explore,
with greater focus, important areas of professional practice.
Individual sessions will cover a wide variety of topics. Past sessions have covered:
The basic skills of a healthcare manager, Human resource skills - recruitment and retention,
Human resource skills – regulation and organization, Interpersonal relations and first impressions,
Managing the full spectrum of healthcare services for a population of chronically mentally ill patients,
Managing the full spectrum of healthcare services for a developmentally disabled population, Managing the
full spectrum of healthcare services for underserved populations, Managing healthcare in the government sector,
Managing acute healthcare in a rural setting, Managing acute healthcare in an inner city setting, Managing
acute healthcare in a suburban setting, Patient Safety in every healthcare setting, Quality initiatives
in Medical practice settings, Business integrity and ethics in management, Government Affairs,
Medicaid and Managed Care, and Leading Specialty Hospitals.
Specialty clusters are currently being scheduled for Medical Group Practice Administration, Insurance and
Managed Care Leadership, and Organizing Healthcare for the Aging Population. Other Cluster topics are
being developed.
A link will appear HERE on this page when the Fall calendar of presenters is completed.