Official course descriptions taken from the UNC Academic Catalog are below.

Additional courses may be added on a semester basis at the discretion of the department. See the UNC Registrar’s Directory of Classes for courses by semester.


Spring 2023 Course Listing

(Go here for our listing of all HPM courses)

** Courses are subject to change (meeting times, cancellations, etc)!**

HPM 320 Introduction to Strategic Planning and Marketing (3)
An introduction to the development and implementation of strategic planning and marketing processes in health care organizations.
Remote Only Synchronous
HPM BSPH majors only.
Section: 001
Instructor: Farmer
Days and Time: M; 3:35-6:35 pm
Location: RO 0235

HPM 340 Foundations of Healthcare Financial Management (3)
Basic methods and techniques in financial management of healthcare programs including financial statement analysis, cost determination and allocation, pricing of services, and budgeting.
HPM BSPH majors only.
Section: 001
Instructor: Reiter
Days and Time: Tu,Thu; 11:00-12:15 pm
Location: MHR 0001

HPM 351 Politics, Public Health, and Health Policy (3)
This seminar addresses current health services delivery concerns from policy perspectives. Guest speakers, debates, and development of issue papers are used to explore implications for access and quality of health care.
In Person On Campus Learners
HPM BSPH majors only.
Section: 001
Instructor: Oberlander
Days and Time: M; 3:35-6:35 pm
Location: MG 2306

HPM 352 Introduction to Health Services Systems II (3)
HPM 352, in conjunction with HPM 350, provides an overview of the U.S. health services system, including such topics as quality of care and managed care. The course also introduces students to careers in the field of health policy and management and helps students develop necessary communication skills.
In Person On Campus Learners
HPM BSPH majors only.

Section: 001
Instructor: Studer
Days and Time: Tu,Th; 2:00-3:15 pm
Location: MG 1301

HPM 420 Community and Public Health Security–Disasters, Terrorism, and Emergency Management Systems (3)
This course examines systems for emergency management at federal, state, and local levels. The roles of emergency management, health services, and public health in disaster management are also reviewed. Every other week, evening online sessions required with instructors.
Remote Only – Synchronous
All SPH Programs.

Section: 971
Instructor: Gentry
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 423 Emergency Management II–Disaster Management (3)
Explores issues of preparedness, response, recovery, mitigation, and research in disaster management. Students will participate in evacuation decision making, volunteer management, and the development of a disaster exercise. Every other week, evening online sessions required with instructors.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Section: 971
Instructor: Gentry
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 496 Readings in Health Policy and Management (0.5 – 3)
Directed readings or research. Written reports are required.
In Person On Campus Learners

HPM 571 Health and Human Rights (PLCY 570) (3)
Course focuses on rights-based approaches to health, applying a human rights perspective to selected public health policies, programs, and interventions. Students will apply a formalistic human rights framework to critical public health issues, exploring human rights as both a safeguard against harm and a catalyst for health promotion.
In Person On Campus Learners
Section: 001
Instructor: Meier
Days and Time: Tu,Th; 12:30-1:45 pm
Location:
 PE 2094

HPM 602 Concurrent Practice (1-3)
HPM students only.
Remote Only Synchronous

Section: 01W
Instructor: Simms
Days and Time: TBA
Location:
TBA

HPM 606 Practice Application Journaling II (.5)
Field-based course, fulfills the practicum requirement for the Executive Master’s degrees. Students monitor their learning processes, identify where knowledge and skills learned in courses are helpful and relevant to areas of their professional responsibility, and apply that knowledge and those skills to actual work situations.
Remote Only Synchronous
Executive Master’s Program.
Section:
967
Instructor: Gentry
Days and Time: TBA
Location:
TBA

HPM 609 Practice Application Journaling V (.5)
Field-based course, fulfills the practicum requirement for the Executive Master’s degrees. Students monitor their learning processes, identify where knowledge and skills learned in courses are helpful and relevant to areas of their professional responsibility, and apply that knowledge and those skills to actual work situations.
Remote Only Synchronous
Executive Master’s Program.

Section: 967
Instructor: Gentry
Days and Time: TBA
Location:
TBA

HPM 620 Implementing Health Informatics Initiatives (3)
Focuses on implementing informatics programs and projects in health organizations. Informatics initiatives aim to facilitate effective information use for the purpose of improving the quality of health services and/or efficiency of processes. Therefore, these initiatives have implications for various stakeholder groups, including consumers, practitioners, administrators, and policy makers.
Remote Only – All Asynchronous
Course Format Online Only.

Section: 01W
Instructor: Carney
Days and Time: TBA
Location:
TBA

HPM 630 IHI Open School Course in Healthcare Quality Improvement (1.5)
The IHI Certificate demonstrates an investment in further education and a strong knowledge base in quality improvement. Upon completion of this course, students will have met the requirements for the IHI Open School Certificate and participated in two in-person sessions.
Remote Only Synchronous
HPM Students Only
Section: 01W
Instructor: Tomlinson
Days and Time: TBA
Location:
TBA

HPM 690 Special Topics in HPM (.5-3)
In person on campus learners.
HPM Students Only.

Registration occurs after event.
Section:
001-005
Instructor: Simms
Days and Time: TBA
Location:
TBA

HPM 692H Independent Honors Research (1-3)
Students collect data, analyze and report findings, and make recommendations to complete an honor thesis and present findings in presentation/poster format.
Prerequisites, HPM 691H and permission of the instructor.
In person on campus learners.
HPM BSPH Students Only.

Section:
001
Instructor: Umble
Days and Time: M; 12:20-3:20 pm
Location:
MG 2306

HPM 697 BSPH Capstone (3)
The capstone course is an “integrative exercise” for BSPH students prior to graduation. It is intended to simulate the integration of various disciplines–finance, human resources, ethics, policy, operations, and information technology–into a comprehensive and practical framework. Students work with healthcare organizations to solve financial or operational problems.
In person on campus learners.
HPM Res. Master’s Students Only
Section: 001
Instructor: Umble
Days and Time: W; 1:25-4:25 pm
Location:
MG 2306

HPM 701 Professional Training I (1)
In person on campus learners.
Restricted to HPM Res. Master’s Students only.
Supervised professional training; $550.00 fee.
Section: 001
Instructor: Simms
Days and Time: F; 9:05am-12:05 pm
Location:
MHR 0001

HPM 702 Professional Training II (1)
In person on campus learners.
Restricted to HPM Res. Master’s Students only.
Supervised professional training; $550.00 fee.
Section: 001
Instructor: Simms
Days and Time: F; 9:05am-12:05 pm
Location:
MHR 0001

HPM 703 Professional Training III (1-15)
In person on campus learners.
Restricted to HPM Res. Master’s Students only.
Supervised professional training; $550.00 fee.
Section: 001
Instructor: Simms
Days and Time: F; 9:05am-12:05 pm
Location:
MHR 0001

HPM 713 Hospital Functions & Operations (2)
This course provides exposure to the knowledge and skills required to solve the most pressing operational problems found across departments within today’s complex health care institutions.
In person on campus learners.
HPM Students Only

Section: 001
Instructor: Wolak
Days and Time: Th; 5:00-8:00 pm
Location:
MG 1305

HPM 725 Health Care Strategy and Marketing (3)
This course introduces students to strategic planning and marketing in health services organizations. Students develop practical skills such as assessing the internal and external environment, competitor analysis, and evaluating strategic alternatives in different health care settings. It also explores the role the governing board plays in strategy development and management.
In person on campus learners.
Permission of instructor required.

Section: 001
Instructor: Burrell
Days and Time: M; 9:05 am -12:05 pm
Location:
MG 2306

HPM 728 Leadership and Workforce Management Strategies in Healthcare Organizations (4)
This course provides an introduction to leadership and management in healthcare organizations, with a particular focus on strategic human resources management. Modules include: self-development; organizational design and governance; power, politics and conflict; human resource processes; and organizational change and innovation.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Executive Master’s Program.

Section: 967
Instructor: Helm-Murtagh
Days and Time: TBA
Location:
TBA

HPM 730 Leadership and Workforce Management Strategies (3)
Overview of organizational theory and empirical findings appropriate to the design and behavior of health care organizations. Topics include the design of the organization, its performance, and its relationship to the environment.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Grad Online MPH Majors

Section: 973A
Instructor: Helm-Murtagh & Turner
Days and Time: M, 8:00 – 9:30 pm
Location:
TBA

HPM 735 Advanced Concepts and Applications in Health Policy and Management (3)
Integrating and building upon the HPM master’s core, this comprehensive course focuses on organization policy-making and administration from the perspective of the CEO and top management.
In person on campus learners.
Restricted to HPM Res. Master’s Students Only

Section: 001
Instructor: Maslow
Days and Time: Tu,Th; 9:30-10:45 am
Location:
MG 2308

HPM 741 Management Accounting for Health Administrators (3) 
Covers selected topics in managerial accounting applied to health care.
In person on campus learners.
Prerequisite, HPM 740.
Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite.
Permission of the instructor for non-MHA majors.

Section: 001
Instructor: Reiter
Days and Time: W; 9:05 am -12:05 pm
Location:
MG 2306

HPM 742 Healthcare Finance I (3)
This course focuses on financial management, analysis and decision-making and the use of spreadsheets to help make better financial decisions. The course includes basic financial management concepts, long-term financing, capital investment decisions, revenue cycle and current accounts management, financial condition analysis.
Prerequisites: HPM 740, 741.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Grad MHAHPM Off Campus Majors

Section: 967
Instructor: Alpern, Woods (co-instructors)
Days and Time: TBA
Location:
TBA

HPM 743 Healthcare Reimbursement (1)
This online course in health care reimbursement is designed to provide students with relevant and current information about health care reimbursement methods and the complexities around it. After completion of the course, students should have an operational knowledge of health care reimbursement theory and practice.
Remote Only – All Asynchronous
Outside of HPM Instructor Permission Required
HPM BSPH students contact HPM Student Services to register for this course

Section: 01W
Instructor: Volmar
Days and Time: TBA
Location:
TBA

HPM 745 Financial Management and Analysis for Public and Nonprofit Entities (3)
This course teaches financial concepts for students seeking leadership roles in the non-profit and government sector, including business planning, budgeting, accounting, performance management, and resource blending and braiding. Students will develop a business plan and learn key strategy and evaluation tools.
In person on campus learners.
Grad MPHHPM & MSW Majors

Section: 001
Instructor: Bertha Thomas
Days and Time: Tu; 5:00-8:00 pm
Location:
MHR 0003

HPM 746 Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting for Healthcare Organizations (4)
Focuses on learning and applying key financial and managerial accounting tools and concepts to healthcare problems. Provides a broad introduction to key concepts, issues, tools, and vocabulary useful for policymakers and administrators. Topics include: reading and analyzing healthcare financial statements, recording transactions, budgeting, full costing, incremental costing, and responsibility accounting.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Executive Master’s Program.

Section: 967
Instructor: Berlinger
Days and Time: TBA
Location:
TBA

HPM 749 Data Visualization (3)
Introduction to data visualization principles and tools for business professionals. Topics include cognitive processing of visual information, best practices in data visualization, effective data storytelling, data acquisition and preparation, and designing data visualizations using Tableau Desktop software.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Graduate Health Policy HPM Majors

Section: 001
Instructor:
Schaecher
Days and Time: M; 3:35-6:05 pm
Location:
TBA

HPM 754 Health Care in the United States: Structure and Policy (3)
This core course is designed to provide students with an overview of the structure, systems, and policies of health care delivery in the United States. The goal is to increase students’ knowledge and abilities to analyze and address health care issues from both management and policy perspectives.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Grad Online MPH Majors

Section: 973A
Instructor:
Goodman & Slifkin
Days and Time: M; 7:15-8:45 pm
Location: TBA

HPM 754 Health Care in the United States: Structure and Policy (3)
This core course is designed to provide students with an overview of the structure, systems, and policies of health care delivery in the United States. The goal is to increase students’ knowledge and abilities to analyze and address health care issues from both management and policy perspectives.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Grad Online MPH Majors

Section: 973B
Instructor:
Simpson & Slifkin
Days and Time: Tu; 6:00-7:30 pm
Location: TBA

HPM 757 Health Reform: Political Dynamics and Policy Dilemmas (3)
This course focuses on the political and policy dynamics of health care reform.
In person on campus learners.
Graduate Students Only

Section: 001
Instructor:
Oberlander
Days and Time: Th; 2:00-4:45 pm
Location: MG 2306

HPM 758 Underserved Populations and Health Reform (3)
Students will gain an understanding of how the changes in the health care market affect care for underserved populations and will develop strategies to ensure that the needs of these populations are met.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Grad Online MPH Majors

Section: 973A
Instructor:
Lyda Mcdonald & Zachary
Days and Time: W; 7:30-9:00 pm
Location: TBA

HPM 758 Underserved Populations and Health Reform (3)
Students will gain an understanding of how the changes in the health care market affect care for underserved populations and will develop strategies to ensure that the needs of these populations are met.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Grad Online MPH Majors

Section: 973B
Instructor:
Wilson & Zachary
Days and Time: Th; 6:30-8:00pm
Location: TBA

HPM 759 Health Policy Development and Advocacy for Health Leaders (2)
The course will familiarize students with the history of health reform in the US, explore issues in health policy, analyze the impact of health politics on policymaking.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH)

Section: 965
Instructor:
Wiesman
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 760 Healthcare Quality and Information Management (3)
Integrates essential methods and principles in healthcare quality and information management. Emphasis on use of information to measure and improve quality. Will include presentations, individual/group projects, exercises, group discussion.
In person on campus learners.
Graduate HPM Majors

Section: 001
Instructor:
Mandelkehr
Days and Time: W; 4:40-7:40 pm
Location: MG 2306

HPM 762 Quality of Care (3)
The quality of health care in the US has garnered significant attention. This course will examine: (1) the current state of the quality of care in the US; (2) approaches to assess quality of care, and (3) strategies that have been implemented or proposed to improve the quality of care.
In person on campus learners.
Graduate HPM Majors
All SPH Programs

Section: 001
Instructor:
Weinberger
Days and Time: W; 4:40-7:40 pm
Location: MG 2308

HPM 769 Cancer Outcomes Research Seminar (1)
The Cancer Outcomes Research Program (CORP) offers a weekly seminar for faculty, students, and fellows/trainees interested in multidisciplinary cancer outcomes research. Guest speakers’ topics include Quality of Care, Patient-reported Outcomes (PROs), Comparative Effectiveness, Health Informatics, Cancer Disparities, Decision Making, Dissemination/Implementation, and Health Economics, as related to cancer outcomes.
In person on campus learners.
Instructor Permission Required
Class Meets at Carolina Club/Watts Alumni Center

Section: 001
Instructor:
Wheeler
Days and Time: Tu; 8:00-9:15 am
Location: Carolina Club

HPM 770 Operations Research for Healthcare Systems (3). Review of the systems analysis process in healthcare systems. Deterministic and random models, mathematical programming, queueing, simulation, forecasting and measurement. Emphasis on model formulation and computer solution of decision models.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Graduate HPM Majors

Instructor Permission Required for all students outside HPM
Section: 002
Instructor:
Catalano
Days and Time: TuTh; 11:00 am – 12:15 pm
Location: TBA

HPM 779 Operations Research for Healthcare Systems (4)
Healthcare administrators face a range of decisions: some strategic, some financial, others operational. Through your program of study, you are developing analytical and conceptual skills that will help you to make better decisions when the time comes.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Executive Master’s MHA Program.

Section: 967
Instructor:
Catalano
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 780 Pharmaceutical Health Policy (2)
Overview of the pharmaceutical industry including organization, financing, major regulations, drug development, and ethical considerations. Topics will give a real-world perspective from professionals in the pharmaceutical industry. Students will debate and discuss some controversial topics related to pharmaceuticals and public health including patient safety, data integrity, financial conflicts of interest, and pricing. These topics will introduce students to careers in the pharmaceutical industry and provide a relevant background for careers in public policy or research.
In person on campus learners.
All SPH Programs
Section: 001
Instructor:
Markowitz
Days and Time: Tu; 5:00 – 6:40 pm
Location: MG 1304

HPM 785 Advanced Decision Modeling (3)
This course covers advanced decision modeling methods in health care, including probabilistic sensitivity and value of information analysis, economic evaluation using clinical trial data, and discrete event simulation and agent-based/system dynamics modeling techniques. The course teaches analytical techniques and interpretation as well as and state-of-the-art best practices.
Prerequisite, HPM 772.
In person on campus learners.
Graduate HPM Majors
Section: 001
Instructor:
Hassmiller
Days and Time: Th; 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Location: MG 2303

HPM 790 Advanced Health Policy Analysis Health Policy Development, Health Policy Advocacy (3)
This course is for master’s and doctoral students interested in health policy. The course is intended to go beyond an introduction to policy analysis to a discussion and exploration of theories of policy analysis in a context of competing democratic ethics and values.
In person on campus learners.
BSPH students instructor permission required
Section: 001
Instructor:
 Corye Dunn
Days and Time: M; 4:40 -7:40 pm
Location: MG 2308

HPM 790 Advanced Health Policy Analysis Health Policy Development, Health Policy Advocacy (3)
This course is for master’s and doctoral students interested in health policy. The course is intended to go beyond an introduction to policy analysis to a discussion and exploration of theories of policy analysis in a context of competing democratic ethics and values.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Grad Online MPH Majors
Section: 973A
Instructor:
Ahmed & Slifkin
Days and Time: Th; 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Location: TBA

HPM 793 Health Policy and Management Internship (1-2)
Supervised field experience in approved health agencies.
In person on campus learners.
There is a field fee, $450.

MPH Residential Master’s Students only
Section: 001
Instructor:
Simms
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 794 Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement and Application in Healthcare Research and Practice (3)
Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) include measures of health status, quality of life, and satisfaction with healthcare. This course provides an overview of the PRO measurement and research field, and discusses how to design and evaluate a PRO measure and best practices for integrating PRO in clinical research and healthcare settings.
In person on campus learners.
Section: 001
Instructor:
Stover
Days and Time: TuTh; 2:00-3:15 pm
Location: MG 1304

HPM 815 Graduate Health Economics Seminar (1)
Class will meet every other week. Discussion of recent papers in health economics. Students must have solid knowledge of graduate microeconomics theory and econometrics.
In person on campus learners.
Students outside of HPM contact instructor for permission to enroll.

Section: 001
Instructor:
Trogdon
Days and Time: F; 12:20-1:10 pm
Location: Sheps center

HPM 873 Policy Seminar in Health Policy and Management (1)
Seminar on policy issues in Health Policy and Management.
In person on campus learners.
HPM PhD Students Only

Section: 001
Instructor:
Holmes & Pink
Days and Time: Tu; 12:30-1:45 pm
Location: Rosenau 0123

HPM 874 Advanced Research Seminar in Health Policy and Management (1)
This seminar will develop core competencies through a: (1) journal club to develop competencies in research design and expose students to diverse content and methodologies; and (2) a professional development series.
In person on campus learners.
HPM PhD Students Only

Section: 001
Instructor:
Trogdon
Days and Time: M; 9:05 – 10:20 am
Location: Rosenau 0123

HPM 881 Linear Regression Models (3)
This course is an introduction to linear regression models. Topics include least squares regression, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, and hypothesis testing.
In person on campus learners.
Permission of instructor required (with exception of HPM PhD students).
Prerequisite: BIOS 600 or equivalent background in probability theory/statistics for student lacking the prerequisite. Required preparation, matrix algebra, derivatives, logs/exponentials, and Stata.
HPM and Public Policy PhD Students Only

Section: 001
Instructor:
Trogdon
Days and Time: M,W; 2:30 – 3:45 pm
Location: Rosenau 0123

HPM 883 Analysis of Categorical Data (3)
This course is an introduction to the analysis of categorical data using maximum likelihood and other non-linear techniques and specification tests. Topics include models in which the dependent variable is not continuous, including logit, probit, censored data, two-part, and count models.
In person on campus learners.
Graduate HPM Majors.
Prerequisites: HPM 881 and 882 or equivalent.

Section:
001
Instructor:
Stearns
Days and Time: M,W; 11:15 am -12:30 pm
Location: MG 2304

HPM 885 Health Services/Health Policy Research Methods (3)
This course explores how to develop answerable, policy-relevant, ethical research questions; operationalize questions with actionable specific aims and identify optimal research design for answering a particular question. It introduces primary data collection methods (e.g., interviews, focus groups, surveys) and secondary data sources (e.g., administrative claims, medical, records).
In person on campus learners.
First Year HPM PhD Students Only.
Prerequisite, HPM 884.

Section: 001
Instructor:
Frerichs
Days and Time: W; 8:00 – 11:00 am
Location: MG 1303

HPM 890 Special Topics in HPM (.5-3 Register for one credit)
Remote Only – All Asynchronous
Section: 038
Instructor:
Lewis
Days and Time: n/a
Location: n/a

HPM 890 Special Topics in HPM (.5-3 Register for one credit)
Remote Only – Synchronous
Section: 138
Instructor:
Lewis
Days and Time: Th; 12:30-1:20 pm
Location: n/a

HPM 893 Public Health Informatics Practicum (2)
Course will help students: conduct research, develop public health informatics tools/projects, and further develop professional skills and knowledge essential in the public health informatics field. Students will participate in weekly (2 hr) informatics discussions with practicum preceptors and have an opportunity to meet and interact with successful health informatics professionals.
Remote Only – Mostly Asynchronous
Graduate HPM Majors

Section: 01W
Instructor:
Gentry
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 951 Literature Review and Appraisal (2)
This course is the second in a sequence of courses in research design and methods in the executive DrPH program. The course explores the nature and process of scientific inquiry in the field of public health, establishing a foundation for methodological exploration, and focusing on the process of developing researchable questions.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH)
Section: 965
Instructor:
Middleton
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 953 Essentials of Practice Based Research (2)
Designed to provide DrPH students with grounding in basic quantitative and qualitative research techniques used in health services research. Topics include types of research designs, measurement scales and coding nomenclatures, analytical techniques for quantitative data, research techniques for primary data collection, research opportunities with secondary data, and qualitative research methods.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH).

Section: 965
Instructor:
Greene
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 957 Crisis Leadership (1)
This course is designed to expose students to both the theoretical and practical aspects of crisis leadership. Students will be expected to think critically about interpersonal and organization dynamics; the elements of crises in organizational settings; principles of organizational preparedness for crisis; and how to develop strategies to refine and apply crisis leadership skills.
This course is one in a series of core leadership offerings in the Executive DrPH.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH).

Section: 965
Instructor:
Gentry
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 959 Strategic Planning for Public and Non-Profit Organizations (2)
This course introduces the principles, methods and concepts of strategic planning as it relates to public and non-profit organizations.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH).

Section: 965
Instructor:
Helm-Murtagh
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 965 Cultural Competence for 21st Century Health Leaders (1)
We will examine the ways in which culture, cultural competency and cultural humility intersects with health, and how public health efforts can benefit by understanding relationships between culture and health.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH).

Section: 965
Instructor:
Burrell
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 966 Systems Thinking and Collective Impact (1)
This course has two parts, both focused on applying practical, structured systems thinking approaches to improve care, service delivery systems, policy, and/or environments in which we live. The first part of the course is person-centered – applying systems thinking tools to understand individuals’ experiences as the foundation for driving change. The second part uses systems thinking to “zoom out” and see the broader system around a population health challenge.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH).

Section: 965
Instructor:
Hassmiller
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 967 Quality Improvement (1)
Provides an introduction and overview of quality improvement efforts in health care. Explores the evidence for why quality improvements are needed, measurements of how health care quality is determined as well as how to implement and manage successful quality improvement techniques.
Remote Only – Synchronous
Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH).

Section: 965
Instructor:
Hinson
Days and Time: TBA
Location: TBA

HPM 992 Master’s Paper (Var.).

HPM 994 Doctoral Dissertation (Var.).

 


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Course Catalog
List of all courses taught by HPM faculty

HPM 310 Introduction to Law and Ethics in Health Administration (3). An introduction to health law and ethics for health administration undergraduate seniors. Fall.

HPM 320 Introduction to Strategic Planning and Marketing (3). An introduction to the development and implementation of strategic planning and marketing processes in health care organizations. Spring.

HPM 330 Introduction to Health Organization Leadership, Management, and Behavior (3). Team-based service learning in a hospital, health center, or other organization to facilitate learning about leading teams, organizations, partnerships, and global initiatives. Change, conflict, human resources, and other topics are addressed through readings, cases, reflections, and guest practitioners. Fall.

HPM 340 Foundations of Healthcare Financial Management (3). Restricted to HPM BSPH majors. Basic methods and techniques in financial management of healthcare programs including financial statement analysis, cost determination and allocation, pricing of services, and budgeting. Spring.

HPM 341 Information Systems, Technology, and Tools in Health Services Administration (3). The purpose of this course is to enhance students’ understanding of information systems and technology in health care, specifically focusing on the limitations of such technology.  Students will be introduced to MS Excel and MS Access and shown how tools within these programs can help to mitigate some of the limitations. Fall.

HPM 350 Introduction to Health Services Systems (3). HPM 350 and 352 provide an overview of the United States health system. HPM 350 reviews the organization, management, and financing of the United States health system and the resources required to provide health services. Both courses introduce students to careers in the field of health policy and management. Fall.

HPM 351 Politics, Public Health, and Health Policy (3). Restricted to HPM BSPH students. This seminar addresses current health services delivery concerns from policy perspectives. Guest speakers, debates, and development of issue papers are used to explore implications for access and quality of health care. Spring.

HPM 352 Introduction to Health Services Systems II (3). HPM 352, in conjunction with HPM 350, provides an overview of the U.S. health services system, including such topics as quality of care and managed care. The course also introduces students to careers in the field of health policy and management and helps students develop necessary communication skills. Spring.

HPM 393 Field Training in Health Policy and Management I (Total of 2 after completion). Prerequisite, health policy and management major. Required of all BSPH students in HPM. The first six weeks of a supervised 12-week administrative internship in a health care organization. Field training fee: $400.00. Summer I and Summer II.

HPM 420 Community and Public Health Security–Disasters, Terrorism, and Emergency Management Systems (3). This course examines systems for emergency management at federal, state, and local levels. The roles of emergency management, health services, and public health in disaster management are also reviewed. Every other week, evening online sessions required with instructors. Spring.

HPM 422 Emergency Management I–Analytic Methods (3). Introduction of analytical tools to assess, evaluate, map, and investigate disasters (including biological outbreaks). These tools will be used to improve planning and evaluation of disaster management programs. Every other week, evening online sessions required with instructors. Fall.

HPM 423 Emergency Management II–Disaster Management (3). Explores issues of preparedness, response, recovery, mitigation, and research in disaster management. Students will participate in evacuation decision making, volunteer management, and the development of a disaster exercise. Every other week, evening online sessions required with instructors. Spring.

HPM 472 Program Evaluation (3). Concepts and methods of the program evaluation paradigm as applied in health administration. Spring.

HPM 496 Readings in Health Policy and Management (1-6). Directed readings or research. Written reports are required. Fall, spring, summer.

HPM 550 Environmental and Science Journalism (HBEH 660, MEJO 560) (3). Prepares students to work as environmental and science journalists. The course emphasizes writing skills in all delivery formats and interpreting environmental, science, and medical information for consumers. Spring.

HPM 551 Environmental and Science Video Storytelling (HBEH 561, MEJO 561) (3). Students work in teams to produce, shoot, script, and report environmental, science, and medical stories for broadcast on “Carolina Week”, the award-winning, student-produced television newscast. Spring.

HPM 552 Environmental and Science Documentary Television (HBEH 562, MEJO 562) (3). Students work in teams to conceive, produce, and script mini-documentaries on environmental and science topics for broadcast on North Carolina Public Television. Fall.

HPM 565 Global Health Policy (PLCY 565) (3). Coursework will focus on public policy approaches to global health, employing interdisciplinary methodologies to understand selected public health policies, programs, and interventions. For students who have a basic understanding of public health. Spring.

HPM 571 Health and Human Rights (PLCY 570) (3). Course focuses on rights-based approaches to health, applying a human rights perspective to selected public health policies, programs, and interventions. Students will apply a formalistic human rights framework to critical public health issues, exploring human rights as both a safeguard against harm and a catalyst for health promotion. Fall.

HPM 601 Issues in Healthcare (1). Lectures on current topics in health care. Fall.

HPM 605-610 Practice Application Journaling 1-6 (.5 each). Executive Master’s Program. This series of six field-based courses fulfills the practicum requirement for the Executive Master’s degrees. Students monitor their learning processes, identify where knowledge and skills learned in courses are helpful and relevant to areas of their professional responsibility, and apply that knowledge and those skills to actual work situations. Syllabi: 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610. Fall, Spring, Summer.

HPM 620 Implementing Health Informatics Initiatives (3). Focuses on implementing informatics programs and projects in health organizations. Informatics initiatives aim to facilitate effective information use for the purpose of improving the quality of health services and/or efficiency of processes. Therefore, these initiatives have implications for various stakeholder groups, including consumers, practitioners, administrators, and policy makers. Spring.

HPM 630 IHI Course in Healthcare Quality Improvement (1.5). The IHI Certificate demonstrates an investment in further education and a strong knowledge base in quality improvement. Upon completion of this course, students will have met the requirements for the IHI Open School Certificate and participated in two in-person sessions. Fall, spring.

HPM 660 International and Comparative Health Systems (3). Methods of comparing health systems, examinations of related national health systems and analysis of related high prevalence health issues. Fall.

HPM 664 Globalization and Health (MHCH 664) (3). Globalization–its economic, environmental, political, technological, institutional, and sociocultural dimensions–historically and currently contributes to beneficial and adverse effects on population, community, and family and individual health.Spring.

HPM 671 Statistical Methods for Health Policy and Management (3). Introduction to statistical analysis for healthcare settings using an Excel framework. Topics include variable types, sampling, probability distributions, descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, categorical data analysis, ANOVA, and introduction to regression methods. Previously offered as HPM 470. Fall.

HPM 691H Honors Research (3). Restricted to HPM BSPH students. Prerequisite: overall GPA of 3.3 by end of spring semester junior year in all UNC-Chapel Hill courses. Readings and seminars for undergraduates showing potential and talent for research. Students will design an independent research project, write a proposal, and complete an IRB application toward partial completion of an honors thesis. Fall.

HPM 692H Independent Honors Research (1-3). Prerequisites, HPM 691H and permission of the instructor. Students collect data, analyze and report findings, and make recommendations to complete an honor thesis and present findings in presentation/poster format. Spring.

HPM 697 BSPH Capstone (3). The capstone course is an “integrative exercise” for BSPH students prior to graduation. It is intended to simulate the integration of various disciplines–finance, human resources, ethics, policy, operations, and information technology–into a comprehensive and practical framework. Students work with healthcare organizations to solve financial or operational problems. Spring.

HPM 701 Professional Training I (Var.). Restricted to HPM majors. Supervised professional training; $550.00 fee. Fall.

HPM 702 Professional Training II (Var.). Restricted to HPM majors. Supervised professional training; $500.00 fee. Fall.

HPM 703 Professional Training III (Var.). Restricted to HPM majors. Supervised professional training; $500.00 fee. Spring.

HPM 705 Healthcare Management Skills Development Workshop (.5). Executive Master’s Program. This course is the first of two workshops for students in the Executive Master’s Program. These workshops are designed to provide students exposure to key cross cutting skills that will be used in the program. These skills also are essential for effective healthcare management. Fall.

HPM 706 Healthcare Management Skills Development Workshop II (.5). Executive Master’s Program. Prerequisite HPM 705. This course is the second of two workshops for students in the Executive Master’s Program. These workshops are designed to provide students exposure to key cross cutting skills that will be used in the program. These skills also are essential for effective healthcare management. Spring.

HPM 707Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Health: a Population Perspective (3). Crosslisted as HBEH 705. This seminar course explores health challenges faced by LGBT populations. Discussions will span a variety of health behaviors and outcomes, determinants of health, developmental stages, identities, and settings. Students will be able to identify conceptual frameworks and considerations relevant in LGBT health research and practice.

HPM 710 Health Law (3). Permission of instructor required. An introduction to law and the legal system as it relates to the delivery and financing of health care. Fall.

HPM 713 Hospital Functions & Operations (2)This course provides exposure to the knowledge and skills required to solve the most pressing operational problems found across departments within today’s complex health care institutions. Spring.

HPM 714 Advanced Spreadsheet Modeling for Business (3). This course focuses on using advanced features of Microsoft Excel to create efficient spreadsheet models of common and complex business problems. It challenges students to use critical thinking and analysis to find effective solutions to real-life situations. Spring.

HPM 715 Health Economics for Policy and Management (3). Provides training in the theory of health economics, and applies this theory to important issues in health policy and management. Fall. (syllabus section 002, MSPH)

HPM 716 Applied Quality Improvement Methods for Healthcare and Public Health (3). Crosslisted as MHCH 816/ PUBH 716. The course objective is to develop, implement, and test a solution to improve health care or public health delivery, using a model called the Model for Improvement (or MFI). The model uses three questions to scope the improvement project and four steps, Plan-Do-Check-Act, to implement and test solutions. Spring.

HPM 718 Readings in Mental Health Services Research and Policy (3). This course is an introduction to mental health services research and policy. Topics include the financing of mental health services, supply of services, quality measures, assessing need, and barriers to care. The course includes seminar presentations by local and nationally recognized experts in mental health services research and discussion sessions. Fall.

HPM 719 Introduction to Implementation Research and Practice (3). This course introduces the concepts, frameworks, and methods of implementation research and practice. By the end of this course, students will be able to explain the rationale for this field, identify guiding frameworks, assess multilevel barriers and facilitators, and address barriers and facilitators with implementation strategies tailored to specific contexts. Spring.

HPM 720 Management of Human Resources in Health Organizations (3). Permission of instructor required. Emphasis is on clarifying concepts of human resources management and identifying the importance of human resources in health organizations. Fall, spring.

HPM 725 Health Care Strategy and Marketing (3). Permission of instructor required. This course introduces students to strategic planning and marketing in health services organizations. Students develop practical skills such as assessing the internal and external environment, competitor analysis, and evaluating strategic alternatives in different health care settings. It also explores the role the governing board plays in strategy development and management. Spring.

HPM 726 Health Care Strategy and Marketing (4). Executive Master’s Program. This course introduces students to strategic planning and marketing in health services organizations. Students develop practical skills such as assessing the internal and external environment, competitor analysis, and evaluating strategic alternatives in different health care settings. It also explores the role the governing board plays in strategy development and management. Fall.

HPM 728 Leadership and Workforce Management Strategies in Healthcare Organizations (4). Executive Master’s Program. This course provides an introduction to leadership and management in healthcare organizations, with a particular focus on strategic human resources management. Modules include: self-development; organizational design and governance; power, politics and conflict; human resource processes; and organizational change and innovation. Spring.

HPM 730 Leadership and Workforce Management Strategies (3). Overview of organizational theory and empirical findings appropriate to the design and behavior of health care organizations. Topics include the design of the organization, its performance, and its relationship to the environment. Fall.

HPM 734 Business Plan Development and Marketing (1). Business plan selection and development, completion of individual Capstone case requirements and extended marketing discipline from the Strategic Management class (HPM 725). Fall.

HPM 735 Advanced Concepts and Applications in Health Policy and Management (3). Restricted to HPM graduate students. Integrating and building upon the HPM master’s core, this comprehensive course focuses on organization policy-making and administration from the perspective of the CEO and top management. Spring, Summer.

HPM 740 Health Care Financial Accounting (2). This course introduces concepts of financial accounting to the non-accountant user of financial information. Basic accounting transactions, financial report preparation, concepts of accrual vs. cash accounting, not-for-profit health care accounting, and the analysis of health care organization financial reports. Fall.

HPM 741 Management Accounting for Health Administrators (3). Prerequisite, HPM 740. Permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Permission of the instructor for non-MHA majors. Covers selected topics in managerial accounting applied to health care. Spring.

HPM 742 Healthcare Finance I (3). Prerequisites: HPM 740, 741. This course focuses on financial management, analysis and decision-making and the use of spreadsheets to help make better financial decisions. The course includes basic financial management concepts, long-term financing, capital investment decisions, revenue cycle and current accounts management, financial condition analysis. Fall.

HPM 743 Healthcare Reimbursement (1). This online course in health care reimbursement is designed to provide students with relevant and current information about health care reimbursement methods and the complexities around it. After completion of the course, students should have an operational knowledge of health care reimbursement theory and practice. Fall.

HPM 745 Financial Management and Analysis for Public and Nonprofit Entities (3). This course teaches financial concepts for students seeking leadership roles in the non-profit and government sector, including business planning, budgeting, accounting, performance management, and resource blending and braiding. Students will develop a business plan and learn key strategy and evaluation tools. Fall.

HPM 746 Introduction to Financial and Managerial Accounting for Healthcare Organizations (4). Executive Master’s Program. Focuses on learning and applying key financial and managerial accounting tools and concepts to healthcare problems. Provides a broad introduction to key concepts, issues, tools, and vocabulary useful for policymakers and administrators. Topics include: reading and analyzing healthcare financial statements, recording transactions, budgeting, full costing, incremental costing, and responsibility accounting. Spring.

HPM 747 Healthcare Finance (4). Executive Master’s Program. Prerequisite, HPM 746. This course focuses on financial management, analysis and decision-making and the use of spreadsheets to help make better financial decisions. The course includes basic financial management concepts, long-term financing, capital investment decisions, revenue cycle and current accounts management, financial condition analysis, mergers and acquisitions. Fall.

HPM 748 Healthcare Policy and Economics of Healthcare Insurance (3). Executive Master’s MHA Program. This course provides students with an opportunity to investigate topics of healthcare policy and insurance from a finance and economics perspective. The course covers contemporary health policy topics in great depth and with a focus on economic and financial analysis as a tool to evaluate healthcare policies and proposed new legislation. Summer.

HPM 749 Data Visualization (3). Introduction to data visualization principles and tools for business professionals. Topics include cognitive processing of visual information, best practices in data visualization, effective data storytelling, data acquisition and preparation, and designing data visualizations using Tableau Desktop software. Spring.

HPM 750 Introduction to Dental Public Health (3). Permission of instructor required. Survey of the theory and practice of public health dentistry with an emphasis on basic knowledge and skills necessary for planning and evaluating dental public health programs. Fall.

HPM 751 Dental Public Health Practice (3). Students will evaluate systems of care that impact oral health and will understand the health policy process and engage in policy analysis. Issues to be explored will include: dental care policy and the health policy process; policy analysis; the legislative process; access to care for high risk populations; integrating dental services into public health programs; trends in the demand for dental care; trends expenditures for dental services; and managed dental care. Spring.

HPM 752 Oral Epidemiology for Health Policy and Management (3). Prerequisite: EPID 600 or HPM 750; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisite. Focuses on the epidemiology of oral disease and the implications and uses of this knowledge for dental health policy making and administration of dental programs. Fall.

HPM 753 Health Care in the United States: Structure and Policy (4). Executive Master’s Program. This core course is designed to provide students with an overview of the structure, systems, and policies of health care delivery in the United States. The goal is to increase students’ knowledge and abilities to analyze and address health care issues from both management and policy perspectives. Fall.

HPM 754 Health Care in the United States: Structure and Policy (3). This core course is designed to provide students with an overview of the structure, systems, and policies of health care delivery in the United States. The goal is to increase students’ knowledge and abilities to analyze and address health care issues from both management and policy perspectives. Fall.

HPM 756 Conceptualizing & Measuring Access to Healthcare (3). This course addresses theoretical and applied approaches to measuring health care access in public health and health services research. Drawing principally from health and medical geography, linking foundational concepts and methods addressing access with health economics and health services research more broadly. Students explore spatial approaches to health and healthcare in place. This course will include reading responses, GIS lab exercises, and a research project addressing health care access. Prior exposure to statistical methods preferred. Spring.

HPM 757 Health Reform: Political Dynamics and Policy Dilemmas (3). This course focuses on the political and policy dynamics of health care reform. Spring.

HPM 758 Underserved Populations and Health Reform (3). Students will gain an understanding of how the changes in the health care market affect care for underserved populations and will develop strategies to ensure that the needs of these populations are met. Fall.

HPM 759 Health Policy Development and Advocacy for Health Leaders (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). The course will familiarize students with the history of health reform in the US, explore issues in health policy, analyze the impact of health politics on policymaking. Spring.

HPM 760 Healthcare Quality and Information Management (3). Integrates essential methods and principles in healthcare quality and information management. Emphasis on use of information to measure and improve quality. Will include presentations, individual/group projects, exercises, group discussion. Fall.

HPM 762 Quality of Care (3). The quality of health care in the US has garnered significant attention. This course will examine: (1) the current state of the quality of care in the US; (2) approaches to assess quality of care, and (3) strategies that have been implemented or proposed to improve the quality of care. Spring.

HPM 765 Cancer Prevention and Control Seminar (3). An interdisciplinary overview of cancer prevention and control. Emphasis on projects and activities from perspectives of epidemiology, health behavior, and health policy and management. Appropriate research design and methodologies are covered. Fall.

HPM 766 Making Equity a Priority in Cancer Care Quality (3). This course examines recent work on defining, measuring, and improving cancer care quality, with special emphasis on inequities along the cancer care continuum and approaches for prioritizing equity in cancer care quality. Cancer care inequities according to race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and geography will especially be highlighted. Fall.

HPM 767 Implementation Science in Health (3). This course introduces the concepts, theories, and methods of disseminating and implementing evidence-based health, behavioral health, and social service interventions. The course also examines the methods for conducting rigorous research on dissemination and implementation. Spring.

HPM 769 Cancer Outcomes Research Seminar (1). The Cancer Outcomes Research Program (CORP) offers a weekly seminar for faculty, students, and fellows/trainees interested in multidisciplinary cancer outcomes research. Guest speakers’ topics include Quality of Care, Patient-reported Outcomes (PROs), Comparative Effectiveness, Health Informatics, Cancer Disparities, Decision Making, Dissemination/Implementation, and Health Economics, as related to cancer outcomes. Fall, spring.

HPM 770 Operations Research for Healthcare Systems (3). Review of the systems analysis process in healthcare systems. Deterministic and random models, mathematical programming, queueing, simulation, forecasting and measurement. Emphasis on model formulation and computer solution of decision models. Spring.

HPM 771 Introduction to Regression Models for Health Services Research (3). This course provides an introduction to regression models used in health services research. We will discuss both ordinary least squares regression models, in which the dependent variable is continuous, and logit models, in which the dependent variable is binary. Stata software will be used for examples and assignments. Spring.

HPM 772 Techniques for the Economic Evaluation of Health Care (3). Permission of instructor required. This course provides an investigation of the theory, methods, and application of economic evaluation to health care. Topics include basic methods used to identify policy issues, structure an economic evaluation, measure and summarize health outcomes and estimate their value to patients or to the public, and identify resources used and estimate their costs. Fall.

HPM 773 Introduction to Program Evaluation in Public Health and Health Care Settings (3). Executive Master’s Program. This course is an introduction to program evaluation in public health and health care settings. We discuss key concepts in planning, conducting, reporting, and utilizing evaluations. Through a semester-long project students develop a viable program evaluation design for a real-world program. Fall.

HPM 776 Health Information and Quality Tools (2). Executive Master’s Program. The HPM 776/777 and 776/778 course sequences integrate essential methods and principles in healthcare quality and information management, emphasizing use of information to measure and improve quality. Spring.

HPM 777 Health Information and Quality Applications (2). Executive Master’s MHA Program. The HPM 776/777 and 776/778 course sequences integrate essential methods and principles in healthcare quality and information management, emphasizing use of information to measure and improve quality. Spring.

HPM 778 Public Health Information and Quality Applications (1.5). Executive Master’s MPH Program. The HPM 776/777 and 776/778 course sequences integrate essential methods and principles in healthcare quality and information management, emphasizing use of information to measure and improve quality. Spring.

HPM 779 Operations Research for Healthcare Systems (4). Executive Master’s MHA Program. Healthcare administrators face a range of decisions: some strategic, some financial, others operational. Through your program of study, you are developing analytical and conceptual skills that will help you to make better decisions when the time comes. Spring.

HPM 780 Pharmaceutical Health Policy (2). Overview of the pharmaceutical industry including organization, financing, major regulations, drug development, and ethical considerations. Topics will give a real-world perspective from professionals in the pharmaceutical industry. Students will debate and discuss some controversial topics related to pharmaceuticals and public health including patient safety, data integrity, financial conflicts of interest, and pricing. These topics will introduce students to careers in the pharmaceutical industry and provide a relevant background for careers in public policy or research. Spring.

HPM 781 Seminar in Comparative Effectiveness Research (1). The course provides an overview of substantive and methodological issues in CER, including randomized controlled trials; inferences from observational studies; literature syntheses; decision sciences/decision modeling; dissemination and implementation science; cross-cutting skills (e.g., strengths and limitations of administrative and clinical databases and electronic health records for CER). Spring.

HPM 785 Advanced Decision Modeling (3). Prerequisite, HPM 772. This course covers advanced decision modeling methods in health care, including probabilistic sensitivity and value of information analysis, economic evaluation using clinical trial data, and discrete event simulation and agent-based/system dynamics modeling techniques. The course teaches analytical techniques and interpretation as well as and state-of-the-art best practices. Spring.

HPM 789 Master’s Paper Development (1). Second year MSPH or first year MPH students only. Permission of instructor required. Broad topics related to the development and management of a research project are covered. The major goal is the development and completion of a proposal to be submitted for independent master’s paper. Fall, spring.

HPM 790 Advanced Health Policy Analysis Health Policy Development, Health Policy Advocacy (3). This course is for master’s and doctoral students interested in health policy. The course is intended to go beyond an introduction to policy analysis to a discussion and exploration of theories of policy analysis in a context of competing democratic ethics and values. Spring.

HPM 793 Health Policy and Management Internship (1-2). Supervised field experience in approved health agencies. There is a field fee, $450. Fall, spring, summer.

HPM 794 Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement and Application in Healthcare Research and Practice (3). Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) include measures of health status, quality of life, and satisfaction with healthcare. This course provides an overview of the PRO measurement and research field, and discusses how to design and evaluate a PRO measure and best practices for integrating PRO in clinical research and healthcare settings. Spring.

HPM 804 Healthcare Database Research (DPOP 804) (3). Course provides foundational knowledge for using administrative health care claims and other relational data for health services research. Students learn to: manage large databases in SAS, identify key variables in administrative data, and design and implement a study protocol. Fall.

HPM 810 Leadership in Health Law and Ethics (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). Course is designed to provide learners with an introduction and overview of critical issues relating to law, ethics, and public health. Fall.

HPM 815 Graduate Health Economics Seminar (1). Class will meet every other week. Discussion of recent papers in health economics. Students must have solid knowledge of graduate microeconomics theory and econometrics. Fall, spring.

HPM 820 Organizational Leadership Theory and Practice (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). Focus is on the behavioral, power-influence, trait, and situational approaches to leadership. Addresses core leadership principles plus leadership-followership theory, transformational and strategic leadership, and creating change. Fall.

HPM 823 Global Health (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). This course analyzes health systems from a global perspective. Although health systems vary widely in their structure and performance, there is substantial similarity in the issues that they face. The course evaluates health systems from a system improvement perspective, by focusing on health system analysis and health system reform. In addition, the course focuses on ethical issues of health leadership in global perspective. Summer.

HPM 830 Translational Health Disparities: Research, Practice & Policy (3). This course will focus on the concepts, principles, methods, and applications of health disparities science, practice, and policy. It will integrate principles and practice of community engagement. Experts from diverse disciplines will give lectures on health disparities research, practice, and policy. Student teams will work on real life case studies. Spring.

HPM 860 Population Perspectives for Health (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). A review of how the population perspective is used to create programs and social change for health in the United States. Fall.

HPM 871 Seminar in Teaching Health Policy and Management (1). Problems and processes of teaching health policy and administration, including supervised practicum experience. Fall.

HPM 872 Selected Topics in Health Policy and Management: Advanced Seminar (3). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Integrated study of selected theory and research as it relates to the organization and delivery of health services. Separate seminars are developed to correspond to the doctoral student’s specific interests and needs. Spring.

HPM 873 Policy Seminar in Health Policy and Management (1). Seminar on policy issues in Health Policy and Management. Fall and spring.

HPM 874 Advanced Research Seminar in Health Policy and Management (1)
This seminar will develop core competencies through a: (1) journal club to develop competencies in research design and expose students to diverse content and methodologies; and (2) a professional development series. Fall and spring.

HPM 880 Principles of Health Policy Research Methods (3). First course in the department’s sequence in empirical analysis. Covers principles of statistical inference, univariate and bivariate analysis, statistical software applications, and mathematical concepts necessary for linear regression and further topics. Fall.

HPM 881 Linear Regression Models (3). Permission of instructor required (with exception of HPM PhD students). Prerequisite: BIOS 600 or equivalent background in probability theory/statistics for student lacking the prerequisite. Required preparation, matrix algebra, derivatives, logs/exponentials, and Stata. This course is an introduction to linear regression models. Topics include least squares regression, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, and hypothesis testing. Spring.

HPM 882 Advanced Methodology in Health Policy and Management Research (3). Prerequisite: HPM 881, or permission of the instructor. This course is an introduction to linear regression models. Topics include linear algebra, least squares regression, multicollinearity, heteroscedasticity, autocorrelation, and hypothesis testing. Fall.

HPM 883 Analysis of Categorical Data (3). Prerequisites: HPM 881 and 882 or equivalent. This course is an introduction to the analysis of categorical data using maximum likelihood and other non-linear techniques and specification tests. Topics include models in which the dependent variable is not continuous, including logit, probit, censored data, two-part, and count models. Spring.

HPM 884 Overview to Health Services Research/Health Policy (3). Pre-doctoral standing or permission of the instructor. This course provides an overview of the field of health services research and health policy. It introduces basis components of the research process, including literature synthesis, development of a research question and hypothesis, and use of conceptual models to guide research questions. Fall.

HPM 885 Health Services/Health Policy Research Methods (3). Prerequisite, HPM 884. This course explores how to develop answerable, policy-relevant, ethical research questions; operationalize questions with actionable specific aims and identify optimal research design for answering a particular question. It introduces primary data collection methods (e.g., interviews, focus groups, surveys) and secondary data sources (e.g., administrative claims, medical, records). Spring.

HPM 886 Advanced Health Services Research Methods Applications (3). Prerequisites: HPM 884 and 885. This course focuses on applications of research methods that are relevant to health services and health policy researchers. Skills and topics covered in HPM 884 and HPM 885. Fall.

HPM 893 Public Health Informatics Practicum (2). Course will help students: conduct research, develop public health informatics tools/projects, and further develop professional skills and knowledge essential in the public health informatics field. Students will participate in weekly (2 hr) informatics discussions with practicum preceptors and have an opportunity to meet and interact with successful health informatics professionals. Spring.

HPM 930 Doctoral Seminar in Organizational Theory and Health Care Organizations (3). Permission of the instructor for non-doctoral students. Review and application of selected developments in organization theory to health services research. Fall.

HPM 940 Leadership in Health Informatics (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). This two credit hour course introduces health leaders to the new field of health informatics. Topics include approaches to managing information and applying it to improve the delivery of health services in diverse settings. Summer.

HPM 945 Dissertation Planning and Preparation I (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). Part of a sequence to guide students in planning, development, and implementation of DrPH dissertations. Designed to prepare students to identify appropriate research topics, plan the approach, organize, and write. Summer.

HPM 947 Dissertation Planning and Preparation III (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). The purpose of this course is to build on students’ progress on work initiated in HPM 945 and continue to guide students through the steps necessary to complete a dissertation proposal. In collaboration with faculty, learners will assess the current state of their proposals and complete revisions and additional refinements, culminating in dissertations that are ready to be defended by fall of the third year in the program. Summer.

HPM 950 The Research Process (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). The course introduces doctoral students to the world of scientific and policy inquiry. It emphasizes the goal, structure, and content of the dissertation that will be written in the latter part of the program. Fall.

HPM 951 Literature Review and Appraisal (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). This course is the second in a sequence of courses in research design and methods in the executive DrPH program. The course explores the nature and process of scientific inquiry in the field of public health, establishing a foundation for methodological exploration, and focusing on the process of developing researchable questions. Spring.

HPM 952 Community Involvement in Research (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). Relevant literature and guest speakers will highlight cases depicting different levels of community involvement in public health research. Summer.

HPM 953 Essentials of Practice Based Research (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). Designed to provide DrPH students with grounding in basic quantitative and qualitative research techniques used in health services research. Topics include types of research designs, measurement scales and coding nomenclatures, analytical techniques for quantitative data, research techniques for primary data collection, research opportunities with secondary data, and qualitative research methods. Spring.

HPM 955 Health Strategy (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). The purpose of this class is to enhance participants’ behavioral complexity as leaders. Examines several major approaches to organizational strategy. Topics include diversification, transaction cost economics, agency theory, the resource-based view of the firm, and processes of strategic decision making. Summer.

HPM 956 Fundamentals of Research Analysis (3). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). This course will provide students with “hands-on” experience in qualitative, quantitative, and policy analytical techniques. Fall.

HPM 957 Crisis Leadership (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). This course is one in a series of core leadership offerings in the Executive DrPH. It is designed to expose students to both the theoretical and practical aspects of crisis leadership. Students will be expected to think critically about interpersonal and organization dynamics; the elements of crises in organizational settings; principles of organizational preparedness for crisis; and how to develop strategies to refine and apply crisis leadership skills. Spring.

HPM 958 Financial Leadership (3). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). Healthcare professionals, whether in public health agencies, commercial entities, nonprofit organizations, or academic settings need to be able to read, understand and analyze financial information. This course will teach budgeting concepts, as well as financial statement analysis, and goes beyond the creation of budgets and financial statements to the analysis of the entity’s financial health as a whole. To adequately understand how to read, understand and analyze financial statements, students must understand how information is accumulated and presented. Therefore, this course also covers cost and managerial accounting concepts that are fundamental to that understanding. Fall.

HPM 959 Strategic Planning for Public and Non-Profit Organizations (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). This course introduces the principles, methods and concepts of strategic planning as it relates to public and non-profit organizations. Spring.

HPM 962 Marketing and Public Relations for Health Leaders (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). This course is one of a series of leadership courses in the executive DrPH. Its main purpose is to help students understand public health from the perspective of external audiences. Summer.

HPM 963 Program Evaluation for Health Leaders (2). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). This course is one of a series of research courses in the executive DrPH. Its main purpose is to help students understand the purposes of evaluation. Summer.

HPM 964 Implementation Science (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). This class will provide students with an opportunity to learn about implementation science and to understand the complementarity of implementation science and intervention science in improving population outcomes. Students will gain an understanding of the importance of implementation science for addressing public health concerns and the role implementation science can play in bringing public health practice and research closer together. Fall.

HPM 965 Cultural Competence for 21st Century Health Leaders (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). We will examine the ways in which culture, cultural competency and cultural humility intersects with health, and how public health efforts can benefit by understanding relationships between culture and health. Spring.

HPM 966 Systems Thinking and Collective Impact (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). This course has two parts, both focused on applying practical, structured systems thinking approaches to improve care, service delivery systems, policy, and/or environments in which we live. The first part of the course is person-centered – applying systems thinking tools to understand individuals’ experiences as the foundation for driving change. The second part uses systems thinking to “zoom out” and see the broader system around a population health challenge. Spring.

HPM 967 Quality Improvement (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). Provides an introduction and overview of quality improvement efforts in health care. Explores the evidence for why quality improvements are needed, measurements of how health care quality is determined as well as how to implement and manage successful quality improvement techniques. Spring.

HPM 968 Managing the Healthcare Workforce (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). Workforce issues play a central role in virtually all organizational problems and challenges. At times, workforce issues may be the primary cause of a problem, while in other cases, they may be one of several underlying causes. Similarly, it is difficult to identify a solution to an organizational problem that does not involve some aspect of workforce management. In this course, we will sample some of the most common workforce challenges and look at alternative ways of addressing them. Summer.

HPM 969 Program Planning (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). The course focuses on approaches to plan programs that promote individual and community health. The course is anchored in the Intervention Mapping approach. Students will develop an understanding of the essential steps in the program planning process: needs assessments, establishing program goals and objectives, and selecting and developing program strategies. Summer.

HPM 970 Training & Pedagogy for Health Leaders (1). Executive Doctoral Program in Health Leadership (DrPH). In this class you will learn how to apply best pedagogical practices to develop effective educational experiences that meet learning needs of audiences in academic, organizational, and community settings. Fall.

HPM 992 Master’s Paper (Var.).

HPM 994 Doctoral Dissertation (Var.).

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