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RC 443 - Management and Leadership in Healthcare

5 Credits


Students acquire background and skills of business/administrative aspects of healthcare.  Applications of business theory are applied to medical settings.  Function of management organization models, budget and other planning, information systems, human resource functions including staff scheduling, employee evaluation, productivity management, personal accountability, group leadership, external factor including accreditation and cultural diversity training will be explored.

Pre-requisite(s) RC 433 with min. 2.5
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - R C
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Day
Designed to Serve Students in Respiratory Care progrmam.
Active Date 20190610T09:32:18

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Course Outline
1. Difference between leadership and management in health care organizations.

2. Business theory for a health care organization. 

3. Responsibilities of the respiratory care department manager and ancillary departments responsible for. 

4. Respiratory care department budget development and management. 

5. Information systems affecting the respiratory care department. 

6. Human resource functions within a health care organization. 

7. Scheduling of staff for small to large respiratory care departments. 

8. Employee performance reviews with emphasis on evaluation, setting realistic goals and poor performance situations. 

9. Defining productivity management and setting achievable goals. 

10. Identify cultural diversity training methods and evaluation. 

 

Student Learning Outcomes
Identify examples of leadership versus management in hospital respiratory care departments.

Create a portfolio exhibiting personal management skills and techniques based on a provided case based respiratory care department.

Describe the purpose of Joint Commission accreditation site visits specific to respiratory care departments.

Construct a staffing schedule for a provided case study respiratory care department.

Using a cultural diversity sensitivity approach develop a plan to implement new bronchial hygiene therapy protocols.



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