RC 443 - Management and Leadership in Healthcare

5 Credits

This course is an exploration of management and leadership. Learners will explore the typical functions of a manager and leader in a health care system. Topics include management functions, health care finance and continuous quality improvement. The goal of the class is to familiarize learners with ways everyone can engage in leadership and explore management as they progress their career.

Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program BAS - RC
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Summer Day, Online

Designed to Serve For students enrolled in the Respiratory Care Program
Active Date 20240509T13:46:18

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 55
Total Contact Hours 55
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Course Outline

Overview of health care organizations
1. Hospital organization
2. Departmental organization
3. Health care stakeholder groups
Overview of management
1. Management vs leadership
2. Management roles and tasks
3. Key responsibilities
Organizational dynamics and strategic planning
1. Systems thinking
2. Strategic planning
3. SWOT analysis
Finance
1. Costs
2. Revenue sources
3. Financial processes
Quality control
1. Risk
2. Quality issues
3. CQI process
Information technologies
1. The Electronic Medical Record
2. Patient engagement technologies

Student Learning Outcomes
Identify health care organization stakeholders.

Summarize typical organizational and departmental hospital structure.

Identify key roles and responsibilities of healthcare managers and leaders.

Construct solutions to common management problems in health care organizations.

Analyze information found commonly in health care leadership to identify solutions to problems.