Advance Your Career in Health Care!The Saint Vincent College Master of Science Degree Program in Health Services Leadership (MS-HSL) enables health care practitioners to become effective leaders in complex health care environments. Program OverviewAdmission & Academic RegulationsApplication for Health Services LeadershipProgram Faculty OverviewPrintable Brochure
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This program enhances understanding of health care operations in order to assure ethical, responsible and effective care for all patients. Students develop a strong understanding of the organization and social context of American health care. Graduate of this program become leaders in health care who will be innovators, educators, and role models on health care teams. The program provides a solid foundation for further study and advancement in senior management.
The program is administered by the public policy division of the Alex G. McKenna School of Business, Economics, and Government. All courses will involve active learning and will systematically develop intellectual skills in writing, speaking, critical analysis, project planning and information literacy. The 36 credit curriculum can be completed in a flexible format over two to three calendar years by taking courses in the spring, summer and fall semesters.
Program Goals:
- To prepare qualified health care practitioners to become effective leaders in complex health care environments.
- To develop individuals with a strong understanding of the organizational and social context of American health care.
- To enhance understanding of health care operations in order to assure ethical, responsible, and effective care for patients.
- To prepare leaders who will be innovators, educators, and role models in health care teams.
- To provide students with a solid foundation for further study or advancement to senior management.
Objectives addressed within the curriculum and measured through the program for student learning assessment include the ability to:
- Conduct research and evaluate current professional literature in order to develop evidence based practice procedures and polices;
- Assume a leadership role in collaboration with health care team members and serve as a role model for future health care providers;
- Understand the health care system including organizational dynamics, financial and legal characteristics and one’s own role and activity in the context of these factors;
- Design and supervise professional development strategies to increase the performance of individual staff as well as the larger organization;
- Understand standards of professional behavior and ethical conduct appropriate to health care and apply these standards in ways consistent with social justice and respect for human dignity;
- Demonstrate information literacy and the capacity to design and execute research in an appropriate health care area;
- Understand and apply performance improvement techniques to determine optimal care by linking relevant measures of patient characteristics, processes, and outcomes;
- Apply knowledge of theories and models in advanced health care management areas;
- Demonstrate higher level skills in communication, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving appropriate to senior management in a health care organization;
- Show a commitment to continuing learning and professional development.