Hello everyone,
This note is longer than normal, so bear with me.
Now Offering Undergraduate and Graduate Credit
I have the delightful pleasure of letting you know that we heard you! Your request for the Healthcare Management Certificate to be offered in both undergraduate and graduate credit has been accomplished. This was a major focus of mine over the summer months; working with the faculty to add an evaluative component that was rigorous enough to meet the Public Administration Chair Neal Wallace's expectations and accessible enough for professional development. Faculty were excited to add a component that provides a stronger exchange between instructor and student and many faculty added a component that allows students to share their learning among eachother.
If you have ever heard of a restaurant "soft opening" that is pretty much how we began to offer the credit for this program. We started offering it with the current class; Cause and Effect Connections between Quality and Efficiency. You may have noticed that we filled that class to capacity! So we offered everyone in that class to take the credit option if they so chose. Some have, some haven't. Those who haven't maintain their non-credit status with the same rich learning, engagement and compelling reading and lecture. Those who have committen to paying the extra cost of $100 and will complete the evaluative component. In exchange they will get feedback from the instructor on their work, share their knowledge with fellow students, earn 2 credits and a letter grade.
From this point forward, all the Healthcare Management Certificate courses are offered three ways; non-credit, undergraduate credit or graduate credit. Consider starting the program in January.
Maintaining the Financial Health of a Healthcare Organization
Good news and bad news here. This course starts on November 13, with a fantastic instructor; Bill Kramer. But, word must have gotten out early on this one, because the course is already full! The good news is we have started a waiting list, and there is potential to get a few more people registered. Please call our registration desk at 503/725-4832 refer to course number BQ120-407 and you can be put on the waiting list.
Myself and the rest of the faculty have been waiting for Bill's class since we conceived of it around this time last year. When we finally got Bill to agree to teach it, we felt it was a major coup. He will be fantastic. I have looked over his materials and the way he has designed the class, I think it will be fun and interesting. And, believe me, I am a tough customer when it comes to thinking that finance is fun and interesting!
-- Lori Silverman, Program Manager

Healthcare Management Certificate
Course List & Schedule

FALL 2008
Maintaining the Financial Health of a Healthcare Organization,
Bill Kramer,
Begins 11/13/07.
Registration Course FULL.

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FINAL chance for discount.
DISCOUNT ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL JANUARY 4th.
BQ 399 Entire Certificate Discount:
Registering for all 6 courses (non-credit or credit) at the same time saves you $300 off the tuition. Click here for details.
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WINTER 2008
Culturally Competent Patient Centered Care
James Mason, PhD.,
Begins 1/8/08. Registration Open.

Deciphering the Management and Leadership Matrix
Jim Tuchschmidt, MD, MM,
Begins 2/19/08. Registration Open.

SPRING
Technology Innovations and Reality
Jim Moon, Steve Datena, MD
Begins 4/1//08.

Healthcare Economic Trends and Impact
Allan Weiland, MD.
Begins 5/6/08.

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AARP Foundation Women's Scholarship Program
A tip from a colleague said this scholarship looked interesting. Deadline for applying is end of October so ladies, move fast.
Helping Women 40+ Discover New Lives and New Futures

Must be over 40, priority given to those re-entering the workforce, or under-employed. Click the link to read more. This is an AARP scholarship, not affiliated with PSU.

I am very proud to announce the newly created Healthcare Management: Leadership Certificate.
In building the Healthcare Management Certificate, our goal was to focus on the manager in the middle of a healthcare organization struggling with issues coming from all angles of the organization. According to students in the program, we have definitely achieved that goal!

But if one listens to healthcare professionals in the field, they will tell you that there is clearly an increased hunger for professional development from senior level managers in a peer-to-peer setting. They have a specific set of needs that is slightly different than the healthcare management program.
So, myself and some senior practitioners rolled up our sleeves and built a short, focused, more intense program for a healthcare manager with significant healthcare management experience. This program is strictly professional development ie; no credit. There are four courses; management ethics, public policy, strategy and leadership. They are designed to be very small classes providing an opportunity for rich, frank discussion on some tough practical and sometimes lofty concepts. Each course is short, offered primarily during the day. You can complete a single course in 4 - 5 weeks; the entire series in six months. Read more about the leadership certificate here.
If you are interested in visiting with me about it, please contact me at 503/725-5848 or scroll down for a link to my email address.

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New Related Certificate from the Professional Development Center
Six Sigma Champion, Green and Black Belt Certificates.

The Six Sigma training program is for executives and managers whose organization wants to practice and implement Six Sigma tools and prepare leaders and Six Sigma Champions.

For more information click here.
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