The Health Services Management concentration is designed for professionals and managers in hospitals, long-term care facilities, senior living facilities, home health agencies, hospices, and other health care providers who wish to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for effective management of health services organizations providing services for the elderly.
Prerequisite: One statistics course prior to GERO 595. (HSM 594 meets this requirement.)
Total Program: 36 semester hours
Core Courses: Same as M.S., Gerontology.
Concentration: 12 semester hours
HSM 500 Managing and Leading in Health Services Organizations, or
HSM 501 Recent Trends and Issues in Health Services (3)
HSM 502 Financial and Cost Analysis (3)
HSM 503 Healthcare Economics (3)
HSM 583 Marketing & Business Development (3)
Electives: 3 semester hours from the following:
GERO 570 Grant Writing (3)
GERO 571 Cognitively Impaired Older Adults (3)
GERO 572 Death, Dying, and Bereavement (3)
GERO 573 Legal and End-of-Life Issues in Aging (3)
GERO 576 Careers in Gerontology (3)
GERO 577 Caregiving and Caregiver Resources (3)
GERO 578 Spirituality and Aging (3)
GERO 579 Aging and Biography (3)
GERO 590 Selected Topics in Gerontology (1-3)
GERO 599 Independent Study (3)
HSM 504 Organizational Communications (3)
HSM 520 Strategic Planning and Management in HSOs (3)
HSM 540 Legal Issues in HSOs (3)
HSM 580 Economics of Managed Care (3)
Another approved GERO course (3)
Internship and Research Courses:
6 semester hours:
GERO 595 Research Methods in Gerontology (3)
GERO 598 Internship/Fieldwork (3)
Culminating Activity: 3 semester hours
GERO 596 Graduate Seminar (3)
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