Innovative Healthcare Leadership – Online Microcredential

NOTE: To enroll in this microcredential, you must first complete the Innovative Heathcare Management microcredential.

Shape the future of healthcare

Today’s healthcare industry faces unprecedented challenges, increased complexity and constant change. To be truly effective, industry leaders need to do more than manage day-to-day operations — they must be visionaries and creative problem-solvers who can vastly improve processes, procedures and policies. 

Oregon State University’s online microcredential in innovative healthcare leadership uses exercises, simulations and real-world business scenarios to teach you key principles of healthcare management. Gain insight into the constraints and opportunities that shape organizational performance, and learn how to foster a creative culture that upholds strategic decision-making and innovation.

Coursework

Required courses (11 credits)

• BA 351 – Managing Organizations (4)
  • or BA 352 – Managing Individual and Team Performance (4)*
• BA 361 – Ideation and Creative Thinking (4)
• H 436 – Advanced Topics in Healthcare Management (3)

* BA 352 has prerequisites to enroll related to College of Business degree programs. COB students who have already met these requirements may choose to take BA 352. All other students should choose BA 351.

Prerequisites (6 credits)

• H 210 – Introduction to the Health Care System (3)
• H 250 – Introduction to Health Care Management (3)

Skills

The in-demand skills you’ll develop as a student in this microcredential will give you what you need to stand out and level up in your career.

• Healthcare leadership
• Healthcare evaluation
• Creative problem solving