The Master in Health Care Management degree offers valuable experience and useful knowledge in a results-oriented environment. Participants gain practical managerial skills to augment their talent as physicians. The program allows participants to continue working full-time while pursuing the degree, and to interact with peers from across the globe. Using Harvard’s case-based teaching method combined with extensive peer collaboration, the degree program keeps clinical executives on top of trends, issues and competitive strategies unique to the modern health care system.
The one-year, 42.5-credit Master of Science program in Health Policy and Management is designed for individuals with doctoral degrees who want to pursue health policy research and desire intensive exposure to analytic and quantitative skills.
Students in the Health Policy and Management (HPM) area of study are interested in developing the critical thinking and applied problem-solving skills needed to address challenges in health care delivery, public policy, and public health systems.