Online Programs

Welcome to the intersection of online education, innovation, and ethics, where the expertise and evidence of academia joins the impact of the workplace.

Penn Medical Ethics and Health Policy’s Online Education courses are designed for professionals seeking expertise in health care innovation and ethics to inform their own work. Options range from on-demand continuing education or lifelong learning to an intensive, cohort-based master’s degree in Health Care Innovation.

Medical Ethics and Health Policy Online Education Courses

MEHP Online Education translates faculty expertise into high-quality, engaging courses in innovation and ethics.

Our students and alumni apply sharpened skills, deeper knowledge, guided practice, and vibrant connections to their own work in health care.
Our multidisciplinary curriculum, the strength of our faculty, and our student network make us unique.

Faculty

Our interdisciplinary faculty transform health care by crafting policy, shaping behavioral interventions, improving operations, and driving innovation. They also improve health care innovation by teaching students and professionals like you.

Whether you are learning in the Graduate Certificate or the Master of Health Care Innovation (MHCI) program, you will gain skills and knowledge in multiple facets of innovation and leadership from faculty across the University of Pennsylvania, including the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School.

  • George Demiris

    My research focuses on the transformative role information technology can play in the health care of older adults and their families, and the generation of innovative personal health solutions in home and hospice care.

    George Demiris Mary Alice Bennett Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor, School of Nursing, and the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine
  • Rose Maruca

    Solving problems in health care is a team sport requiring collaboration and communication. Great things are possible when each team member brings a creative mindset and leaders bring a clear vision.

     

    Rose Maruca Associate Director, R&D Strategy and Planning, Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Lauren Hahn

    Transforming health care means reimagining not only how we provide care, but how we connect—with technology, with systems, and most importantly, with people.

    Lauren Hahn Senior Director of Product Management, Center for Health Care Transformation and Innovation, Penn Medicine
  • Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins, PhD

    I believe equity can be best achieved with customized approaches that mitigate the “isms” where we live and work.

    Kevin Ahmaad Jenkins Lecturer, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Perelman School of Medicine

Enjoy Flexibility in Our Medical Ethics and Health Policy Online Programs

To help innovators like you grow, we offer various convenient online programs. Our MOOC and continuing education courses can be taken for free, on demand.
If you want to earn a Graduate Certificate or Master of Health Care Innovation (MHCI), continue working while you complete courses. Balance coursework with your personal and professional life.

MEHP Online Outcomes

Most of our MHCI students are full-time working professionals. With the skills, confidence, and credibility they gain in our online education courses, many obtain new jobs or acquire special responsibilities related to innovation. In fact, over 50 percent of our alumni report advancement in their careers.

MOOCs will help you expand your professional expertise, and continuing education courses may be eligible for continuing education credit toward your professional license.

Find the Right Online Education Program for You

Are you ready to start your online education with a Master of Health Care Innovation (MHCI)? Looking for continuing education courses to help you stay current in your career? Get started today.