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.
All of us in the health care profession share a common goal: to improve the care that patients receive. To do so, economic aspects such as payments, behavioral aspects such as patient psychology, and business aspects such as the clinical operations all need to be carefully designed.
Christian Terwiesch
From a societal point of view I cannot think of an industry in which connected strategies will have a bigger impact than in health care. The ability to create deeper connections with patients has the potential to create better outcomes and higher efficiency.
Nicolaj Siggelkow
I hope students will take away from my course an appreciation of the incredible complexity of our health care system, and the ways in which shifting patterns of laws and regulations have structured the medical delivery system we have today. Law and medicine are deeply intertwined, and legal rules and institutions have done much to shape our current health care system. As we work toward health care reform, legal institutions have a similar role to play in streamlining and improving the way in which care is delivered in the United States.
Theodore W. Ruger
Those who aim to advance health care with their research must also aim to understand the ethical and regulatory aspects of research. Research ethics is an essential element of good research practice.
Emily A. Largent
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.
Medical Ethics and Health Policy Online Learning Center
The research, stories, and thought leadership of our faculty, alumni, and staff extend beyond the online classroom.