Curriculum
The curriculum for Penn’s Graduate Certificate online programs helps students explore specialized topics that contribute to innovating around health care delivery, whether from a clinical, administrative, research, product, or technology perspective. Learn not only how to identify and address the challenges around you but also how to shape what’s ahead in Health Care Innovation or Health Care Technology.
Courses from the Master of Health Care Innovation curriculum may be taken individually. Four courses may be combined for a Graduate Certificate.
For the most flexibility in shaping your specialized learning, choose the Graduate Certificate in Health Care Innovation. Students may combine policy, operations, health economics, or quality improvement courses, for example, with practical studies in leadership and innovation. Select any 4 core or elective courses from the Master of Health Care Innovation curriculum to advance your skills and knowledge.
Select any 4 core or elective courses from the Master of Health Care Innovation curriculum to advance your skills and knowledge:
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The American Health Care System
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Advancing Health Equity
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Behavioral Economics and Decision Making
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Connected Health Care
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Digital Health
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Health Care Operations
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Health Economics
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Leadership and Legal Issues in Health Care
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Leading Change in Health Care
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Translating Ideas into Outcomes
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Using Data for Transformation
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Value and Quality in Health Care
The Graduate Certificate in Health Care and Technology is designed in collaboration with Penn Engineering to address the demand for technology professionals to innovate in health care. The program is well-suited to computer science professionals who are entering the health care field. The curated curriculum includes:
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Digital Health (required)
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One or two strategy courses: Connected Health Care or Leading Change in Health Care
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One or two innovation techniques courses: Translating Ideas into Outcomes, Behavioral Economics and Decision Making, or Advancing Health Equity
Health Care Innovation courses are designed with a similar structure to enhance learning new knowledge, skills, and practices. The primary course activities include:
- Engaging with content and media — Brief, high-quality video lectures; interview cases; cutting-edge readings; and learning aids, many of them downloadable, are predictably structured in weekly modules for you to study on your own schedule.
- Interacting with classmates, faculty, and the course team — During live class meetings and asynchronous class time, you will synthesize knowledge, explore scenarios and cases, identify opportunities for innovation, and network with colleagues.
- Applying your learning — Practice activities, ongoing projects, and presentations help you hone your ideas, identify stakeholders and decision makers, develop strategies for persuasion and negotiation, and strengthen your arguments in a safe, supportive space.