Health Care and Technology Curriculum
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 digital health, strategy, and innovation techniques.
Select 4 courses from the list below to build your Graduate Certificate in Health Care and Technology. Click on course title for more detail.
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DIGITAL HEALTH (HCIN 6022): FALL
Introduces sources and types of health care data; highlights opportunities to implement technology to improve patient experience and outcomes, and to mitigate provider burnout; provides practice in human- / patient-centered design.
Health Care Strategy
Students must take 1 or 2 of the following courses:
CONNECTED HEALTH CARE (HCIN 6012): FALL
Curate technologies to facilitate customer relationships and drive ongoing customer engagement.
LEADING CHANGE IN HEALTH CARE (HCIN 6170): SPRING
Shape culture and leverage data to facilitate change at the level of an organization, department, or team.
Innovation Techniques
Students must take 1 or 2 of the following courses:
TRANSLATING IDEAS INTO OUTCOMES (HCIN 6070): FALL
Discover stakeholder needs; frame problems to facilitate solutions; use rapid iteration to test solutions; prepare to scale.
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND DECISION MAKING (HCIN 6020): FALL-SPRING
Deploy behavioral interventions using technology.
ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY (HCIN 6160): SUMMER
Detect and address systemic and relational challenges in health care delivery; identify evidence-based practices for effective implementation; plan an initiative to advance organizational and community health.
Online students in Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT), Master of Science in Engineering in Data Science (MSE-DS), and Master of Science in Engineering in Artificial Intelligence (MSE-AI) programs at Penn Engineering are encouraged to apply for the Graduate Certificate in Health Care and Technology.
All Penn Engineering students entering the certificate must take HCIN 6022 Digital Health as part of their degree studies. Students in MCIT will take this as an elective; students in MSE-DS or MSE-AI will take this as a “Free Elective.” Students taking this course for credit in an engineering degree must complete a final project focused on an area of computer science.
Once Penn Engineering students have completed their online master’s degree requirements, they may earn the Certificate over a minimum of five months or a maximum of two years. Potential schedules may be discussed during a Certificate advising session.
Health Care and Technology 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.