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Highlighted course numbers link to the syllabus for that course. Please
note that some linked syllabi for these courses are from earlier semesters, and the dates contained therein do not apply to Fall 2008.
** Courses are subject to change (meeting times, cancellations, etc)!**
HPAA 220 - Writing for Health Administrators (3)
Designed to teach clarity,
conciseness, and effectiveness of statement. Memoranda, reports,
proposals, letters. Required of all BSPH students who have not taken
ENGL 304.
Section: 01
Instructor: TBA
Days and Time: M-W; 1:00-2:15
Room: RO Auditorium
HPAA 301 Field Training in Health Policy and Management I
(3).
The first six weeks of a supervised twelve-week administrative
internship in a healthcare organization. Required of all BSPH students in
HPM.
HPAA 302 Field Training in Health Policy and Management II
(3).
Supervised field experience in approved health agencies. There is
a field training fee.
HPAA 310 - Introduction to Law and Ethics in Health Administration (3)
An introduction to health law and ethics for health administration undergraduate Seniors.
Section: 01
Instructor: Harris
Days and Time: M-W; 9:30-10:45 am
Room: RO Auditorium
HPAA 330 -
Introduction to Health Organization Leadership, Management, and Behavior (3)
Prerequisite: Senior standing, or permission of instructor. Fundamental concepts, issues, and skills relevant to leadership,
management, and organizational behavior as applied to health and human services organizations.
Section: 1
Instructor: Shea
Days and Time: M-W; 11:00 am-12:15 pm
Room: HC 0003
HPAA 350 - Introduction to Health Services Systems (3)
Co-requisite HPAA 351. Limited to HPM except with the permission
of the HPM BSPH Program Director. An introduction to the current
status, trends, practices and issues in the delivery of health services.
Section: 1
Instructor: Aylor
Days and Time: T-R; 9:30 am-10:45 am
Room: MC 1304
HPAA 351 - Policy Issues in Health Services Delivery (2)
Prerequisite: Senior standing or permission of instructor. This seminar
addresses current health services delivery concerns from policy
perspectives. Guest speakers, debates, and development of issue papers
are used to explore implications for access and quality of healthcare.
Section: 1
Instructor: Aylor
Days and Time: R; 2:00 pm-3:50 pm
Room: RO Auditorium
HPAA 465 - Managed Care, Market Reform and the Impact on
Vulnerable Populations (3)
Students will gain an understanding of how the changes in the health care market
affect care of underserved populations and develop strategies to ensure the
needs of these populations are met.
Section: 1
Instructor: Silberman
Days and Time: R; 5:00 pm-7:50 pm
Room: MC 1305
HPAA 470 - Statistical Methods for Health Policy and Management (3)
Required for master's students. Introduction of linear model approach
to analysis of data in healthcare settings. Topics include probability
distributions, estimation tests of hypotheses, methods in multiple
regression, and analysis of variance and covariance.
Section: 1
Instructor: Porto
Days and Time: T-R; 3:30 pm-4:45 pm
Room: HC 0001
HPAA 496 - Student Organization Workshop
Section: 23
Instructor: Mebane
Days and Time: F; 1:00-2:00 pm
Room: MC 1304
HPAA 564 - Health Care in the United States: Administrative and Policy Issues (3)
HPM majors only. An overview of key health services issues including
quality, access, financing, insurance, ethics, and delivery systems
plus an introduction to health care policy and politics.
Section: 1
Instructor: Brooks
Days and Time: M-W; 11:00 am-12:15 pm
Room: MC 1301
HPAA 600 - Introduction to Health Policy and Management (2)
Provides an overview of the US health system, emphasizing role of
policy development and administrative decision making through case
examples. **BPSH students must have permission of instructor for online
version of this course.
Section: 01W (online only)
Instructor: Havala Hobbs
Days and Time: N/A
HPAA 601 - Issues in Health Care (1)
Lectures on current topics in the area of health care by practitioners
in the field. Required for MSPH and MHA students. Permission required
for undergraduate students.
Section: 1
Instructor: Fried/
Days and Time: T; 12:30 pm-1:50 pm, F; 9:00-11:50 am
Room: MC 1301
HPAA 602 - Concurrent Practice (var.)
Permission of Program Director required. Supervised activities in
an approved health organization, to include one or more specific
projects, approved by HPM faculty member, and directed by an approved
preceptor/mentor in the organization.
Section: 01 through 07
Instructor: var.
Days and Time: N/A
HPAA 660 - International and Comparative Health Systems (3)
This course provides a framework for comparing health systems and
understanding the forces that shape those systems. In addition, this
course will consider various methodologies that have been used to
compare and evaluate health systems, including measures of cost,
quality, and access. In studying the health systems of specific
countries, this course will examine various aspects of each system
including organization, financing, regulation, privatization, and the
health workforce.
Section: 1
Instructor: Fried
Days and Time: M; 3:00 pm-5:50 pm
Room: MC 2301
Section: 2
Instructor: TBA
Days and Time: TBA
Room: TBA
HPAA 691H - Honors Research (var.)
Prerequisites: overall GPA 3.2 by end of junior year in all
UNC-Chapel Hill courses, permission of HPM BSPH Program Director.
Readings and seminars for undergraduates who show potential and talent
to do research. Students will carry out a special project and prepare
an honors thesis based on the project.
Section: 1
Instructor: Shea
Days and Time: W; 1:30 pm-3:50 pm
Room: RO 0101
HPAA 701 - Professional Training I (1)
Required for 1st year masters students. Supervised professional training. Fee is $550.00.
Section: 1
Instructor: Aylor
Days and Time: TBA
HPAA 702 - Professional Training II (1)
Required for 2nd year master's students. Supervised professional training. Fee is $500.00.
Section: 1
Instructor: Aylor
Days and Time: TBA
HPAA 710 - Health Law (3)
Permission of instructor required. This course is designed to
provide students with an introduction to law and the legal system as it
relates to the delivery and financing of health care.
Section: 1
Instructor: Harris
Days and Time: T-R; 9:30 am-10:45 am
Room: MC 2301
HPAA 715L - Microeconomics Lab (1)
Applications and extensions of microeconomic theory covered in HPAA 715
to current health economics issues. HPAA 715 or equivalent is a
pre-requisite. Required for HPM MSPH students.
Section: 401
Instructor: Stearns
Days and Time: T; 3:30 pm-4:45 pm
Room: RO 0101
HPAA 720 - Management of Human Resources in Health Organizations (3)
Permission of instructor required. Emphasis is on clarifying concepts
of human resources management, identifying the importance of human
resources in health organizations, establishing the need for relating
strategic planning of organizations to their human resource planning,
and on examining role of organizational culture in behavior and
productivity. Selected topics from the field of personnel management
and interpersonal skills will also be covered. Methods of instruction
will include reading-based discussions, group and individual exercises,
field research and case discussions.
Section: 1
Instructor: Fried
Days and Time: T-R; 11:00 am-12:15 pm
Room: HC 0003
HPAA 730 - Leadership and Management of Health Care Organizations (3)
Review of theory and empirical findings relevant to the design and
behavior of healthcare organizations. Topics include effect of
environment, technology and size on organizational structure and
performance. Special attention is given to the management of
professionals, total quality management and strategic alliances.
Section: 1
Instructor: Paul
Days and Time: T; 3:30 pm-4:45 pm
Room: MC 1301
HPAA 730 - Breakout Sessions
Section: 601 - Days and Time: R; 12:30 am-1:45 pm
Section: 602 - Days and Time: R; 2:00 pm-3:15 pm
Section: 603 - Days and Time: R; 9:30 am-10:45 am
Room: TBA
HPAA 740 - Introduction to Health Care Financial Management (3)
A broad introduction to financial concepts, issues, tools and
vocabulary. Topics include: financial statement analysis, Long-term
financing, capital investment decisions, budgeting, cost finding and
rate setting. Accounting proficiency exam given within first 2 weeks of
class. Course objectives are 1) to understand fundamental financial
management concepts and analytical techniques; 2) to apply fundamental
financial management skills to health care organizations; 3) to be able
to prepare microcomputer spreadsheet financial models; and 4) to be
prepared for more advanced study. Methods of instruction will include
lectures, cases, electronic spreadsheet preparation, problems, and
exercises. An accounting module is offered several weeks prior to
class. It is strongly suggested for those students without a strong
accounting background.
Section: 1
Instructor: Zelman
Days and Time: M-W; 9:30 am-10:45 am
Room: MC 1301
Section: 01W
Instructor: TBA
Days and Time: N/A
Room: N/A
HPAA 742 - Health Care Finance I (2)
Introduction to healthcare financial management; the third-party-payer
system; time value analysis; financial risk and required return; debt
financing; equity financing and investment banking; securities
valuation, market efficiency, and debt refunding; lease financing; cost
of capital, and; capital structure decisions.
Section: 1
Instructor: Pink
Days and Time: W; 2:00 pm - 3:50 pm
Room: HC 0001
HPAA 750 - Introduction to Dental Public Health (3)
Permission of instructor required. Survey of the theory and practice of
public health dentistry with an emphasis on basic knowledge and skills
necessary for planning and evaluating dental public health programs;
conducting oral epidemiological and experimental research, and
understanding the organization, delivery and financing of dental health
care.
Section: 1
Instructor: Rozier
Days and Time: M; 5:00 pm-7:50 pm
Room: MC 2302
HPAA 751 - Dental Public Health Practices (3)
Emphasis on knowledge of community measures for prevention and control
of oral diseases, understanding the scientific basis for their use, and
designing and evaluating prevention programs for a specific population.
Section: 1
Instructor: Rozier
Days and Time: F; 1:30 pm-4:30 pm
Room: RO 0101
HPAA 755 - Introduction to Health Policy and Politics (3)
This
is an introduction to the major themes in U.S. health policy and
politics with an emphasis on current issues in federal health
policy. The course includes a review of the prominent interpretive
paradigms of political science in the context of current events
in health politics. There is a lesser focus on state health policy
and some international comparisons. Students are asked to become
involved in debates over current health policy issues.
Note: In an effort to integrate courses in the HPM Masters curriculum,
we have arranged HPAA 564 and 755 to better complement each other.
There will be several class sessions throughout the semester where
students from both courses will be invited to join together for
back-to-back sessions covering health care topics from 564 and
considering political aspects from 755. Each course will remain
separate entities, and students who cannot attend the other class
will still be able to understand course content and excel in course
exercises.
Section: 1
Instructor: Ricketts
Days and Time: M-W; 12:30 pm-1:45 pm
Room: MC 2301
HPAA 760 - Healthcare Quality and Information Management (3)
Broad overview of the drivers, components and
methods of Quality and Information Management, including processes for
creating national standards for quality of care, information
infrastructure, database management tools, governance issues and
quality improvement methodologies and techniques.
Section: 1
Instructor: Mandelkehr
Days and Time: M; 6:00 pm-8:45 pm
Room: MC 1305
HPAA 762 - Quality of Care (3)
This course will review: (1) the current state of quality of health
care in the United States; (2) approaches to assess quality of health
care, and (3) strategies that have been implemented or proposed to
improve the quality of health care.
Section: 1
Instructor: Weinberger
Days and Time: W; 5:00 pm-7:50 pm
Room: MC 1304
HPAA 765 - Cancer Prevention and Control Seminar (HBHE 765, EPID 772) (3)
This course provides interdisciplinary overview of cancer prevention
and control. The emphasis will be on projects and activities from
perspectives of Epidemiology, Health Behavior and Education, and Health
Policy and Administration.
Section: 1
Instructor: O'Malley
Days and Time: T-R; 3:30 pm-4:45 pm
Room: MC 1305
HPAA 772 - Methods for Health Policy Analysis and Technology Assessment (3)
Permission of instructor required. This course is an investigation
of the theory, methods, and application of technology assessment in
health care and covers basic methods used to identify policy issues,
structure, a technology assessment study, measure and summarize health
outcomes, estimate their value to patients or the public, identify the
resources used, estimate cost of health resources, and construct and
test mathematical models to make population and/or temporal predictions
of outcomes and costs from limited data. Applications will be drawn
from a variety of health care settings and will include the evaluation
of pharmaceuticals.
Section: 1
Instructor: Biddle
Days and Time: T-R; 2:00 pm-3:15 pm
Room: HC 0001
HPAA 789 - Master's Paper Development (1)
2nd year MSPH or 1st year MPH students only. Permission of instructor
required. Broad topics related to the development and management
of a research project are covered. The major goal is the development
and completion of a proposal to be submitted for independent
master's paper.
Section: varies
Instructor: Stearns
Days and Time: R; 3:30 pm-4:45 pm
Room: RO 0101
HPAA 870 - Doctoral Seminar in Health Policy and Management I (3)
Prerequisite: Doctoral standing. This course provides a general survey
of topics in the field of health services and health policy research.
The class highlights the inter- and cross-disciplinary aspect of the
field. A special emphasis is given to the interrelationships between
theories and research designs on selected health topics.
Section: 1
Instructor: Biddle
Days and Time: M; 4:00 pm-6:30 pm
Room: HC 3100
HPAA 871 - Seminar in Teaching (1)
This course provides an overview to the problems and processes of
teaching Health Policy and Management, including supervised
practicum experience.
Section: 1
Instructor: Zelman
Days and Time: W; 2:00 pm-3:15 pm
Room: MC 2302
HPAA 873 - Research Seminar in Health Policy and Management (1)
Required for 1st year doctoral students. This course is a seminar
for students, faculty and others to present their research. About half
of the seminars will be third year HPM doctoral students presenting
dissertation work in progress. The remainder of the seminars will be
faculty and visitors to the University presenting completed research or
work in progress. The course goals are to inform doctoral students
about the research interests and expertise of HPM faculty and other
researchers, to expose doctoral students to examples of research being
conducted by third year doctoral students, to acquaint doctoral
students with selected University and non-university services that will
be useful during coursework and the dissertation research process, and
to improve the communication and presentation skills of third year
doctoral students.
Section: 1
Instructor: Pink
Days and Time: T; 12:30 pm-1:45 pm
Room: MC 1304
HPAA 874 - Advanced Research Seminar in Health Policy and Management (1)
Required for 2nd year doctoral students. Prerequisite: HPAA 360.
This seminar will develop core competencies through: (1) journal club
to develop competencies in research design and expose students to
diverse content and methodologies and (2) a professional development
series.
Section: 1
Instructor: Weinberger
Days and Time: R; 12:30 pm-1:45 pm
Room: HC 0015
HPAA 883 - Analysis of Categorical Data (var.)
Prerequisite: HPAA 882 or equivalent. This course is an
introduction to the analysis of categorical data using maximum
likelihood and specification tests. Topics covered: econometric models
in which the dependent variable is not continuous, including Logit,
Probit, Tobit, two-part, and duration models.
Section: 1
Instructor: Domino
Days and Time: T-R; 11:00 am-12:15 pm
Room: MC 1305
HPAA 886 - Qualititative Methods in Health Services Research (3)
This course introduces students to the purposes, approaches, and
methods of qualitative research methods used in health services
research. Students will gain experience with study design, data
collection, and analysis. Prerequisite: HPAA 301.
Section: 1
Instructor: Weiner
Days and Time: W; 1:00 pm-3:50 pm
Room: HC 2005
HPAA 992 - Master's Paper (var.)
Section: varies
Instructor: NA
Days and Time: NA HPAA 992 - Doctoral Dissertation (var.)
Section: varies
Instructor: NA
Days and Time: NA
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