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Population Health Management Integrative Activity
Location
Internet
Term
4th Term
Department
MAS Office
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Asynchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Must have completed all 1st year and 2nd year courses (with the exception of the other 4th term course, which can be taken simultaneously) to enroll in this course.
Enrollment requires Advisor's Permission.
This integrative activity is a required course for OPAL students enrolled in the MAS in Population Health Management.
Emphasizes the research, analysis, and writing of a complete and independent population health management strategy. Prepares students to draw upon the relevant evidence-based concepts of population health and population health management provided through the curriculum. Covers no new material. Focuses on the finalized project, in the format of a consulting report to senior leadership and will contain an executive summary in addition to, introduction, background, assessment and analysis, findings, and recommendation sections. Challenges students to produce a final project paper that will represent an integrated and synthesized assessment of population health management paradigm of Know-Engage-Manage as applied to a defined community.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Establish goals and objectives for improving health outcomes that incorporate an understanding of the social determinants of health and the socioeconomic environment in which the organization functions
- Construct a multi-sector collaboration of key provider, community-based organizations, and other relevant sectors, based on identified population health needs, quality and cost of care for individuals and populations
- Recommend an evidence-based population health management strategy to reduce burden of illness and related impact (e.g. costs, avoidable utilization, productivity or other population health level measure(s)
- Propose an implementation and evaluation plan using feasible and valid measures
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 85% Written Assignment(s)
- 15% Final Presentation
Enrollment Restriction
Restricted to students in MAS in Population Health Management