Health Policy for Clinicians (Advanced Certificate)

Program Description

The Advanced Certificate in Health Policy for Clinicians offers physicians, postdoctoral students, other health practitioners and clinicians the opportunity to enhance their expertise by learning to manage various policy questions within any healthcare framework. Drawing from NYU Wagner's highly-ranked Health Policy and Management program, this certificate offers an opportunity for professionals to enhance their skills and knowledge in the economics and politics of health policy.

Admissions

Admission to the Advanced Certificate program requires the following:

• Online Application
• Essay
• Resume
• Transcripts
• Application Fee

Admission is selective and based on the applicant's prior academic record and professional achievements. Advanced Certificate candidates are not eligible for scholarship. For more information, please contact wagner.admissions@nyu.edu.

Due to constraints relevant to US immigration regulations, applicants who will need an F-1 or J-1 student visa are not eligible to apply to certificate programs.

Students currently enrolled in a Wagner degree program cannot be admitted to nor simultaneously enrolled in a Wagner Advanced Certificate program.

See Advanced Certificate and Non-Degree Application Checklist for additional admission requirements and instructions specific to this program.

International Applicants should review the International Applicant Checklist for a complete and comprehensive list of application requirements and instructions.

Program Requirements

Students must complete 12 credits to obtain this Advanced Certificate. The curriculum is designed to be completed in two to three semesters, however students may take up to three years.

Course List

Course	Title	Credits
Required Courses
HPAM-GP 2836	Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power	3
HPAM-GP 4830	Health Economics: Principles	1.5
HPAM-GP 4831	Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy	1.5
Students must choose 6 units from the following:		6
PADM-GP 2170	Performance Measurement & Management for Public, Nonprofit & Healthcare Orgs
PADM-GP 2171	Evaluating Programs and Policies
PADM-GP 2173	Operations Management
PADM-GP 2174	The Intersection of Operations, Policy, and Leadership
PADM-GP 2411	Policy Formation and Policy Analysis
HPAM-GP 2825	Continuous Quality Improvement
HPAM-GP 2846	The Realities of Managing Complex Health Systems
HPAM-GP 4852	Ethical Issues in Healthcare Management
Total Credits		12

Sample Plan of Study

Plan of Study Grid

1st Semester/Term		Credits
HPAM-GP 2836	Topics in Health Policy: Policy, Politics, and Power	3
HPAM-GP 4830	Health Economics: Principles	1.5
HPAM-GP 4831	Health Economics: Topics in Domestic Health Policy	1.5
	Credits	6
2nd Semester/Term
Elective		3
Elective		3
	Credits	6
	Total Credits	12

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the program, graduates will:

1. Align organizational and institutional policies and practices with mission, strategy, culture, and broader policy objectives.
2. Secure and manage financial resources in a way that aligns with mission and strategy.
3. Demonstrate understanding of the policy lifecycle and the impact of social, economic, demographic, political, environmental, and regulatory factors.
4. Evaluate policies using appropriate, evidence-based methods and tools, including measuring differential impact on sub-populations.
5. Deploy conceptual frameworks to break down problems into constituent elements and to develop solutions
6. Critically assess and synthesize existing research to identify its contributions and limitations, as well as possible research alternatives.
7. Demonstrate understanding of causality, including distinguishing between correlation and causation, the challenges to estimating causal relationships, and the importance of causality for determining impact.
8. Prepare succinct, well-argued, and well-organized written materials and verbal presentations with appropriately incorporated tables, graphs, and other visuals.
9. Translate awareness of the impact of individual and group demographics and identities into appropriate organizational, institutional, and societal policies and practices.
10. Lead projects, programs, and people, and manage resources in ways that adapt to changing social, economic, demographic, technological, and political conditions.

Policies

Standard Policies Statement

Additional academic policies can be found on the Wagner academic policy page. 

NYU Policies

University-wide policies can be found on the New York University Policy pages.