Fleming Center for Healthcare Management

Beyond the classroom

Practical experience in healthcare management

Research, real-world cases, internships (practicums) and fellowships give students hands-on experience integrating healthcare management theory into practice. Our students also benefit from our faculty’s extensive academic and professional experience. Many faculty members serve as consultants to industry and offer valuable insight into the inner workings of healthcare organizations.

Before graduating, each healthcare management MPH student completes a practicum through the Fleming Center: 180 hours of hands-on experience in a community setting. Akin to an internship, the practicum is an essential part of a student’s public health education and should reflect his or her academic goals and professional interests. Check out these recent student projects, which highlight the diversity of our practicum experiences:

调查父母对疫苗接种的态度

弗莱明中心的一名学生与免疫项目合作，对父母对儿童疫苗的犹豫进行调查。她帮助招募了250多名孕妇和同伴，以评估他们对儿童疫苗的信念。该研究的数据将用于更好地了解准父母中对疫苗的态度和信念，并有助于确定有效的疫苗教育。实习亮点：“入学是一个与患者建立个人水平联系的机会。”

改善获得医疗保健的机会

Working with a Houston-area multispecialty medical practice, another student helped implement projects under the Medicaid Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP), a statewide program that increases quality and access to healthcare. He analyzed project data, used to report milestones to governmental organizations, and helped implement a project that integrates behavioral health with primary healthcare services. Lessons learned: “A practicum is an invaluable experience that contextualizes your in-class learning.”

Reducing appointment no-shows

Developing and implementing a new policy aimed at reducing appointment no-shows was the focus of one student’s work. The policy focused specifically on hypertensive and diabetic patients who visited a charity care clinic in the Houston area. Our student encouraged patients to maintain their regular follow-up appointments and educated them about their medications and health conditions. Practicum highlight: “A unique chance to see and appreciate the patient-clinic flow from eligibility to follow-up.”

学习学术医学中心的财务流程

Yet another Fleming Center student developed skills involved in the financial planning and budgeting process in his practicum at the financial department of a major Houston academic medical center. He created budget templates, learned how medical service revenue is recognized and discovered how start-up funds are provided to newly hired physicians. Advice for students: “If you cannot find a practicum that interests you, don’t be afraid to create your own. After all this is YOUR experience!”

支持青少年艾滋病毒

在观察少年司法系统和一家青少年诊所中的HIV阳性青少年之后，我们的一名学生将她的研究集中在寻找该脆弱人群的支持小组上。beplay苹果手机能用吗她制作了一份白皮书，概述了休斯顿艾滋病毒hiv的青少年支持小组的需求，并列出了资金来源，以帮助填补医疗服务的空白。实习亮点：“我有机会观察医生在哈里斯县少年司法中心和UT医师青少年艾滋病毒诊所为青少年提供医疗保健。”

严格的培训healthcare management

学位课程

The Fleming Center offers rigorous training in healthcare management paired with a one-of-a-kind focus on population health. We currently offer a master’s degree and doctoral degree in public health with an emphasis in health management and health policy. We also offer a graduate certificate in healthcare management for individuals considering an MPH in healthcare management, but would first like exposure to many of the courses.

Our degree programs are designed to prepare students for the modern healthcare workplace through a challenging curriculum and real-world learning experiences. Students gain in-depth knowledge of the public health industry and graduate from the program confident they can:

• Manage multidisciplinary managerial and public health functions within the health delivery system
• 与健康分娩系统的其他成员建立关系和过程，包括医生，社区合作伙伴和保险公司
• 为组织和社区和拥护者创造一个愿景，该组织内部和外部对利益相关者的愿景
• 领导团队并与团队成员一起参加成果
• 实现他们的专业和个人目标

Master of Public Health

医疗保健管理的MPH为学生提供了在复杂的医疗环境中进行管理的坚实基础。该计划为学生提供对管理和管理各种医疗保健环境的兴趣的培训，包括医院，公共卫生机构，疗养院，卫生系统，制药公司，保险公司和医疗保健部门的其他组织。

CAHME accreditation

The MPH degree program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Considered the benchmark that ensures the integrity of healthcare management education, CAHME accreditation is highly sought after by students and employers. The Fleming Center's healthcare management program is one of just five MPH programs in the country to receive the prestigious accreditation.

Doctor of Philosophy in Management and Policy

The PhD in Health Management and Health Policy offers training for students who wish to practice health management at an advanced level or pursue academic careers in health management. The program develops researchers who can ask relevant questions, identify answers and drive policy and organizational change to improve healthcare access, quality and cost.

Certificate in Healthcare Management

医疗保健管理证书旨在为希望增加其医疗保健管理知识的卫生从业人员和个人。这个非学位计划中的五门课程涵盖了医疗保健管理的核心内容。在休斯顿校园以及其他UTHEADY公共卫生校园中的ITV上可以提供面对面的课程。大多数课程都在傍晚教授，使工作专业人员可以轻松获得证书。

A certificate is awarded to students who pass all five courses. The certificate program is designed to be completed in one year.

Teaching methods and assessments

通过讲座，案件和动手作业的结合来教授学生。在休斯顿校园以及其他UTHEADY公共卫生校园中的ITV上可以提供面对面的课程。一些课程也可以在线上。

Assessments include case studies, field work, essays, short answer tests, class leadership, and individual and team presentations.

评分政策

Letter grades (“A,” “B,” “C,” or “F”) are given for all MPH core courses. Elective courses may be letter-graded or graded on the basis of pass/fail (“P” or “F”) at the discretion of the instructor. Letter grades in pass/fail courses (i.e., an “F”) will not be included in the GPA calculated for letter-graded courses. A GPA will be calculated from all letter-graded courses.

The Fleming Center executive edge

Our executive education courses help busy healthcare professionals sharpen their skills and build the sought-after managerial and leadership expertise necessary to excel in today’s evolving healthcare industry. Classes feature engaging instruction with an emphasis on organizational dynamics, planning and implementing change, working in teams and real-world problem solving. Courses are available in the following:

Physician leadership

Target audience: Physicians in mid-level management positions or individuals desiring leadership experience

Course description: In this course, participants learn critical business concepts necessary to support their roles as developing leaders within the organization. They also learn to analyze their organization and prioritize options; plan, communicate and implement change; confidently lead teams within their organization; and identify, plan and operationalize a strategic project.

Format: Available to healthcare organizations. Course is customized to fit the organization that requests it, and the number of class sessions may vary accordingly.

Lean Six Sigma

目标受众：寻求领导过程改进的医疗保健经理

Course description: Through hands-on activities, lab exercises, presentations and lectures, this course provides a strong foundation in Lean Six Sigma methodology. Participants map processes, identify root causes of problems, implement improvements and lead project teams to help organizations achieve performance improvements. They also conduct a real-world quality improvement project and become certified in Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Format: Nine-week hybrid course focuses on group training and is available to requesting healthcare organizations. This course meets half of the time in a traditional face-to-face classroom environment, with the remainder of the course delivered electronically.

其他课程

We also provide courses on Academic Medical Department Leadership and Nursing Leadership upon request.

Executive Education Leadership

我们的医师咨询面板包括：

• 贝勒医学院医学博士大卫·科里（David Corry）
• 休斯顿卫理公会医院系统的特里·鲍曼·麦克伦登（Terry Bowman McLendon）医学博士
• Bela Patel, MD, UTHealth
• Heidi Schwarzwald, MD, Texas Children's Hospital
• Ron Walters, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Opportunities to lead, collaborate and learn

The Fleming Center offers students many activities emphasizing leadership, teamwork, and learning from industry leaders, further enriching their academic experience.

董事会

A student organization focused on leadership and management, The Board seeks to enrich students academically, professionally and socially as they transition into their careers. The organization offers course selection help, peer to peer coaching, alumni networking and opportunities for involvement in professional organizations including the American College of Healthcare Executives and Healthcare Financial Management Association. The Board also sponsors career development workshops, and provides activities that encourage students to forge relationships with their peers and successful professionals in their field.

案例比赛

The Fleming Center’s annual case competition, co-sponsored by The Board, provides students with an exciting way to apply what they have learned in the classroom to a real-world problem. Teams of students compete to develop the best solution to a healthcare management-related case study. In the process, they bridge the academic and practice worlds, collaborate with their peers and take on leadership roles in a competitive setting. Last year, eight teams from seven universities participated--five from schools within Texas. Teams from UTHealth School of Public Health routinely take top honors in the competition. Fleming Center students also participate in case competitions sponsored by the National Association of Health Services Executives and Medical Group Management Association.

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Email

To learn more about the Fleming Center, email us atflemingcenter@uth.tmc.eduor call 713-500-9199.

MPH程序信息

For more information about our CAHME-accredited MPH program, including admissions requirements, please see theHealthcare Management MPH degree card。