Course Number:

Credit Hours:

3

Course Title:

Physician-Executive Field Experience

Course Description:

Introduces students to the real and complex problems of management and systems change. Student teams work under the supervision of a faculty coordinator, physician-executives, and other administrative personnel on a project designed to further the mission of the specific sponsoring health-care organization. Teams are asked to define and analyze a complex problem in the sponsoring organization with the goal of recommending desired management actions. Successful projects incorporate a detailed understanding of key clinical, economic, social, political, competitive, technological, and organizational variables that impact the project’s domain. Includes instruction on project management techniques and communication skills relevant to health-care industry executives while serving as an introductory practice-based educational model consistent with the goals of effective medical and business school learning.