• Doctor of Health Administration - Executive Program (Click here for more detailed information)
  The new challenges created by healthcare reform to develop cost-effective, quality healthcare delivery systems and contribute to effective, responsive health policy initiatives require a substantial increase in new knowledge and leadership skill in today's healthcare executives. Successful long-term endeavors of healthcare organizations can be attributed in large part to highly skilled, strategic leadership. Leaders must begin to integrate this new knowledge in traditional subject areas with expanded knowledge and vision in community health and inter-organizational network relations. These challenges and the associated demand for advanced knowledge and leadership development clearly show the need for formal and relevant education beyond the master's degree level.  The doctor of health administration (DHA) is designed to facilitate the development of highly advanced health care leaders who can influence the shaping of policy and more effectively address the health delivery demands of their organizations and the citizens they serve. This program meets the intellectual and career development needs of senior healthcare and health policy executives who are actively engaged as leaders in health services organizations, and is offered on an extended weekend basis so students can continue their professional work while completing their academic studies.
  
  
• Doctor of Health Administration - Interprofessional Studies Program (Click here for more detailed information)
  The “Interprofessional Studies and Leadership” track of the DHA program focuses on the development of interprofessional leaders in health policy, strategic management and healthcare quality. Students will be practicing clinicians who currently hold or who are seeking leadership positions to influence health care practice. The central theme of the curriculum will be the development of interprofessional practice building on the domains of evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and health informatics. The Interprofessional Studies and Leadership track includes a curriculum design in which the thread of interprofessional and team building skills is woven throughout. Graduates of the DHA-Interprofessional Studies and Leadership program will be prepared to assume leadership roles in academe and practice. They will work as faculty members in health related educational programs, as health system leaders facilitating team building and interprofessional collaboration, and as policy advisors and advocates.

James S Zoller, PhD Associate Professor Director, Division of Healthcare Leadership College of Health Professions 77 President Street MSC 700 Charleston, SC 29425 (843) 792-3849 E-mail: dha@musc.edu

For more information, please contact:

Melissa A. Freeland, MSM Director of Student Services College of Health Professions 151-B Rutledge Avenue, MSC 962 Charleston, SC 29425-9620 Phone: (843) 792-8510 Fax: (843) 792-3327 E-mail: dha@musc.edu