Innovation in Healthcare, Certificate

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Students will benefit from increasing their knowledge of critical issues including healthcare trends; communication in the fields of health and medicine; and assessment methods designed for healthcare education. It is expected that students will:

Differentiate and construct professional documents genres (e.g., memos, e-correspondence, resume/CV, short proposals) for various audiences.
Effectively communicate ideas through writing while integrating scholarly research and learn to write with a particular target audience in mind.
Analyze ways in which the healthcare industry responds to health disparities in the United States.
Think critically about the complex web of social forces that leads to health disparities in the United States.
Use assessment methods designed for health care education.
Enhance their ability to identify issues among the health care community

Curriculum

ALLH 580 - Professional Communication for Allied Health 3 Credit(s)
ALLH 620 - Trends in Health Care 3 Credit(s)
ALLH 630 - Assessment in Allied Health Care Education 3 Credit(s)

Total Credits: 9

Program Requirements:

Must comply with all general requirements of Widener University relating to the governance of graduate programs.
Must complete at least 9 credits of graduate work in the certificate program.
Must complete all of the degree requirements within a total of five calendar years.
Must maintain a minimum semester and cumulative GPA of 3.0 in all program coursework. Must earn a “B” or better in all courses.

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.