The MHCDS interdisciplinary curriculum blends the best research and teaching from the Geisel School of Medicine and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
The 18-month program focuses Dartmouth’s expertise in areas such as strategy, operations, finance, health policy, economics, data analytics, and leadership on improving health care delivery. The coursework is not limited to generalized business management techniques but speaks directly to the unique culture and challenges of health care. Through a curriculum that is much more than an MBA or MPH alone, students receive the tailored and targeted education that they need to advance their careers and help lead their health care organizations to success in this time of radical change.
Through a customized blend of business, leadership, and health policy course work, students learn how to analyze their environment, solve problems, and make decisions based on appropriate analysis of data as well as how to effectively implement those decisions. They will understand the interplay between clinical, operational, and financial strategies and able to align them in their own organizations to improve performance today and in the future.
Transforming health care organizations presents special challenges and will require tremendous leadership by individuals within those organizations. This course equips students to be strategic communicators, capable team members, and skillful leaders.
As the culmination of their learning experience, students collaborate in teams on an Action-Learning Project. Applying classroom concepts to real organizational challenges provides an immediate return on the learning experience—and delivers a payoff to improve business and clinical performance for the client organization.
The rigorous curriculum is delivered through a combination of residential, distance learning, and on-site projects where students apply the learning they have gained through the program directly back to initiatives at their own institutions.
