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2018-2019 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HSM - 656 Master’s Project I


The overall goal of this course is to integrate quantitative methods and health care management knowledge to address a problem that is important to health care delivery, management or policy. In this course, students will design and conduct an applied quantitative research project that results in a high quality, compelling management report and two professional oral presentations to key stakeholders. The key components of this course include integrating and synthesizing information from multiple sources; developing an appropriate research question; developing an appropriate research design and analysis plan; integrating rigorous analytic methods with data management skills to analyze data; and interpreting quantitative or qualitative results in light of the existing literature and best practices to provide new insight for health care management or policy. Prerequisites: HSM 606, 610 or concurrently, HSM 626, 636, 632, 616 Retake Counts for Credit: No. Pass/No Pass Grading Allowed: No. Credit(s): 3