Healthcare Policy - Mount St. Mary's College

Healthcare Policy from Mount St. Mary's College is a Campus Bachelor Health Policy Analysis degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The current healthcare industry has raised national and global issues regarding high cost, questionable quality and inconsistent access to care. This has resulted in significant media attention due to profound impact on the lives of individuals and families. Access to cost effective and quality healthcare affects all individuals and the critical issues surrounding healthcare has initiated national and global debates. The problems plaguing the healthcare industry require a greater understand of medical science, policy , law, and advocacy. Tomorrow\\\'s healthcare professionals must stay abreast of the constant change occurring in medical science and public policy while developing the skills to answer questions such as: What are the policy issues affecting healthcare nationally and globally? How can we measure quality healthcare? How will an aging population affect national healthcare? How will monetary costs for healthcare be appropriated to affected masses of citizens in need? What will healthcare look like in the future? Mount St. Mary\\\'s College As a leader in healthcare, Mount St. Mary\\\'s College has been actively involved in producing concerned citizens skilled in working in hospitals as doctors, nurses, medical social workers and more. Due to the extensive debate following the national and international healthcare crisis, Mount St. Mary\\\'s is pleased to announce the establishment of a new interdisciplinary major - Healthcare Policy. What makes MSMC\\\'s Healthcare Policy Program Unique? Cross-Disciplinary Teaching: The Healthcare Policy Major is a cross-disciplinary program designed for students seeking a career in the healthcare policy sector. Students will complete courses taught by political science, nursing, biology, and psychology faculty. This program will train students in both the science and politics of healthcare. Local, National and International Focus: Students may choose to focus on local, national or international health care policy issues. Students can participate in either a travel study that involves a world healthcare issue or an internship in the healthcare field, ensuring an education in both theory and practice. Internships & Externships: Students have the opportunity to work in hospitals and participate in an internship or externship that can have a domestic or international focus. Local internship placements include hospitals such as Kaiser and Cedars-Sinai. Programs outside of MSMC can include sites such as Namibia, Argentina, and Washington D.C. Jobs: Graduates of this program will be well prepared for positions with pharmaceutical companies; lobbying organizations; government agencies; law and healthcare administration and/or advocacy organizations. They may also have the pre-requisites necessary to pursue a more clinical path in the future. View more details on Mount St. Mary's College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Health Policy Analysis courses.