Open Enrollment Program
On Campus
On Campus
Guided by Quinnipiac's expert faculty, this executive education program provides healthcare leaders with essential skills in healthcare administration and will prepare you to strategically address organizational and managerial responsibilities. Through hands-on learning, you will identify a professional problem of practice and create an improvement action plan that will positively impact your organization.
The Strategic Healthcare Management open enrollment executive education program blends theory and practice to improve your ability to supervise talent and leverage resources. You will also enjoy considerable networking opportunities to connect with and learn from fellow strategic healthcare leaders from across the state, the region and the country.
You should attend this program if:
You are a mid- to high-level manager or director
You have been in a leadership role for 3-5 years
You are in a position to leverage resources to implement quality improvement initiatives
This program is offered multiple times per year, though you are only expected to attend one session consisting of three days of in-person instruction. You will identify your desired cohort dates when you register to attend the program.
Session Dates (Choose One)
Fall Session: October 10-12, 2024
Spring Session: February 6-8, 2025
Registration for the Strategic Healthcare Management open enrollment program will be available in May 2024. Contact us at lifelonglearning@qu.edu to learn more about this program and other continuing and executive education opportunities.
You will leave the session with a stronger understanding of how to:
Apply financial management fundamentals to make fiscally sound decisions.
Evaluate and apply healthcare policies and regulations to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
Implement quality improvement initiatives that enhance patient care while minimizing risks.
Apply leadership fundamentals to effectively recruit, manage, maintain and grow diverse teams in a complex healthcare environment.
Navigate ethical dilemmas aligned with ethical principles and in compliance with legal standards.
Engage internal and external stakeholders to grow meaningful, productive relationships that enhance community and organizational health.
You may be eligible to earn continuing education units (CEs) in various healthcare professions and transfer learning from this program towards the completion of a business degree at Quinnipiac University.
The program kicks off with a virtual one-hour program welcome session several weeks prior to the first workshop. The 3-day in-person program, held on Quinnipiac's North Haven Campus, begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. with breakfast, lunch and snack breaks each day. Networking opportunities are integrated throughout the program, culminating in a reception at the end of the third day.
The program concludes with a virtual finale, during which you will share progress on your action project several weeks after the last in-person workshop.
Compliance & Financial Management
Conflict Management
Data-Informed Decision-Making
Emotional Intelligence
Mentoring and Coaching
Operational Efficiency with Lean and Six-Sigma
Performance Management
Quality Improvement Models
Systems Design in Healthcare
Team Dynamics
Review testimonials from past participants of our prior healthcare leadership programs.
”Although I have been a manager for 9+ years, this program has been extremely helpful for me to fine-tune my leadership skills and take a step back to look at processes with a new focus.”
”The days of learning together with colleagues from across the system in all different roles [were] priceless. We shared ideas, challenges and hopes to do things differently.”
”I really enjoyed this program! As a newer manager it’s given me so many tools and resources to use going forward.”
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