Program Description
The JCHP Doctor of Health Science (DHSc) Program is for professionals seeking advancement in healthcare practice, education and policy. The fully online program will accommodate students who are working healthcare professionals. All students will experience in-depth, individualized, multi-disciplinary training in a comprehensive range of healthcare leadership, teaching and learning, and research skills that support their development as leaders in a burgeoning health professions career landscape.
Interdisciplinary health professions education and practice is the foundation of the JCHP DHSc program. Accordingly, the curriculum is comprised of courses drawn from five colleges at Jefferson, ensuring that the program is relevant to professionals that span the full gamut of healthcare. This extraordinary breadth of coverage provides JCHP DHSc students an ideal opportunity for interprofessional study and practice, as well as robust support for a broad range of healthcare research topics.
Learning Goals/Outcomes
The DHSc program will enable students to deepen their knowledge in selected domains of clinical leadership and health professions teaching and learning, as well as leverage that knowledge in evidence-based practice. Didactic courses provide deep immersion in a broad array of emerging areas in the health professions. Doctoral project courses deliver experiential learning in defining the leading edge of an area of health care, investigating the basis of new challenges, and developing potential solutions. This combination of knowledge and skill will prepare DHSc graduates to become valuable problem solvers wherever their careers may lead.
Curriculum: 43 Credits
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses: Required | ||
| HPS 600 | Fundamentals Applied Biostats | 3 |
| HPS 601 | Appl Hlth Rsrch Design&Methods | 3 |
| HPS 602 | Responsible Conduct Research | 1 |
| HPS 603 | Health Systems Sciences | 2 |
| HPS 604 | Scholarly Writing Foundations | 2 |
| Doctoral Project Courses: Required | ||
| HPS 701 | Doctoral Project Foundation | 2 |
| HPS 702 | Doctoral Project Strategy | 2 |
| HPS 703 | Doctoral Project Execution | 2 |
| HPS 704 | Doctoral Project Summation | 2 |
| Clinical Leadership Track Courses: 12 credits | ||
| HPS 620 | Interprof Edu Collab Prac Hlth | 3 |
| LDSP 640 | Conflict & Negotiation in Orgs | 3 |
| MIDW 712 | Introduction to Health Policy | 3 |
| MIDW 805 | Organizational Change | 3 |
| NU 704 | Phil, Found, Meth for E-B Prac | 3 |
| NU 707 | Leadership & Inter-Prof Collab | 3 |
| Health Professions Teaching & Learning Track Courses: 12 credits | ||
| GC 749 | The Science of Learning II | 2 |
| GC 751 | Instructional Tech & Learning | 2 |
| GC 752 | Curriculum & Instructional Des | 2 |
| GC 753 | Program Assessment & Eval | 2 |
| HPE 520 | Sim for Health Prof Educ | 3 |
| Total Credits | 48 | |
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Students in the DHSc program will select either the Clinical Leadership Track or the Health Professions Teaching and Learning Track. Students must take 12 credits of course work in their selected track. Dual-degree students are taking courses in the Physician Assistant Leadership track, which includes courses from both tracks.
Elective Courses: 12 credits not previously taken
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AHE 504 | Economic Modeling I | 3 |
| BT 525 | Product Development&Management | 3 |
| CSO 521 | Cannabis & Public Health | 3 |
| DIGH 500 | Telehealth & Connected Care | 3 |
| DIGH 502 | Bus&Lgl Tools for Dig Hlth Ent | 3 |
| EDM 624 | Org Risk and Crisis Mgmt | 3 |
| EDM 625 | Bus Continuity-Plan for Crisis | 3 |
| EDM 626 | Org. Recovery Prep and Plan | 3 |
| GC 520 | Cultural Humility in Life Sci | 2 |
| GC 600 | Managerial and Teamwork Skills | 3 |
| GC 746 | Princ Onl Course Des & Pedag I | 2 |
| GC 748 | Learner Centered Education | 2 |
| GC 749 | The Science of Learning II | 2 |
| HPL 504 | Health Law & Regulatory Issues | 3 |
| IN 500 | Foundations in Intgr Nutrition | 3 |
| JCRS 730 | Intro to Life Care Planning | 3 |
| JCRS 760 | Introduction and Development | 3 |
| MBM 500 | Foundations in Mind-Body Med | 3 |
| OT 632 | Intro Critic Disabilty Studies | 3 |
| OT 784 | Teaching in the Digital Age | 3 |
| OT 785 | Advanced Curriculum Developmnt | 3 |
| OT 786 | Health Literacy | 3 |
| OT 797 | Cul Humil for Transf Hlth Care | 3 |
| PBH 605 | Advanced Statistics | 3 |