Creating an Innovative Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program

In response to a growing movement within higher education to provide interdisciplinary educational programs, this study describes the creation of an interdisciplinary graduate certificate program in healthcare policy and management. Building on prior research, we surveyed healthcare executives to ex...

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Published in:Innovative higher education 2011-06, Vol.36 (3), p.161-176
Main Authors: McFadden, Kathleen L., Chen, Shi-Jie (Gary), Munroe, Donna J., Naftzger, Jay R., Selinger, Evan M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative Organization
Administrator Attitudes
Collaboration
College professors
Corporate culture
Creative Teaching
Curricula
Curriculum Design
Delivery Systems
Departments
Education
Educational Administration
Educational Certificates
Engineering
Expertise
Graduate Study
Health care policy
Health Services
Higher Education
Hospital administration
Human Factors Engineering
Innovations
Instructional Innovation
Interdisciplinary Approach
Interdisciplinary aspects
Leadership
Management Development
Medicine
Nursing
Nursing schools
Operations management
Philosophy
Policy
Program Development
Surveys
Systems Analysis
Teaching Methods
Team Teaching
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Summary:In response to a growing movement within higher education to provide interdisciplinary educational programs, this study describes the creation of an interdisciplinary graduate certificate program in healthcare policy and management. Building on prior research, we surveyed healthcare executives to examine their perceptions about the need for such a program and the importance of core subject areas. Drawing on our findings as well as the literature on “interactional expertise” and “wicked problems,” we provide a detailed method for launching an interdisciplinary program. Our process may be useful in guiding other institutions interested in setting up new interdisciplinary programs of their own.
ISSN:0742-5627
1573-1758
DOI:10.1007/s10755-010-9164-6