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60 years of pioneering health management
education
Welcome
to the Division of Health Management, home of the nationally
recognized and top ranked Saint Louis University (SLU) Master
of Health Administration (MHA) Program. The MHA Program
at SLU, a pioneer in graduate health management education,
has been preparing leaders in the field since 1947.
Saint Louis University MHA graduates occupy senior management
positions in health and hospital systems, insurance and
managed care companies, academic medical centers, physician
practices, consulting, and other business sectors of health
care.
The SLU
MHA Program provides students with the finest quality in
health management education, evidenced by the program’s
achievement of the highest level of accreditation possible
from the Commission
on Accreditation of Health Management Education (CAHME)—reaccredited
for seven years in both 1997 and again in 2004.
The SLU MHA Program has been continuously accredited since
the Commission was founded in 1968.
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The MHA
curriculum consists of 60 credit hours and is
designed to provide students with the comprehensive set
of competencies needed to prepare them for careers in health
management. The SLU
MHA Competency Model, now recognized as one of
three national models for competency-based health management
education, places emphasis on leadership, critical
thinking, communication, management,
science and analysis, and political and community
development. Highly recognized and fully accredited
dual degree programs are available with SLU’s
School of Law (MHA/JD),
Cook
School of Business (MHA/MBA),
and Doisy
College of Health Sciences (MHA/BS-HIM).
The SLU
MHA stands out in the field because of:
- Excellence
in teaching, consistent with the Jesuit philosophy and
tradition of providing the highest quality education
- A large
(13) and nationally renowned full
time faculty, who are leaders in the fields
of health services research, management and policy, have
practical training and experience in health management,
and who are sought after consultants and advisers to the
health care industry
- Strategic
use of a select number of highly qualified adjunct
faculty, who have the breadth of experience
and depth of knowledge that make them uniquely qualified
to teach specific content within the MHA curriculum
- The
SLU
MHA Internship Program, nationally recognized
as the most serious effort by any MHA Program to provide
graduate health management students with paid, full-time
internships in the field
- A carefully
designed curriculum that culminates in several integrative
experiences during the final semester of study
- The
SLU MHA Placement Program,
a comprehensive package of professional development, recruitment
and placement activities designed to assure success for
MHA graduates in securing a health management fellowship
or entry level position
- Top
ranked, nationally recognized dual degree programs with
SLU’s School of Law (MHA/JD),
Cook School of Business (MHA/MBA)
and Doisy College of Health Sciences (MHA/BS
in Health Information Management)
- An active
and dedicated alumni
network 1,800 strong who are leaders in the field and
provide mentoring, internship opportunities and career
assistance to SLU MHA students and new graduates
- Its
home in Missouri’s only fully accredited (by the Council
on Education for Public Health) school of public
health—one of only 38 schools of public health in the
United States
- Its
location in St. Louis—one
of the nation’s most dynamic health care markets, home
to four major health and hospital systems, two academic
medical centers, some of the country’s best physicians,
and a unique model for safety net services for the underserved
and uninsured
- A focus
on professional ethics, ethical decision-making in health
care, and social justice—consistent with the Catholic
identity of Saint Louis University
We hope
you will continue to explore the exciting field of health
care management. As you consider your options for
graduate programs in health management, please let us know
if we can provide you with additional information or assist
you in any way.
Never before
has the future of the SLU MHA Program looked so bright:
- Our
applications have doubled during the past three years
- The
Fall 2006 entering cohort is the most qualified in the
Program’s 60-year history
- Our
Competency Model is being adopted by other accredited
MHA programs across the nation
- In 2007,
we will launch a capital campaign to celebrate our 60th
Anniversary, raise additional scholarship funds for students,
and take the final steps necessary to move the SLU MHA
Program toward national preeminence
Best wishes,
Ana Maria Lomperis, PhD (lomperat@slu.edu)
Health Management Division Head &
MHA Program Director
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