Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement
Improve healthcare operations and leverage cutting-edge technology to enhance processes. The online Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement will help you hone your analytical skills to improve organizational challenges, uncover the legal and ethical foundations of healthcare policy, and learn to optimize processes for enhanced staff satisfaction and superior patient care.
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Overview
Enhance patient care and elevate health systems
Transform your career with Purdue’s 100% online Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality Improvement. By completing three hands-on courses, you’ll delve into healthcare processes, harness the power of healthcare technology, understand technology governance, develop your analytical skills and elevate procedures to improve patient care. This certificate provides stackable skills that can be utilized immediately or applied toward Purdue’s online Master of Health Administration. You can also continue your studies with a graduate certificate in healthcare operations or healthcare leadership giving you more options for stacking skills and building your healthcare resume.
Why Purdue?
Prestigious and attainable: By getting your Purdue degree online, you are earning an instantly recognizable credential from a world-renowned university with the added convenience and accessibility of virtual learning.
Stay ahead of the curve: Purdue is a leading expert in offering cutting-edge education designed to help you conquer the future. Learn the latest methods and tools and prepare yourself for the healthcare landscape of tomorrow.
Real-world relevance: Our curriculum deals with the healthcare challenges and demands that are shaping the field right now. Build real-world skills that you can use immediately.
Long-term rewards: Earning a graduate certificate with Purdue can help boost your earning potential, improve your job security, and position you for sustained career success.
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Program Specifics
More information on courses and faculty can be found at the program website.
Required Courses
- Information Powered Patient Care in the 21st Century
- Transforming the Quality and Delivery of Healthcare
- Data-Driven Decision-Making in Healthcare
Fast skill-building
The healthcare quality improvement certificate is comprised of three fully online courses that can be completed in as little as two semesters, helping you build job-ready skills quickly to help you make a career transition or move up in your current role.
Learn job-ready skills and address industry challenges
The three courses in Purdue’s healthcare quality improvement certificate teach in-demand skills like analyzing data to create evidence-based quality improvement practices, evaluating health information systems, understanding systems theory, integrating change management models, improving organizational culture, and mastering statistical tools and health management technology. Students will use quantitative methods to tackle industry challenges like improving quality of care and safety procedures, conducting risk analyses and more.
Work with industry experts
The courses are taught by experienced practitioners with expertise in areas like executive leadership, patient experience, staff management, program management, healthcare technology and more. Together, our course instructors bring decades of experience and valuable industry connections to the virtual classroom.
2022 MHA Student of the Year Karrah Teruya reflects on extraordinary graduate school experience
Named the Purdue University Department of Public Health’s Graduate Student of the Year in 2022, Karrah Teruya’s journey from receiving a life-changing cancer diagnosis to becoming a Master of Health Administration (MHA) candidate inspired her professors and graduate cohort alike.
A graduate certificate is a specialized credential that provides advanced knowledge in a specific field. Available to those with a bachelor’s degree, Purdue’s 100% online graduate certificates take less time than a full master’s degree program. They are valuable for individuals looking to quickly advance their careers or pivot to a new industry. Graduate certificates also can serve as a stepping stone toward a master’s degree since they allow students to earn academic credits that may apply to a future graduate program. Ask your enrollment counselor for details or learn more about graduate certificates here.
Career Outcomes
Top Job Titles
- Quality Specialist / Manager
- Quality Review Analyst
- Program Managers
- Human Resources Managers / Business Partners
Top Industries
- Healthcare agencies and clinic
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
- Employment Placement Agencies
Source: LightcastTM (2023). Unique job postings for July 2022-2023. Projected growth for years 2023-2033.
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