Online Course – Google Certified Professional Internship in Financial Management and Medicine, University of Michigan

Become an influential leader in healthcare. Discover how healthcare managers deal with the complexities of the healthcare system from both administrative and financial perspectives.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Leadership in healthcare
  • Management, finance and accounting in healthcare organizations
  • Financial analysis to determine organizational sustainability
  • Budget management in healthcare organizations
  • Identifying problems and evaluating results in practical cases
  • Evaluating the performance of organizations using financial statements
  • Performing financial modeling using spreadsheets

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Health Manager
  • doctor
  • Health professional
  • Healthcare Financial Analyst
  • Finance Manager at a Healthcare Organization
  • Health Management Consultant
  • Healthcare Project Manager
  • Operations Manager at a Healthcare Organization
  • Health Information Systems Manager
  • Resource Manager in a Healthcare Organization

Internship – 3-part course series

In Health Management Studies, you will learn to become a leader in the health sector and strengthen your knowledge of management, finance, and accounting. In this course series, you will explore the structure of health organizations and how they work to provide quality health services to their communities.

Use financial analysis techniques to determine the sustainability of organizations and institutions and find out how they utilize budgets to manage their finances. Physicians and healthcare professionals who are interested in expanding their knowledge of their organization’s practices and advancing their careers.

Applied Learning Project

This internship includes projects in each course to test your abilities:

  • Introduction to Healthcare Management: Includes case study activities where you will need to identify problems, make decisions, and evaluate results.
  • Introduction to Health Accounting: You will use financial information from real financial statements to evaluate the performance of organizations using various analysis techniques.
  • Introduction to Health Finance: You will perform several demonstrations of financial models using spreadsheets, representing a wide range of health financial problems.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Introduction to Health Management

Course 1
9 hours
4.6 (29 ratings)

What will you learn?

  • Developing basic knowledge in organizing health delivery systems and organizational structures in health care organizations.
  • Identify and evaluate the functions, culture, and performance of healthcare provider organizations.
  • Identify, understand, and design solutions to key problems in achieving excellence in US healthcare institutions.

Introduction to Healthcare Accounting

Course 2
15 hours
5.0 (10 ratings)

What will you learn?

  • Develop an understanding of basic accounting concepts and principles.
  • Explanation of the format and use of financial documents for healthcare organizations.
  • Apply basic financial document analysis techniques to assess the financial condition and performance of healthcare organizations.

Skills you will acquire

  • Financial Accounting
  • Financial management
  • accounting
  • Financial analysis
  • Financial report

Introduction to Health Financing

Course 3
11 hours

What will you learn?

  • Evaluation of investment opportunities.
  • Building financial models for business planning.
  • Developing business strategies based on financial models.

Skills you will acquire

  • General cost analysis
  • Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
  • Healthcare pricing
  • Financial assessment tool