Curriculum Overview

Course Listings & Credit Hours

Core Courses – All students will take these core courses.

Course Title Credit Hours
DMSc 701 Health Policy & Advocacy for the PA 3

DMSc 703

Leadership in Healthcare 3

Capstone Courses – All students will take these capstone courses.

Course Title Credit Hours
DMSc 741 Intro to Research Methods & Project Proposal 3

DMSc 743

Doctoral Project Implementation

3

DMSc 745

Capstone Dissemination & Professional Presentation

3

 

Track-Specific Courses – Students only take courses for their chosen track

Clinical Leadership

Course Title Credit Hours
DMSc 721 Clinical Leadership Foundations: Leading Self & Teams 3

DMSc 723

Clinical Leadership in Healthcare Systems and Operations

3

DMSc 725

Strategic Innovation and Organizational Change

3

Health Professions Education

Course Title Credit Hours
DMSc 740 Curriculum Development in Health Professions Education 3

DMSc 742

Instructional Methods & Teaching Strategies

3

DMSc 744

Educational Assessment & Programmatic Evaluation

3

Clinical Research & Medical Affairs

Course Title Credit Hours
DMSc 731 Clinical Trials, Study Design and Regulatory Oversight 3

DMSc 733

Translating Clinical Evaluation into Scientific Communication

3

DMSc 735

Fundamentals of Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Practice

3

 

Course Sequencing

Spring I

  • Spring A: Capstone I – Intro to Research Methods & Project Proposal
  • Spring B: Core Course – Leadership in Healthcare

Summer I – Courses taken concurrently

  • Capstone II – Doctoral Project Implementation
  • Track Course I

Fall I

  • Fall A: Core Course – Health Policy & Advocacy for the PA
  • Fall B: Track Course II

Spring II

  • Spring A: Track Course III
  • Spring B: Capstone III – Capstone Dissemination & Professional Presentation