Master Of Health Administration (MHA)

Master of Health Administration (MHA)
About the MHA Program
The Master of Health Administration (MHA) is primarily an online, course-based degree. It offers students the opportunity to pursue personal and professional enhancement by obtaining a master’s degree on their own schedule, without having to take time away from home or work to participate in traditional classroom learning. The degree can be completed in as little as two years.
Courses are highly interactive using varied multimedia discussion forums and supportive textbased materials. In addition to their coursework, students participate in two brief in-person residency periods. Each residency will be held over a weekend and will involve group exercises including case
This program will help prepare graduates to be effective health system leaders, and its online delivery format will allow busy professionals to pursue advanced education in a flexible manner that accommodates the many personal and professional demands on their time.”

AMY ZARZECZNY, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, JOHNSON-SHOYAMA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY, UNIVERSITY OF REGINA CAMPUS
All MHA students are required to complete nine courses from the following list:
> JSGS 814 - Biostatistics for Public Health - This course is an introduction to basic biostatistical methods and principles as they apply to public health data. An emphasis is placed on the applications of statistical methods to public health data, interpretations of the resulting analyses and critical appraisal of these methods.
> JSGS 817 - Health Policy - The course reviews the historical development of the Canadian health care system and its supporting principles, governance structures and fiscal arrangements; and examine contemporary structures and relationships. Issues such as benefit coverage, health human resources, user fees, pharmaceuticals, regional health boards, and health reform in a comparative context will be examined.
> JSGS 823 - Health Promotion - This course covers the
> JSGS 826 - Human Resources Management in Health Care - This course will address health human resource management. Its scope will include the knowledge and skills necessary to working with self-regulating professions and in a highly unionized environment.
Essential aspects of collective bargaining, negotiation and professional organization will be covered, as will working with the public/private divide in healthcare provision.
> JSGS 827 - Health Care Organization and Administration - This course will provide students with an understanding of issues involved in the management and organization of health services. Students will examine issues related to managing health in terms of regional health authorities, health ministries and individual health organizations.
> JSGS 829 - Decision Making and Leadership in Healthcare
Organizations - This course will cover leadership theory and practice, with a focus on effective leadership in the public sector and ethical decision-making. It will address decision-making models relevant to the health sector, including emerging philosophies (e.g., LEAN).

> JSGS 832 - Population Based Health Program Management -