Newswise — The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School has launched a new cohort-based MBA degree program in Health Care Management at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. This special cohort of the MBA in Health Care Management consists of employees and medical staff from Sibley Memorial Hospital and Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md. Students will take one business course at Sibley each semester concurrently with one online course. The 54-credit degree program can be completed in three years. Classes officially began on August 20.
“Health care is now the world’s largest industry and there is a growing need for qualified business professionals who can manage the complexities of the health care environment,” said Bernie Ferrari, MD, JD, MBA, dean of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School. “I’m delighted that the talented health care professionals at Sibley Memorial and Suburban hospitals will be able to take advantage of the Carey Business School’s innovative MBA in Health Care Management.”
The Carey Business School MBA in Health Care Management features a blend of foundational business classes including negotiation, accounting and financial reporting, operations management and decision models, along with health care management courses such as health care delivery, financing, health and business law, and health care organization leadership. The cohort-learning format at Sibley allows all students to proceed at the same pace through the program, which strengthens learning and provides opportunities for networking and collaboration.
“The Carey Business School’s MBA in Health Care Management offers valuable training in leadership, financial management, and strategic planning. Providing these courses at Sibley Memorial Hospital is a tremendous benefit to our medical staff and employees, and our colleagues at Suburban Hospital,” said Richard “Chip” Davis, PhD, president of Sibley Memorial Hospital.
Sibley Memorial Hospital is in Northwest Washington, D.C. and has been a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine since 2010. Suburban Hospital became part of Johns Hopkins Medicine in 2009.
Additional information about the program is available on the Carey Business School website at http://carey.jhu.edu/academics/carey-mba-at-sibley.
In addition to the MBA in Health Care Management offered at Sibley Memorial Hospital, the Carey Business School offers full- and part-time MBA and MS degree programs at its campuses in Baltimore and Washington, D.C., as well as an online part-time MBA program.
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Johns Hopkins Carey Business Schoolhttp://carey.jhu.edu/about/The mission of the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School is to support business knowledge development and education through its initiatives, innovations, and collaborative programs across the Johns Hopkins University. The Carey Business School creates and shares knowledge that shapes business practices while educating business leaders who will grow economies and societies, and are exemplary citizens.
Sibley Memorial Hospitalhttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/sibley-memorial-hospital/about/Sibley Memorial Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, in Northwest Washington, D.C., has a distinguished history of serving the community since its founding in 1890. As a not-for-profit, full-service, 318-bed community hospital, Sibley offers medical, surgical, intensive care, obstetric, oncology, orthopedic and skilled nursing inpatient services and a 24-hour Emergency Department. Sibley’s campus is also home to Grand Oaks, an assisted living residence, a medical building with physician offices as well as ambulatory surgery and imaging centers. Suburban Hospitalhttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/suburban_hospital/about_the_hospital/Suburban Hospital, a member of Johns Hopkins Medicine, is a community-based, not-for-profit hospital serving Montgomery County and the surrounding area since 1943. The designated trauma center for Montgomery County, Suburban Hospital is affiliated with many local healthcare organizations, including the National Institutes of Health.
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