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Certificates and Programs

The Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management

In a rapidly changing healthcare arena, the University of Vermont’s Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Management offers interdisciplinary education that helps professionals gain:

• Skills to assess, plan, and evaluate decisions in the healthcare management environment
• Ability to facilitate critical partnerships and collaboration
• An understanding of the importance of leadership in healthcare management
• Communication and information technology skills
• A broad ethical framework for making leadership decisions
• Competitive advantage with enhanced skills to lead and manage an organization. 

Individuals who should apply for the healthcare management certificate:

• Healthcare Professionals trained in medicine, nursing, occupational or physical therapy, pharmacy or other healthcare professions
• Non-clinical professionals in related fields such as the insurance industry, government agencies, human service agencies, non-profits and for-profit companies in healthcare
• Students currently completing graduate studies in medicine, nursing, occupational or physical therapy, pharmacy, other healthcare professions or master’s programs in Business Administration or Public Administration.
• Anyone interested in a career in healthcare management or in taking a leadership role in a healthcare related field while making progress toward a certificate and potential job advancement.

Healthcare management certificate students can continue their studies and complete a master’s program with the credits earned in the graduate certificate program.  Speak with an advisor about transferring your credits into one of UVM’s master’s programs.

University of Vermont’s national recognition:

Annually ranked in national list for academic excellence and good value, the University of Vermont has also acquired acclaim for its success in placing students into the top graduate programs around the nation.  The Wall Street Journal includes UVM in the top 30 public schools placing students in the nation's most prestigious medical, law, and business graduate programs at institutions like Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Johns Hopkins, University of Chicago, and MIT.

Located in Burlington, Vermont, the city has ranked the 2nd Happiest and 4th Healthiest place to live in the U.S. by Self magazine and the 7th most student-friendly U.S. city (pop. under 1 million) by Collegia.

Last modified November 02 2009 12:09 PM