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May 07, 2024
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2020-2021 Catalog Volume XXX Ver 2 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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DPT 6730 Business Management
Lecture: 2 Lab: 0 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 2
This course provides an overview of practice management fundamentals and applies these principles to various aspects of leadership, strategic planning, business operations, and consultative services. Students will gain knowledge of health care management and leadership, strategic planning, human resources, finance, legal and ethical issues, organization structures and fiscal management as they relate to physical therapy practice. This course provides instruction for effective team leadership techniques to prepare students for leadership roles early in their career. Students are exposed to the highest caliber of business training and practical applications to help build a strategic, competitive advantage in the marketplace. Students learn the initial building blocks necessary to build a thriving private practice or run a hospital department and are exposed to a community of evidence-based practitioners, business owners, and hospital administrators who represent the best business practices in the physical therapy industry. Students are also exposed to the broader aspects of the U.S. health care system: the organization, financing, and delivery of services in both for profit and not for profit settings. Discussion includes key management and policy issues in contemporary health systems and a discussion of public policy and its impact on the provision of rehabilitative services.
Prerequisite(s): Successful completion of Quarter 6 courses
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