Healthcare Management and Leadership Courses

Learn. Discover. Engage. Evolve.

Bringing expertise to the business of health.

Excellence in operations and business acumen provides the structure, and simultaneously the latitude, for healthcare organizations to focus on patient needs and delivering amazing care. Cornell supports our partners in health through a variety of leadership and tactical business operations online learning opportunities to allow you to prioritize what matters most: your patients.


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Healthcare Management

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This online certificate course gives doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals the basic knowledge and skills needed to manage people and programs efficiently and within the bounds of government regulations.

  • 7 two-week online courses, requiring approx. 42 hours to compete
  • 56 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
Healthcare Management

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Executive Healthcare Leadership

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This online certificate course provides critical skills to lead an organization to success by mastering a quantitative and qualitative approach to innovation in the healthcare setting, by focusing on the levers of strategy, measurement, leadership, and culture.

  • 6 two-week online core courses, plus 2 electives, requiring approx. 48 hours to complete
  • 64 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
  • 45 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI recertification
Executive Healthcare Leadership

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Healthcare Change Management

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In this online certificate course, professionals will reset their thinking around how best to understand, measure, implement, and lead successful change initiatives. while understanding the impact of culture on organizational success.

  • 4 two-week online courses, requiring approx. 24 hours to complete
  • 32 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
Healthcare Change Management

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Healthcare Facilities Planning and Design

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This online certificate course provides in-depth instruction in effectively using evidence-based research to improve a healthcare environment. Core courses cover the critical components of healthcare facilities design planning, change leadership, stakeholder management, and an emphasis on strategic alignment with organizational goals.

  • 6 two-week online courses, requiring approx. 36 hours to complete
  • 48 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
  • 6 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI recertification
Healthcare Facilities Planning and Design

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Strategic Healthcare Leadership

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This online certificate course is for senior leaders looking to refine strategic skills or early to mid-level professionals aspiring to a strategic position. Participants will create a strategic plan and execute and assess it by using data to gauge impact.

  • 6 two-week online courses, requiring approx. 36 hours to complete
  • 48 Professional Development Hours (PDHs)
  • 18 Professional Development Units (PDUs) toward PMI recertification
Strategic Healthcare Leadership

Custom Programs in Healthcare

Cornell’s College of Human Ecology is home to the Sloan Program in Health Administration and facilitates partnerships with the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration and Weill Cornell Medicine, yielding excellence in healthcare leadership professional development. Whether online or in-person, Cornell Executive Education taps into this knowledge to create custom learning opportunities for organizations looking to invest in their senior management and support up-and-coming leaders. Contact us for details of how we can support your organization.