Graduate Quantitative Methods and Analysis Cluster

Public health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. Students will learn about public health from both a global and national viewpoint as well as additional topics of disaster preparedness, public policy and research. Disease prevention via behavior and environmental modification along with the cost effectiveness and benefits of public health interventions and technology use will also be reviewed.

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to quantitative methods and techniques. Discussions will center on practical methods and analysis of operational, tactical and strategic decisions. Techniques for forecasting, decision making, facility location and layout, and many other practical applications will be addressed as they relate to healthcare businesses.

Students will learn how to become critical and intelligent consumers of research literature in healthcare. Guidelines to determine if research is valuable will be presented based upon the appropriateness of research design, methodology and statistics. Students will learn how to apply knowledge obtained through research to everyday practices in healthcare organizations.