This search tool is designed to help you identify professional electives that may align with your interests. You can search by any/all of the fields provided. This tool is not intended as an exhaustive list of all possible professional electives; rather, it includes electives offered through the college of pharmacy, professional electives approved by the Curriculum and Assessment Committee, and electives that have been taken by students at some of the other schools on campus. Term offered is only provided for College of Pharmacy courses; a link to the appropriate course guide is provided for all other courses.

As a reminder, graduate courses (>500 level) that are relevant to biomedical, human health, and/or the practice of pharmacy which are offered through the U-M health-science schools (Pharmacy, Nursing, Social Work, Public Health, Medicine, and Dentistry) qualify as professional electives provided they are not attendance-only courses. Attendance-only courses offered through the health-science schools (e.g., seminars or journal clubs that do not require a rigorous form of student assessment) are not accepted for professional elective credit. Courses offered through U-M non-health-science schools must be reviewed and approved by the Curriculum and Assessment Committee.

Health Management and Policy 611
Population Health Informatics (Credits: 3)

This course explores the foundations of population health informatics, including information architecture; data standards and confidentiality as they pertain to population health management. This course examines key concepts related to registries, electronic health records, epidemiological databases, biosurveillance, health promotion, and quality reporting in population health management.

Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.
Health Management and Policy 619
Health and the Public Policy Process (Credits: 3)

This course analyzes the US policy process in relation to US healthcare and public health systems.  We explore how conditions within society are framed as problems, how problems are placed on political agendas, how problems get matched with potential solutions, and pay attention to the challenges of implementation and evaluation.

Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.
Health Management and Policy 624
Health Policy Challenges in Developing Countries (Credits: 3)

HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and diarrheal disease are the four biggest contributors to the burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa and represent a serious constraint on economic growth.  They kill nearly 4 million African adults and children annually.  Readings from the public health, economic and medical literature will focus on the main debates surrounding policy interventions to combat these diseases.  The class will examine and evaluate the evidence on the nature of these diseases and the effectiveness of current interventions in Africa and other parts of the developing world.  Through class discussion, small group exercises and writing assignments, students will hone their skills in policy and economic analysis.  For the final project, students will develop policy recommendations for governments of developing countries on a global health issue of their choice.

Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.
Health Management and Policy 626
Race, Ethnicity, Culture, and Policy (Credits: 3)

This course is writing intensive and will critically examine aspects of health and policy reform from state and federal perspective. Taught primarily from a US perspective, topics with an international lens will be covered to explore domestic policy and international implications of policies and structures.

Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.
Health Management and Policy 627
Health and Populations (Credits: 3)

Many of the determinants of population health fall outside of the health care sector. This course integrates perspectives from sociology, demography, and economics, to understand the major drivers of population health and the policies that improve population health. We will cover health disparities, immigration, aging, fertility, and population policies.

Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.
Health Management and Policy 634
Current Issues in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industries (Credits: 3)

Provide students with a deeper understanding of these key industries that play an outsize role within the healthcare systems of the US and several other countries, particularly the European markets, and the intersection of these industries and decision makers (eg, payers, HTA bodies).

Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.
Health Management and Policy 661
Managing Health Informatics (Credits: 3)

This course prepares students to take on management challenges faced in health informatics leadership roles within a variety of organizational settings. Through a combination of seminar and case study work, it is a highly interactive course in which students have the opportunity to discuss real-world health informatics scenarios from a variety of perspectives in order to gain familiarity with different managerial approaches. The course also draws on organizational and managerial theory to provide students with more generalized knowledge about how to be an effective leader. Students build knowledge and develop skills to consider multiple dimensions of possible solutions to health informatics-related issues, arrive at decisions, and articulate the reasoning behind the approaches to their decision-making. This course has a strong organizational orientation and is appropriate for any student preparing for a health informatics career that includes managerial responsibilities.

Cross-listed with SI 661.

Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.
Health Management and Policy 663
Introduction to Economic Evaluation Using Cost-Effectiveness (Credits: 1)

Survey course using cost-effectiveness tools to inform decisions about improving health. Analytical tools such as cost benefit analysis, decision analysis, and sensitivity analysis are utilized. Students will learn theoretical justifications for these tools as well as their limitations.

Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.
Health Management and Policy 668
Introduction to Health Informatics (Credits: 3)

Introduction to concepts and practices of health informatics. Topics include: a) major applications and commercial vendors; b) decision support methods and technologies; c) analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation of healthcare information systems; and d) new opportunities and emerging trends.

Cross-listed with SI 542, BIOINF 668, LHS 668 

Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.
Health Management and Policy 669
Database Systems and Internet Applications in Health Care (Credits: 3)

This course covers relational database theory and database-web systems with applications to health care.  The students are expected to develop a working knowledge of design, implementation, administration and maintenance of small to medium relational database systems.  The students will also be exposed to current technology for deployment, use and administration of relational databases through the Internet.

Prerequisites: Please view the course schedule for current advisory and/or enforced prerequisites.

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