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Aug 31, 2024
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2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Population Health Leadership, DNP
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Master’s-prepared nurses seeking a practice doctorate with a population health focus.
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Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the DNP program the graduate will be able to:
- Combine knowledge in nursing, ethics, and the medical sciences to develop and evaluate practices and models of patient care delivery.
- Develop and evaluate effective strategies for managing ethical dilemmas present across the health care, technology, and research fields.
- Use analytic methods to design, implement, and evaluate best-practice models for patient care and care delivery.
- Effectively develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based approaches to advance the field and systems of health care delivery.
- Demonstrate leadership in the development and implementation of institutional, local, state, federal, and international health policy.
- Advocate for social justice, equity, and ethical policies in health care.
- Advance the effective use of health care information systems to ensure high-quality outcomes.
- Effectively lead quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
- Effectively communicate and collaborate with health care teams in developing and implementing organizational and practice models, health policy, and standards of care.
- Analyze and synthesize various data related to patient health information.
- Conduct a comprehensive assessment of health in complex situations, incorporating diverse approaches to design, implement, and evaluate interventions.
- Analyze the relationship among practical, organizational, population, fiscal, and policy issues to educate individuals and colleagues effectively.
- Develop relationships and partnerships with patients and other professionals to facilitate optimal patient care outcomes.
- Advance the mission and core values of the University of San Francisco.
Population Health Student Outcomes
- 1. Integrate population health principles into the care of individual patients, clinical practices, and the community.
- 2. Collaborate with interprofessional teams to promote health, and prevent disease and injury.
- 3. Contribute to the health systems, public and private, in which they practice.
- 4. Facilitate improvement of health outcomes and reduction of health disparities across the population being served.
Major Requirements (44 units)
Complete a minimum of 44 units of Population Health Leadership courses (600:7999). See adviser for course selection.
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