Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization
Certificate of Specialization Overview
Transform health care as a dynamic industry leader
Advance your career in health care with the Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Executive and Continuing Education. Choose three* programs from our roster of health care leadership programs, listed below, and complete the programs within five years to earn your certificate.
The Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization consists of three* Harvard Chan Executive Education programs chosen by the participant from nine programs that are taught online, on-site on our Boston, Massachusetts campus, or both. Many of the topics covered will help health care executives, managers, and administrators deal with a variety of issues they experience day-to-day, like finding common ground with finance personnel, finding a solution to health care inequity, dealing with internal departmental conflict, and more. There are also health care executive programs that deal with specific issues, like those for chairs of major clinical departments in teaching hospitals, women in executive health care roles preparing for the next stages of their careers, and health care managers and administrators looking to build their leadership acumen to achieve individual and organizational objectives.
The programs in the Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization are all taught by Harvard faculty with years of experience in training health care executives, managers, and administrators to find their style of leadership. Additionally, whether the program is online or in person, meeting and networking with other like-minded participants gives you an understanding of different perspectives that can help you later in your career. Whichever three programs* you choose, we know that they will inspire you to lead your team, department, or health care system to success.
*Both Program for Chairs of Clinical Services and Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Medical Centers count as two programs toward the certificate due to their extensive time commitment.
Select three* of the following courses to obtain your certificate
*Program for Chairs of Clinical Services and Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Medical Centers count as two programs toward the certificate
Conflict, Feedback, and Negotiation in Health Care
Increase your competence as a health care professional in the critical management areas of navigating conflict, providing feedback, and skillfully approaching negotiations.
Emerging Women Executives in Health Care
This leadership development program focused on women provides you with the skills to lead complex health care organizations.
Financial Management in Health Care for Non-Financial Managers
Increase your financial literacy as a health care leader. In this course, you will learn financial management and control, and how to interact more effectively with finance personnel.
Health Care Leadership for Emerging Executives
Master essential leadership skills to influence stakeholders, solve complex challenges, and navigate the evolving health care landscape.
Health Care Leadership Intensive for Managers
Gain skills and knowledge to tackle complex challenges, comprehend cost analysis, drive change, and effectively manage health care departments and divisions.
Health Care Quality Improvement: From Design to Implementation
Undertake the journey of identifying, planning, measuring, and creating process changes that will lead to results through a simulated case study supplemented by expert lectures.
Leadership Development to Advance Equity in Health Care
Learn how to confront and remediate unfair practices and advance health equity in your community or practice.
Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Medical Centers
This program offers an intensive and systematic study of the critical leadership and management issues facing academic medical centers.
Program for Chairs of Clinical Services
This program offers an intensive and systematic study of the critical leadership and management issues facing chairs, their departments, and teaching hospitals.
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to commonly asked questions about the certificate below.
There is no set price for the Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization as the cost will depend on which programs you choose, and each program is priced differently. You can use the links below to view the tuition cost for each individual course:
- Conflict, Feedback, and Negotiation in Health Care
- Emerging Women Executives in Health Care
- Financial Management in Health Care for Non-Financial Managers
- Health Care Leadership for Emerging Executives
- Health Care Leadership Intensive for Managers
- Health Care Quality Improvement: From Design to Implementation
- Leadership Development to Advance Equity in Health Care
- Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Medical Centers
- Program for Chairs of Clinical Services
To earn the Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization, you must attend three courses from the list below; however, if you take Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Medical Centers or Program for Chairs of Clinical Services, you only need to take one additional course from the list below:
- Conflict, Feedback, and Negotiation in Health Care
- Emerging Women Executives in Health Care
- Financial Management in Health Care for Non-Financial Managers
- Health Care Leadership for Emerging Executives
- Health Care Leadership Intensive for Managers
- Health Care Quality Improvement: From Design to Implementation
- Leadership Development to Advance Equity in Health Care
- Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Medical Centers
- Program for Chairs of Clinical Services
Participants have up to five years to complete the Certificate of Specialization. For those who have already completed at least one program, please note that course credit must be obtained within a rolling five -year window. As of 2024, course credit must be from calendar year 2020 or later to count towards the certificate. The rolling five-year windows for course credit are as follows:
- 1/1/2020-12/31/2024
- 1/1/2021-12/31/2025
- 1/1/2022-12/31/2026
- 1/1/2023-12/31/2027
If you have taken either the Program for Chairs of Clinical Services or Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Medical Centers in calendar year 2020 or later, you only need to take one additional course from the list above to receive your Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization.
If you have taken both Program for Chairs of Clinical Services and Leadership Development for Physicians in Academic Medical Centers in calendar year 2020 or later, you are now eligible to receive your Certificate of Specialization.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians and all programs that contribute to the Executive Leadership in Health Care Certificate of Specialization offer AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
However, the specific number of credits differs by program. Please visit the “Credits and Logistics” section of the programs you’re interested in for more information.