Resources and Tools for Master’s in Healthcare Leadership and Management Students
Use this web page to help you stay on track while getting your master’s degree.
Academic Calendar
The UT Dallas Academic Calendar is the list of official dates for the University, including all deadlines. Take note of important dates to avoid late fees or missing the deadline to graduate.
Required Classes
The catalog is the official list of required classes. It reflects current academic policies, procedures, degree offerings, course descriptions and other information pertinent to graduate study. Your catalog typically corresponds to the academic year in which you started classes at UT Dallas.
Previous Catalogs for graduate Healthcare Leadership and Management
Ask Advising if you are unsure what your catalog is or if you are completing a double-degree program or MBA with a Healthcare Leadership and Management Concentration.
Certificates
Go the extra mile, you can obtain academic certificates in Healthcare IT and/or Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare Quality. We offer a professional certificate in Lean Six Sigma in Healthcare Quality Green Belt. Our official academic and professional certificates have strict deadlines, we ask that you please read all information carefully.
The MS in Healthcare Leadership and Management develops leaders of character with the essential competencies to make a difference as a healthcare professional. Click on the link below to learn more about the domains in which we expect graduates to demonstrate a thorough understanding.
Open the BookletGetting involved in the community dramatically improves your chances of getting hired quickly. Recommendations compiled from alumni, faculty and employers are shown below.
Careers
Click below to learn about different types of healthcare management roles and hear from alumni. All videos were recorded as part of Healthcare Management Career Week, held October 19-23, 2020.
- Career Week Kickoff: Visualize Your Career in Healthcare Management
- Careers in Healthcare IT
- Careers in Lean Six Sigma
- Careers in Hospital Administration
- Careers in Federal Healthcare and Government
- Careers in Healthcare Law and Regulation
- Recent Grad Alumni Panel: Life After Graduation
- Grad Alumni Panel: Healthcare as a Long-Term Career
Volunteering
Every Healthcare Management student should aim to have some experience in the healthcare industry. If you do not have any experience, volunteering is a great way to get involved. We recommend and encourage students to start by looking at hospitals and clinics with volunteer opportunities.
Shadowing
Shadowing is another way to understand the industry. Ask around to see if you know someone who works in healthcare and would let you follow them around at work for a day. If you do not know anyone, call the HR department of companies and ask if they have opportunities for shadowing.
Professional Organizations
Get a student membership to local chapters of professional organizations. We recommend the following. Also, keep an eye out for UT Dallas-sponsored scholarships!
- American College of Healthcare Executives — best for those interested in working in a hospital
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society — best for those interested in analytics, informatics or IT. Activate your FREE student membership as a Healthcare Management student at UT Dallas.
- Medical Group Management Association — best for those interested in working at a medical or dental clinic
The Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management (CHLM) facilitates collaboration among the school’s six academic programs in healthcare to offer industry-responsive education to prepare and equip students for the industry
Keith Thurgood
Director, Master’s in Healthcare Leadership and Management
The MS Healthcare Leadership & Management does not require, but highly encourages internships for anyone not already working in the healthcare industry.
Finding Internships
While some internships are posted on company websites, you should not limit your search to them. Ways to be proactive include asking people you met when you volunteered or job-shadowed, pitching your own internship, regularly checking Handshake and reaching out to people you meet at the Healthcare Management Association or other events. There are opportunities out there, but you have to look for them!
When you look in Handshake or others, search “healthcare.” You will often find a filter for clinical versus non-clinical, so check for filter words like “non-clinical,” “business” or “healthcare administration.” “Healthcare Administration” can include things like marketing in healthcare and administration in a doctor’s office or a diagnostics lab. Other keywords to consider are EHR (electronic health records), medical billing, health clinics, nonprofit health organizations, fundraising, assisted living, nursing homes and home health.
Healthcare Management students have completed internships at the following locations:
- ACME HEALTHCARE INC.
- Adaptive Medical Partners
- Alight
- Alight Solutions
- Apex Supply Company
- Arbor Diagnostics
- AXXESS
- Baylor Scott & White Health LLC
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- CHRISTUS Health
- Celestica
- Coastal Family Health Center
- Comfort Home Health Care
- Comprehensive Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
- Conifer Health Solution
- Dallas County Health and Human Services
- Dallas Internal Medicine Group
- Dell Technologies
- Encompass Health
- Envision Health
- HCA Healthcare
- Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s
- Integrative Emergency Services
- JPMorganChase
- Legacy Chiropractic
- Lockheed Martin
- Lone Star Neurology
- Makola Imports
- NCH Corporation
- NTT Data
- North Dallas Research Associates
- North Shore Physicians Group
- Pill Club
- Precision Smiles
- Prolucent
- Proscribe
- Provista
- Purepath Lab and Therapeutics
- Qlarant Integrity Solutions
- Raintree Healthcare
- Reshaped Wellness
- Sam’s Club
- Scottish Rite for Children’s
- Scribe-X
- Self employed
- Sun Life Financial
- Tarrant County Public Health
- Tenet Health Corporation
- Texas Orthopeadic Associates
- The Wonderful Company
- UTSW
- United Healthcare
- Versacom LP
- Vizient
- Woman’s Health Center of Plano
- YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
Getting involved on campus makes your time at UT Dallas a more impactful learning experience. Check out the suggestions below to get started:
Events
UT Dallas, JSOM, the Career Management Center and Healthcare Management programs host events regularly. Take advantage of the opportunity to hear from speakers, build your network and invite others to join you. Attending events allows you to build your professional skills and network with professionals in the field.
