ISP Executive Healthcare Study

Daniel Zismer, Ph.D., ISP Director, Associate Professor, Division of Health Policy & Management

Certificate of Management Studies
in Health Services Administration

This program is an off-site executive study program for practicing health care administrators. We offer Regents Certificate Programs in Health Services Administration as well as options for either a Master's Degree in Healthcare Administration (M.H.A.) or Master's in Public Health in the Executive Program in Public Health Practice (M.P.H.).

Our program enhances health care leadership throughout the world by engaging health care executives in the kind of learning that improves their performance, prepares them to lead their organizations and communities, and contributes to their career development.

Students will attend a two-week on-campus session each year. Additional on-campus time will be required at the end of Course 3 for oral presentations and Master’s option requirements. Online communications between students and faculty as well as occasional online assignments, enhance the distance education experience.

Welcome from Vernon Weckwerth

Contact Information ISP Founder Vernon E. Weckwerth, Ph.D. Professor, ISP 612-624-9000 ISP Prospective Student Coordinator Fonda Christy-Ali 612-625-0830 chris180@umn.edu

Welcome to the original Off-Site Executive Healthcare Study Program. ISP has been successfully educating healthcare administrators for over 38 years. Combining our proven years of experience in the classroom with internet technology ISP is the perfect fit for many practicing healthcare executives. This learning is embodied in an integrated program which:

• fosters the creativity, inquisitiveness and zeal of students, faculty and staff
• builds on the learners' experiences and links teaching and research to executive performance
• enrolls students from a broad array of disciplines, organizations and cultures in a lifelong network through which they share their experiences and learning
• derives from knowledge in public health, business, healthcare administration and many other fields
• incorporates faculty with credibility in professional practice, academic preparation and administrative accountability
• expects an inquisitive, reflective approach to lifelong learning based in the real world, linked to theory and applied to practice

ISP's success derives from the experience and performance of its students, their commitment to the health of individuals and communities and their continuing willing willingness to make a difference.