STUDENT COMPETENCIES FOR THE HOM DEGREE
Competency
1. Writing Skills (SLO 6)
I. Communication and
Relationship
2. Presentation Skills
Management
(SLO 6)
II. Leadership
III. Professionalism
IV. Knowledge of the
H ealthcare
Environment
3. Leading and Managing
Others (SLO 4)
4. Ability for Honest Selfassessment
5. Problem-solving and
Decision-making (SLO 1)
6. Personal and Professional
Ethics (SLO 2)
7. Working in Teams
(SLO 5)
8. Healthcare Issues and
Trends (SLO 3)
9. Healthcare Legal
Principles (SLO 2)
10. Health Policy (SLO 3)
11. Financial Mgmt (SLO 7)
12. Human Resources
(SLO 4, 7)
13. Organizational
Dynamics &
Governance (SLO 4,7)
14. Strategic Planning
(SLO 7)
V. Business and
Analytical Skills
15. Marketing (SLO 7)
16. Info Management/
Understanding & Using
Tech Skills (SLO 7)
17. Quality & Performance
Improvement (SLO 7)
18. Quant Skills (SLO 7)
19. Planning and Managing
Projects (SLO 4, 7)
20. Economic Analysis and
Application (SLO 7)
Description
Prepare effective business communications
Demonstrate effective oral communication and
presentation skills
Hold self and others accountable for organizational
goal attainment
Demonstrate reflection through self-assessment
Apply evidence-based decision making techniques
to healthcare questions
Adhere to ethical business principles and exhibit
ethical behaviors; fulfill one’s commitments
Create, participate on, and lead teams, including
inter-professionalism
Explain and discuss important issues in healthcare,
including circumstances causing major changes and
reform in U.S. health care delivery
Discuss and critically analyze health-related legal
principles including standards, regulations, and risk
management.
Articulate the impact of health policies on the
delivery of health services
Ability to compile and analyze financial data
Apply methods and techniques related to the
management of health care organizations,
employees and professional staff
Articulate and explain the roles, responsibilities,
structures, and influence of governing bodies in
health care organizations
Ability to perform environmental analysis and
develop strategic alternatives; discern competitive
strategy; formulate business strategy based on
evidence
Analyze and assess markets, market segmentation,
strategy, change and innovation
Apply techniques and methods to plan, design,
implement and assess information management and
communication
Identify relevant problems and apply concepts of
process improvement and patient safety
Analyze data and interpret quantitative information
Design, plan, implement and assess projects and
develop appropriate time lines related to
performance, structure and outcomes
Analyze and apply economic theory and concepts to
decision making.