Texas A&M University-Texarkana is launching a new master of healthcare administration degree, designed to prepare graduates for leadership positions in the healthcare industry. The program, which will be offered entirely online, incorporates artificial intelligence literacy and systems thinking to equip students with the skills needed to succeed in the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.

Program Details

The master of healthcare administration degree is open to both experienced healthcare professionals and students entering the field for the first time. The program will be taught by faculty with healthcare experience and will include career-focused coursework. The curriculum was developed in response to the growing use of AI in healthcare operations, finance, quality improvement, patient safety, workforce management, and strategic leadership.

Assistant professor Chris Pratt, who is also the interim chair of the university’s Health Professions Division, recently presented a project on a curriculum redesign for a master of healthcare administration program that integrates AI competencies at the annual conference of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration in San Diego, California. Pratt’s project focused on interweaving AI literacy, ethical decision-making, data analytics, game-based learning, and systems thinking into real-world cases and experiential learning activities across a broad range of classes.

Original reporting: Texarkana Gazette — read the source article.