Doctor of Health Administration
The College of Health and Human Services offers the Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) degree program designed to prepare students to meet the needs of a growing field, with competencies of the National Center for Healthcare Leadership and the Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Education in mind.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, “employment of medical and health services managers is projected to grow 32 percent from 2019 to 2029, much faster than the average for all occupations.” This data represents national figures and is not based on school-specific information. Conditions in your area may vary.
The DHA is a professional doctoral program designed to prepare students to critically evaluate research and the political, social, and legal climates in which healthcare functions. In turn, they may use this information to help lead ethically, socially, and culturally responsible organizations that are responsive to market and regulatory demands while serving diverse stakeholders.
Students study core competencies of health administration and healthcare research methods. The culminating experience is a practice-based Doctoral Study Project that the graduate may implement in the workplace.
The Goals/Aims of this program are to develop leaders who can do the following:
- Assess trends and keep their organizations aligned with the latest innovations.
- Effectively communicate to staff, patients, and other stakeholders on relevant health care issues
- Critically evaluate data from various sources and apply it for optimum organizational outcomes.
- Demonstrate accountable and collaborative leadership in a diverse organization.
- Act ethically to abide by current regulatory requirements.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Assess how organizations should operate and respond to social, economic, and political forces that shape the health care system and the environment in which it functions.
- Demonstrate verbal and written skills necessary for health care executives to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
- Utilize quantitative and qualitative data to make sound organizational decisions that positively impact patients, staff, and other stakeholders.
- Provide evidence of an ability to contribute to the scholarly-practitioner information base in the field of health administration.
- Critically assess emerging trends, operationalize their potential impacts on health-related administrative practice, and respond appropriately.
- Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to make decisions conducive to healthy organizational development.
- Resolve administrative challenges in compliance with health law, policies, and ethical guidelines for health administration.
This program is not designed to meet the educational requirements for a specific professional license or certification that is required for employment in an occupation. As such, Trident has made no determination regarding prerequisites for licensure or certification in any state or jurisdiction.