Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics
The Graduate Certificate in Health Informatics is designed to introduce health care providers to the informatics industry; its current state of the art, systems and management. Students will learn essential competencies needed to participate in the strategic leadership of information systems and explore the industry through a self designed practice mentorship.  The program will employ a case study method/problem based method in the classroom. Faculty will work with students to design a field experience most appropriate to meet their professional goals. The certificate will be comprised of three didactic courses and a field/mentorship experience.

Graduate Certificate in Gerontology 
The certificate program is designed for students who wish to prepare for work with older adults and for professionals already working with the elderly. Nurses, physicians, health care administrators, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and social workers are among those for whom this certificate is designed. The program provides a background of basic knowledge in gerontology and permits students to acquire knowledge, in the physical, emotional, spiritual, social, political and economic issues related to aging through a multidisciplinary approach. 

Graduate Certificate in Communication for Health Care Professionals
Candidates with a bachelor's degree who seek a Graduate Certificate in Communication for Health Care Professionals complete four courses of study (12 credits) listed below.  This certificate provides graduate students with communication strategies and tools which they can employ in dealing with problems and issues in today's health care environment.

Required Courses:

                CO 612  Health Communication Management 
                CO 601  Intercultural Communication in the Workplace

                Choice of either:
                CO 613  Writing for the Professional Workplace, or 
                CO 605  Communication in the Electronic Age  

                Choice of either:
                CO 609 Conflict Resolution and Negotiation, or 
                CO 610 Crisis Communication/Media Relations

Graduate Certificate in Public Policymaking
The Graduate Certificate in Public Policymaking is designed for candidates with baccalaureate degrees and/or masters degrees who wish to advance in professional training or seek a career working in the policymaking field.  Candidates usually seek the Graduate Certificate either as a first venture into graduate studies or as a supplement to a graduate degree that they have earned or are currently pursuing.

Certificate Requirements
Candidates with a bachelor's degree who seek a Graduate Certificate in Public Policymaking complete three courses of study (9 credits) listed below.  Each of the three courses are practical and hands-on, requiring students to conduct individual research in the field and gain insight into the policymaking process surrounding specific policy topics of their choice.  The program is a part-time, one-year program.   For those candidates who are working full-time, evening, weekend, and on-line courses are offered.  Please note that the courses taken for the Graduate Certificate can be applied toward a Masters Degree in Public Administration.

PA 601 Introduction to Public Administration (Core requirement for MPA degree)
PA 603 Public Policy Analysis (Core requirement for MPA degree) OR NU 618 Seminar: Health Policy
PA 606 State and Local Government (MPA Elective)

For additional information, including a schedule of day and evening classes:

Claudia Pouravelis
Email: claudia.pouravelis@regiscollege.edu
Phone: 781-768-7058