Minnesota State University, Mankato

Healthcare Project Management: Fundamentals to Practice Specialization

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Minnesota State University, Mankato

Healthcare Project Management: Fundamentals to Practice Specialization

Manage Healthcare Projects with Confidence.

Build the skills to lead clinical improvement projects from initiation through improvement.

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Beginner level

Recommended experience

12 weeks to complete
at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Plan and manage healthcare projects by developing project charters, schedules, budgets, and project management plans.

  • Lead project execution by engaging stakeholders, managing risks, monitoring performance, and supporting organizational change.

  • Evaluate and sustain project outcomes using data, performance metrics, governance strategies, and continuous improvement practices.

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June 2026

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Specialization - 3 course series

Foundations of Healthcare Project Management

Foundations of Healthcare Project Management

Course 1, 8 hours

What you'll learn

  • Identify healthcare projects and distinguish them from operations.

  • Analyze stakeholders and project roles.

  • Create a basic healthcare project charter.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Healthcare Project Management
Category: Smart Goals
Category: Project Scoping
Category: Project Management Life Cycle
Category: Project Management
Category: Goal Setting
Category: Project Implementation
Category: Stakeholder Communications
Category: Clinical Leadership
Category: Health Care Procedure and Regulation
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Health Systems
Category: Project Coordination
Category: Project Planning
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Communication Planning
Category: Healthcare Industry Knowledge
Category: Scope Management
Category: Risk Management
Category: Project Documentation
Planning and Executing Healthcare Projects

Planning and Executing Healthcare Projects

Course 2, 13 hours

What you'll learn

  • Plan and execute healthcare projects using scheduling, budgeting, stakeholder, and risk management tools.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Stakeholder Analysis
Category: Project Planning
Category: Project Management
Category: Project Schedules
Category: Communication Planning
Category: Scheduling
Category: Project Risk Management
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Risk Management
Category: Work Breakdown Structure
Category: Budget Management
Category: Budgeting
Category: Timelines
Category: Change Control
Category: Healthcare Project Management
Category: Change Management
Category: Project Performance
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Project Implementation
Sustaining and Evaluating Healthcare Projects

Sustaining and Evaluating Healthcare Projects

Course 3, 11 hours

What you'll learn

  • Evaluate project outcomes using healthcare metrics and performance data.

  • Develop adoption, sustainment, and transition-to-operations plans.

  • Manage resistance, stakeholder concerns, and post-implementation challenges.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Healthcare Project Management
Category: Workflow Management
Category: Project Closure
Category: Performance Metric
Category: Program Evaluation
Category: Business Workflow Analysis
Category: Performance Measurement
Category: Issue Tracking
Category: Performance Review
Category: Project Implementation
Category: Change Management
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Process Improvement and Optimization
Category: Project Performance
Category: Process Improvement
Category: Continuous Improvement Process
Category: Organizational Change
Category: Program Implementation
Category: Operational Efficiency
Category: Process Management

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Instructor

Laurel Gustafson, M.S.
Minnesota State University, Mankato
3 Courses47 learners

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