Careers in Healthcare Management: How to Find Your Path and Follow It

Information and inspiration for the novice or student

The field of healthcare management offers unique challenges and rewards, both emotional and financial. This book provides healthcare management career advice including information about where managers work, the type of management positions that are available, and the skills managers need to be successful. Suggestions are offered for finding and using a mentor, pursuing graduate or continuing education, and honing management skills.

The heart of the book contains 51 profiles of healthcare managers at various career stages. In their own words, these managers describe how they prepared for their careers, what their greatest challenges have been, and what advice they would provide to new managers. These profiles illustrate the wide range of opportunities and the sense of purpose and fulfillment the healthcare administration profession has to offer.

The appendix includes a list of professional associations that can provide career insight and assistance.

Cynthia Carter Haddock, Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management and Management at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Robert A. McLean, Ph.D., is a professor and the director of the Master of Health Services Administration Program at Creighton University. Robert C. Chapman, FACHE, is the president and chief executive officer of Eastern Health System, Inc.