37-credit, 12-month Doctorate

[sanantone]

University of Lynchburg's Doctor of Executive Leadership in Healthcare is 37 credits and can be completed in 12 months on the accelerated track, if you have a qualifying master's degree.

https://www.lynchburg.edu/graduate/docto...eadership/

[Stonybeach]

Good find but ironic that the introduction video is by Dr. Cockram, DMSc, PA, an "adjunct faculty" member of the University of Lynchburg. The degree is a "DEL," which will make no sense as a post-nominal, and the tuition is close to $30K with fees. Interesting find. I still think your Oklahoma DHA is a good find overall. Unless you want a doctoral degree, I believe the general MBA will be more useful and recognizable.

[sanantone]

I was just mentioning at Degreeinfo that schools should try to stick to established degree names. There's no reason they couldn't have called this a DHA or executive DHA. Even within the field of healthcare, no one is going to know what DEL means. As a post-nominal, I would have assumed it was a certification. There's been a sudden explosion of novel degree titles, and I wonder what's driving it.

So far, all of the faculty members are PAs. University of Lynchburg has been having some financial problems and cutting faculty, so it looks like they borrowed instructors from the DMSc program. Four out of five of them earned their doctorate at University of Lynchburg, which is a big no-no in academia (academic incest).

[bjcheung77]

Most of the classes seem similar to a DBA or general business related degree, the main difference is the concentration in Health Care.
For those interested in the program, here are the classes offered for the DEL...

Required courses ( 37 credit hours)
DEL 900 Organizational Behavior and Leadership in Health Care (3)
DEL 901 Health Care Management (3)
DEL 902 Health Care Informatics (3)
DEL 903 Health Care Advocacy (3)
DEL 904 Health Care Administration (3)
DEL 905 Health Care Law (4)
DEL 933 Evidence-based Medicine (4)
DEL 934 Executive Leadership Doctoral Project I (4)
DEL 935 Executive Leadership Doctoral Project II (4)
DEL 936 Artificial Intelligence in Health Care (3)
DEL 937 Health Care Finance (3)

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And the costs...
Tuition and Fees
Tuition: $790 per credit hour / $29,230 total for the program*
Technology fee: $60 per term
Program fee: $25 per term
*Subject to change

[sanantone]

Most of the classes seem similar to a DBA or general business related degree, the main difference is the concentration in Health Care.
For those interested in the program, here are the classes offered for the DEL...  

Required courses ( 37 credit hours)
DEL 900 Organizational Behavior and Leadership in Health Care (3)
DEL 901 Health Care Management (3)
DEL 902 Health Care Informatics (3)
DEL 903 Health Care Advocacy (3)
DEL 904 Health Care Administration (3)
DEL 905 Health Care Law (4)
DEL 933 Evidence-based Medicine (4)
DEL 934 Executive Leadership Doctoral Project I (4)
DEL 935 Executive Leadership Doctoral Project II (4)
DEL 936 Artificial Intelligence in Health Care (3)
DEL 937 Health Care Finance (3)

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And the costs...
Tuition and Fees
Tuition: $790 per credit hour / $29,230  total for the program*
Technology fee: $60 per term
Program fee:  $25 per term
*Subject to change

It's not really similar to a DBA or general business degree because the courses are focused on healthcare. Healthcare administration is a sub-field of business administration. You'd find these courses in a DBA if it had a healthcare administration concentration, but they wouldnt be a part of the business core. Healthcare administration is kind of like public administration. They're generalist degrees, so they'll have courses in finance, marketing, management, and maybe even accounting, but they'll be focused on healthcare or public/non-profit settings. I've taken healthcare finance, and I've taken general finance for a business administration degree. What I learned in healthcare finance was very specific to how healthcare organizations run and where they get their funding.

This entire program is in healthcare administration, which is why I think they could have just called it a DHA instead of making up that long, weird name.

[Jonathan Whatley]

I was just mentioning at Degreeinfo that schools should try to stick to established degree names. There's no reason they couldn't have called this a DHA or executive DHA. Even within the field of healthcare, no one is going to know what DEL means. As a post-nominal, I would have assumed it was a certification. There's been a sudden explosion of novel degree titles, and I wonder what's driving it.

Easier for the school to receive accreditation or state approval for a nontraditional title, in some cases.

SUNY Buffalo State University is applying for its first doctorate, a Doctor of Professional Studies (DPS) in Creativity and Change Leadership. The application was previously submitted as a PhD in Creativity and Change Leadership.

[newdegree]

It's a good option, something new for people to apply to. It might be the right program for everyone, and the cost is a bit high, but 30k is not bad. The program's name might work for some, but as stated above, it is still a healthcare administration program at the end of the day. I guess they are trying to emphasize executive leadership in healthcare to make it stand out to corporations.

[sanantone]

I was just mentioning at Degreeinfo that schools should try to stick to established degree names. There's no reason they couldn't have called this a DHA or executive DHA. Even within the field of healthcare, no one is going to know what DEL means. As a post-nominal, I would have assumed it was a certification. There's been a sudden explosion of novel degree titles, and I wonder what's driving it.

Easier for the school to receive accreditation or state approval for a nontraditional title, in some cases.

SUNY Buffalo State University is applying for its first doctorate, a Doctor of Professional Studies (DPS) in Creativity and Change Leadership. The application was previously submitted as a PhD in Creativity and Change Leadership.

Interesting point to ponder, but this is usually an issue for proposed PhD programs since they have to be research-oriented and have qualified faculty for the research courses and dissertation advising. Some universities just don't have the resources to offer a proper PhD program. 

This shouldn't be an issue for a DHA. It doesn't need a dissertation or research methods and statistics courses. EVMS' DHSc and OSU and VUL's DHAs are proof that you can get away with a lot with those degrees. Somehow, Faulkner got away with offering a 14-month DHSc and a 18-month PhD.