Courses Taught by Richard Hirth
HMP613: Climate Change And The Healthcare System
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 1 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Richard Hirth (Residential);
- Prerequisites: none
- Advisory Prerequisites: none
- Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
- Description: This course overviews climate science, links between climate change and health, and the disproportionate impact on vulnerable populations. This provides the context to explore how the healthcare system can respond to climate-related challenges and mitigate its own impact on the climate, and how public policy can promote these objectives.
- Learning Objectives: Describe the scientific basis of climate change and the primary impacts of climate change on human health 2. Evaluate how the healthcare system and its organizations can effectively address the short- and long-term effects of climate change on the health of the populations they serve 3. Assess how the healthcare system’s own sustainability can be improved and how healthcare leaders can help mitigate the sector’s impact on the climate 4. Propose public policy strategies that could facilitate the healthcare system’s response to the climate crisis and enhance the sustainability of its operations
HMP660: Economics Of Health Management And Policy I
- Graduate level
- Both Residential and Online MPH
- This is a second year course for Online students
- Fall, Spring-Summer term(s) for residential students; Fall term(s) for online MPH students;
- 2-3 credit hour(s) for residential students; 2 credit hour(s) for online MPH students;
- Instructor(s): Richard Hirth, Elisa Maffioli, (Residential); Richard Hirth (Online MPH);
- Prerequisites: Graduate standing
- Description: This course covers the principles of microeconomic theory and the fundamental concepts of the field of health economics. Purpose is to give students experience analyzing health management and health policy issues using economic tools.
- Residential Syllabus for HMP660
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | HMP | MPH | Describe how basic microeconomic theory explains the influence of incentives on consumer, provider, and payer behaviors, costs, and other outcomes | HMP660 |
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HMP681: Special Topics in Health Management and Policy
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Fall, Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 1-3 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): April Zeoli, Rahul Ladhania, Richard Hirth, Matthew Comstock, (Residential);
- Prerequisites: None
- Undergraduates are allowed to enroll in this course.
- Description: Lecture, seminars and readings selected on a current or emerging topic or theme in health, management and policy. The specific material and format will vary by semester and instructor.
- Learning Objectives: Will vary by topic and instructor.
HMP806: Doctoral Seminar in Health Services and Systems Research IV
- Graduate level
- Residential
- Winter term(s) for residential students;
- 1 credit hour(s) for residential students;
- Instructor(s): Richard Hirth (Residential);
- Prerequisites: None
- Description: The economics module will provide an introduction to economic reasoning and methods and a sample of research topics that have been approached by economists working on health and health care. Readings will be a mix of classic papers and recent papers that illustrate this approach yet are accessible to both economists and students training in other disciplines.
- Learning Objectives: Students should gain a better understanding of the role economics has played in health services research and public health and be able to identify how the approaches and questions addressed by economists compare to those taken by researchers specializing in other social science disciplines.
- Syllabus for HMP806
| Department | Program | Degree | Competency | Specific course(s) that allow assessment | HMP | Health Services Organization and Policy | PhD | Critically evaluate the prior literature in health services organization and policy, including motivation, theory, data quality, methods, results, conclusions, and policy recommendations | HMP802, HMP803, HMP804, HMP805, HMP806, HMP835 | HMP | Health Services Organization and Policy | PhD | Develop research questions grounded in theory to expand knowledge about health services organization and policy | HMP802, HMP803, HMP804, HMP805, HMP806, HMP835 |
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