Careers in Healthcare Management: How to Find Your Path and Follow It
Cynthia Carter Haddock, PhD
Robert A. McLean, PhD
Robert C. Chapman, LFACHE
ISBN 13: 978-1-56793-174-7
Softbound, 190 pp, 2002
Imprint: Nothing
Order code: WWW1-1144
Price: $57.00
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.
Cynthia Carter Haddock, PhD, is professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management and Management at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Robert A. McLean, MA, PhD, was a professor in and the director of the Master of Health Services Administration Program at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. McLean has published a healthcare financial management textbook that is now in its second edition as well as many articles in healthcare management publications.
Robert C. Chapman, MSHHA, LFACHE, was the president and chief executive officer of Eastern Health Systems, Inc. He has also served on the boards of directors for many organizations including the American Hospital Association and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama.
