The Understanding and Improving the U.S. Healthcare System online course provides U-M alumni from a wide variety of backgrounds with an engaging, practical, and interactive way to understand the U.S. healthcare system and learn how it can be improved.
Understanding and Improving the U.S. Health Care System
Online course open to U-M alumni
Fall 2021 Course Registration Form >
The University of Michigan Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation (IHPI) is pleased to offer U-M alumni an open learner version of its “Understanding and Improving the U.S. Healthcare System” online course.
Since its development in 2016, over 3,000 U-M learners have participated in this five-module course which draws upon the expertise of over 20 IHPI faculty members. A series of video-based lectures introduces learners to the main topics related to the historically complex U.S. healthcare system, including:
- The Main Players in Healthcare
- U.S. Presidents and the History of U.S. Healthcare Reform
- Private and Public Payers in the U.S. Healthcare System
- Designing Benefits in a Health Plan Choosing Healthplans All Together (CHAT®) Simulation
- Evaluation of the “Healthy Michigan Plan”: An Example of Medicaid Expansion
The course will be open from October 1 to December 15, 2021. Alumni interested in taking the course will be placed in a special “section” of the U-M Canvas learning platform with full access to all course materials and will not be required to complete individual or group assignments. The content takes about 5 to 6 hours to complete, so learners can immerse or pace themselves, as best fits their learning and life.
Interested alumni may contact Jason Wolfe, Course Manager, to learn more about the course.
This online course was originally developed by Matthew Davis, M.D., MAPP and Michael Rubyan, M.P.H., Ph.D. Since 2018, Karen Farris, Ph.D., has developed the updates with the sustained support of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation
