Online Certificate in Care Coordination

The Certificate in Care Coordination is a 12-credit graduate certificate program delivered 95 percent online. Courses are primarily offered online with an in-person weekend introduction and an in-person final capstone project presentation. The program will provide enrolled students with strategies and tools to become effective care coordinators for individuals with complex health care needs, and will focus on health care delivery in Virginia. Successful graduates of this program will be equipped to empower patients and their families who are at high-risk for excess use of health care services to effectively reduce health system burdens and decrease adverse health outcomes.

Student learning outcomes

Graduates will be able to:

1. Evaluate methods of effective care coordination to minimize cost and enhance health outcomes in a variety of clinical settings
2. Demonstrate skills of effective communication and collaboration within the interprofessional team and across settings
3. Explain the overall infrastructure and regulation of U.S. health care and its effect on care coordination
4. Appraise health care payment models as they relate to utilization review, compliance and reimbursement

The VCU Bulletin is the official source for academic course and program information.

Program Website Curriculum