Pocket MBA

Internal Medicine Residency Program

Learn from experts in business education during your residency

ChristianaCare’s Internal Medicine Residency Program has teamed with the University of Delaware Lerner School of Business to offer an optional Pocket MBA that allows residents to complete their internal medicine residency and learn about the business of medicine.

The blended online and in-person program is comprised of:

  • One hour asynchronous online learning (learn content at own pace)
  • Structured, half hour, online discussion session (review subject material, questions, review assignment)
  • In-person, 1.5 hour seminar at CCHS (discuss applicability)
  • 11 topics divided into three modules
  • Leading People (Power and influence, Business ethics, entrepreneurial thinking)
  • Healthcare Business Acumen (Population health informatics, management accounting, finance, e-service management, patient experience and engagement)
  • Leading the Healthcare Organization (Strategic decision making, policy and finance in healthcare delivery, leadership and innovation in population health)
  • Poster competition based on a Harvard Business Review
  • Executive Education Certificate