Student Profile

Kristina McBrearty
MBA '11

Health care is undergoing significant transformations. Leaders with strong values and expertise are needed to navigate the exciting changes that are happening. The Loma Linda University Masters of Business Administration (MBA) with an emphasis in Health Care Administration provides students with a broad understanding of health care management and practical experience within a leading academic health facility. Our ultimate responsibility is to train leaders who will serve in local, regional and world healthcare institutions. The School of Public Health and the Loma Linda University health campus leadership provide a rich learning environment for students through our unique Christian heritage and perspective of wholeness.

The MBA Program fosters a professional learning platform with an opportunity for students to integrate and apply their classroom learning into a 1200-hour practicum experience. Having an affiliation with a world renowned academic health sciences
center affords ours students with a unique opportunity to learn and interact directly
from experts in the field of health care.

Learner outcomes
Upon completion of this degree, the student should be able to:

1. Apply health care knowledge to economic analysis and policy.
2. Define organizational structure and governance, as well as equitable and effective
human resource policies.
3. Apply principles of health care finance and managerial accounting to health care.
4. Integrate market research with strategic planning in health care.
5. Employ a wide array of quality improvement processes and tools in health care
operations management.
6. Determine how technology supports practice, research, and decision making in
health care.
7. Evaluate and analyze the impact that current health care policies may have on
health care services.

Vision Statement
The vision of the MBA in Health Care Administration program is to be a dynamic teaching
environment that responds to the rapid changes in health care by training students through
teaching, practice, and research. Students and faculty will be distinguished by their
commitment to the values of Loma Linda University based on a foundation of service.

Mission
Foster a professional learning platform that helps define, develop and distinguish the
careers of graduates entering the healthcare administration profession.

Define – By engaging with an academic culture that is focused on the health care industry
and one that equally values teaching, practice, research, and service.
Develop – By providing focused activities that grow professionals and professional
networks.
Distinguish – Through an environment of mentorship by practitioners in the health care
industry.