Advance Your Expertise
Further your professional goals by earning a Doctorate of Health Sciences (DHSc) in the Leadership in Clinical Practice and Education program at the George Washington University.
Why Should I Choose GW?
- Achieve Balance with the Online and Flexible Structure
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Designed for working professionals, the structure and format of the post-professional DHSc program incorporates projects tailored to your own work environment to balance doctoral scholarship and a full-time professional role.
- 48-Credits of Part-Time Online Courses
- Graduate in Less Than 3 Years
- Transform and Develop Your Career
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Apply skills, knowledge, and concepts directly to your real-world settings to support career advancement and transitions, and solve complex clinical or educational challenges.
- Design an Original Research Study
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Conduct meaningful research to enhance your subject-matter expertise, contribute to the evidence base, and improve healthcare.
- Join a Supportive and Experienced Interprofessional Community
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Receive one-on-one expert guidance and mentorship from dedicated faculty to directly impact your career and expand your interdisciplinary knowledge through engagement from a wide array of students in clinical or educational practice settings.
- Attend two Residency Weekends in Washington, D.C. throughout the program.
See Where DHSc Graduates Publish and Present
Alumni have recently published original manuscripts and presented work stemming from the DHSc seminar course series in a variety of fields. Below are examples:
- Journal of Dermatology for Physician Assistants
- Journal of Physical Therapy Education
- Journal of Allied Health
- The Clinical Laboratory Educators Conference
- Military Health System Research Symposium
- Journal of Transcultural Nursing
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention
- The Permanente Journal
Choose Your Degree Concentration
Tailored to your career goals, choose courses to advance your expertise and professional practice in the clinical or academic environment.
Leadership in Clinical Practice
Manage the clinical aspects of a healthcare facility and improve its outcomes. Courses include health care quality, health care research, and more.
Leadership in Educational Practice
Gain mastery of the design, implementation, and evaluation of health care programs. Courses include teaching strategies, curriculum development, and more.
The Doctorate of Health Sciences was the key to make sure that I'm always staying competitive in this field. It fit very well with my goals and my schedule – being online was a major plus for me, because it gave me the flexibility to be able to pursue it without pausing.
- Linda Monterroso, DHSc, MSHS
Our projects are all tailored to our experience in our own work environments and there's lots of discussion and collaboration online and in-person during residency weekends.
- Joshua McFarland, DHSc, MPAS, PA-C
Through this program, I've been able to collaborate with people that I would otherwise not interact with, develop deeper connections with colleagues, and engage with leadership. I'm able to put the material I am learning to practice, advancing my skills and my career, as it is directly applicable to my current role.
- Stephanie Katz, OTR/L, CHT
I chose the GW DHSc program to expand my knowledge and abilities to be an educational scholar, effective instructor, and leader in higher education. The program is very practical as I did not have to put my professional goals on-hold. I continuously applied the coursework to meet and exceed my professional objectives which kept me engaged and wanting to know more.
- Marisa Birkmeier, DPT, DHSc