Turn change into opportunity with a Kelley Business of Medicine MBA.
Acquire the knowledge and skills you need to lead in the changing healthcare environment. Our two-year program, delivered one weekend per month and online, was developed specifically for physicians and prepares you to answer the call to lead.
Why you need an MBA.
By complementing your expertise in medicine with an MBA, you maximize your potential to create value across the healthcare industry. Acquiring targeted business knowledge and skills will enhance your credibility, enabling you to stand out as physician leader poised to transform your organization and the industry in changing times.
What’s different about the Kelley Business of Medicine MBA?
The Kelley Business of Medicine MBA was designed specifically for physicians by Kelley’s nationally recognized faculty. Our integrated curriculum is built from the ground up with input from our network of healthcare leaders across the country. Their insights have developed an innovative, dynamic Business of Medicine curriculum like no other in the industry.
Immediately put to use new ways of thinking.
You’ll follow a carefully sequenced curriculum (in-residence weekends in Indianapolis blended with online learning) that is designed to deliver the knowledge you need in the shortest amount of time without sacrificing content. The two-year program will introduce you to new approaches, tools, and ways of thinking you can incorporate into your practice immediately. You’ll finish by earning a top-ranked MBA from a business school that is known around the world for the quality of its graduates.
Action learning guided by expert faculty.
Kelley MBA faculty will lead you through high-impact sessions where you’ll learn by doing. You’ll participate with like-minded physicians in interactive exercises, case studies, and industry projects. You’ll also get an inside look at the challenges a variety of healthcare organizations are facing and the solutions they’ve developed.
Continue to practice while earning your degree.
Kelley pioneered the online MBA program. You’ll be able to attend lectures, connect with faculty and other physicians in the program, and complete assignments—mostly online during off-residency weeks. Designed for ultimate flexibility, you can expect to devote 12 to 14 hours per week plus in residence sessions earning your Kelley Business of Medicine MBA. Your time commitment is dispersed throughout with weekly online sessions and assignments.
Residency in Indianapolis
Residency periods will be held one weekend per month. You’ll be in residence in Indianapolis, where you will have access to cutting-edge healthcare innovators. Through their experiences and those of your physician peers, you’ll acquire valuable perspectives to take back to your own practice.
Open up new career opportunities.
With a Kelley Business of Medicine MBA, you’ll be ready to lead governance committees or clinical teams, manage a service line or clinical department, or take on a leadership role in a wide range of healthcare organizations.
Sustainability: Managing today's challenges while building for the future.
Maintain the long-term sustainability of your organization by making smart decisions that prepare you for a healthy future.
Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing
"Healthcare markets are becoming increasingly segmented as patients take an active role in managing their own health while physicians make decisions about how to balance patient, payer, and regulatory needs."
iTunes U
Our faculty will administer online instruction using free, state-of-the-art iTunes U software. The web-based course management interface allows instructors to create course material that students can use at their convenience. Students may download video and podcasts, presentations and documents, providing learning materials just a click away. Take notes on your iPad while you listen, and iTunes U will remember where in the audio, video, or text you made a notation. This expanded technology allows you to review, check off, share and receive push notifications about new course work. Your degree will be at your fingertips.
