Degree/certificate	Schedule	Approximate cost1	CME2	Contact information
MBA PROGRAMS
University of California – Irvine	Health Care Executive MBA	Three-and-a-half-day resident blocks once a month for two years; distance learning	$54,000	Yes	949–824–5374; www.gsm.uci.edu/programs
University of Hartford (Connecticut)	Executive MBA for Health Care Professionals	Alternate weekends over 21 months	$30,000	No	860–768–4390; barney.hartford.edu/g_emba.htm
University of South Florida – Tampa	Physician MBA	One week plus six four-day weekends over about 18 months; distance learning	$9,000 for Fla. residents; $14,600 for non-residents	Yes	813–974–2615; www.coba.usf.edu/programs/docs/
University of Tennessee – Knoxville	Physician Executive MBA	Four one-week resident blocks over 12 months; distance learning	$40,000	Yes	888–446–5458; www.pemba.utk.edu
MPH AND OTHER MASTER’S PROGRAMS
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill	MPH or MHA	Three eight-day resident blocks over two years; distance learning	MPH: $8,400 N.C. residents; $16,400 non-residents; MHA: $10,920 residents; $21,320 non-residents	Yes	919–966–7364; www.sph.unc.edu/hpaa
University of Washington (Seattle)	MPH	One month each summer for three years plus eight weekends over two years; distance learning	$19,000 (books, room and board not included)	No	depts.washington.edu/~hsedp/edphome.html; 206–685–7580 or 800–872–8814
University of Wisconsin – Madison	MS in Administrative Medicine	Four week-long and two two-week-long resident blocks over 22 months; distance learning	$37,000 (books, room and board not included)	Yes	608–263–4889; www.medsch.wisc.edu/adminmed/aboutam.htm
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
American College of Physician Executives (ACPE)	CMM3	290-hour series of courses offered at locations across the country, distance learning and one nine-day course at one of the universities.	$15,000	Yes	800–562–8088; www.acpe.org/seminars/certif.html
The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)	Hopkins Business of Medicine Graduate Certificate4	One evening per week for 10 to 11 months	$6,450	Yes	410–309–9527; ww2.med.jhu.edu/cme/events/busofmed.htm
INTRODUCTORY PROGRAMS
Fundamentals of Management (AAFP)		Five-day seminar; one independent project; coursework at the AAFP Annual Scientific Assembly	$1,250 (housing not included)	Yes; Prescribed	800–274–2237, ext. 4114; www.aafp.org/fom
Harvard University School of Public Health (Cambridge, Mass.)		A variety of three-day seminars	Fees vary from about $1,000 to $2,000 per seminar (housing not included)	Yes	617–432–1171; www.hsph.harvard.edu/ccpe/
Physicians in Management I and II (ACPE)		Four-day seminars offered in various cities	$1,400 per seminar (housing not included)	Yes	800–562–8088; www.acpe.org/seminars/educsem.html