64172  Problem Solving and Decision Making in Healthcare       3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: 63266

This course provides the students with the concepts, methods and tools for the application of logical and quantitative analysis to real-world problem solving and decision making. It familiarizes the student with a wide range of classical and contemporary tools and methods related to decision and problem analysis, including basics of logic and decision making, principles of optimization, linear programming, integer programming, sensitivity analysis, transportation problems, break even analysis, inventory management, decision theory: decisions under risk, decision under uncertainty and decision tree. The course focuses on applications of medical sciences.