Schulich Mini-MBA:
Clinical Professional Entrepreneurship Program
Where clinicians become business leaders.
This advanced certificate program—the only one of its kind in Canada—takes relevant skills and strategies from the highly-sought after Schulich MBA to help healthcare professionals start their next venture, or make strides in their current practice. Gain MBA skills from a world-renowned business school in a time frame that easily fits your schedule.

Schulich Mini-MBA: Clinical Professional Entrepreneurship Program
June 17, 2024
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Schulich Mini-MBA:
Clinical Professional Entrepreneurship Program
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- Schulich Mini-MBA: Clinical Professional Entrepreneurship Program
The Ultimate
Program
For Entrepreneurial Clinicians
As a healthcare or clinical professional, receiving formal business training can be difficult. On top of balancing work schedules, few management programs offer training applicable to your practice.
At Schulich ExecEd, we’ve pioneered the first specialized business program designed for healthcare and clinical professionals. The one-of-a-kind Schulich Mini-MBA: Clinical Entrepreneurship program provides essential business training, covering crucial topics like strategic management, negotiation, marketing and human resources.
Familiarize yourself with new business models in healthcare, and learn to invest and finance as a clinical entrepreneur. At the end of the program, you’ll apply these learnings directly to your business in our unique Integrated Strategy Group Project.
This flexible program is ideal for any clinical professionals who would like to learn the business side of the private practice, including therapists, dietitians, pharmacists, veterinarians, acupuncturists, optometrists, chiropractors, and more.
DISCLAIMER: Schulich ExecEd requires a deposit from all students as part of the enrollment process. Domestic students are required to submit a $1,000 deposit, while international students are required to submit a 50% non-refundable deposit. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our advisors for assistance.
Get Training in Marketable Skills
Strategic Thinking
Leadership Skills
Decision Making
Problem Solving
Risk Management
Communication Skills
Negotiation Skills
6 Reasons to Enrol

Amazing Education for Busy Allied Health Professionals
This program packs rich learnings into a flexible, manageable timeframe. Attend short 3-hour modules over five months, including evening sessions that don’t interfere with your work schedule.

Stand Out from the Crowd
Get a unique business education directly related to your healthcare or clinical practice. This program covers everything from finance and marketing to leadership and human resources.

Learn from the Pros
Train with renowned Schulich MBA instructors and experienced business leaders in the healthcare industry.

Tackle Exciting Challenges
At the end of the program, you’ll get the chance to apply all your newly-acquired skills directly to your business in a unique Integrated Strategy Group Project.

Build a Meaningful Network
Connect with and learn from like-minded peers and professionals in the healthcare industry.

Earn Higher Pay
Schulich ExecEd students gain the confidence, skills and perspective to launch new ventures, attain better roles, and lead their teams.
Who Will Benefit
What Difference Will You Make?

Program Overview
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Discover leadership frameworks and techniques in the context of healthcare. Get an assessment of your own leadership style with a full debrief from LeaderGENE.
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Examine the decision-making and accountability structures of hospitals, governments, and regional authorities. See strategic management concepts at play in various settings, with changing technologies and methods of health delivery.
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Continuation of Strategic Management I.
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Develop critical skills in negotiation, persuasion, and influence. Examine evidence-based approaches to building a consensus and discover ways to ask questions that lead to open and honest responses in any negotiation.
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Learn about investment and financing in a global context. Get a comprehensive look into investment decisions from capital budgeting to risk management.
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Achieve your organizational objectives and plan for the future of your practice. Develop the necessary skills to better structure your team, build a strong financial foundation, identify challenges, and evaluate hidden liabilities.
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What role does the private sector play within the multi-faceted, publicly funded healthcare program? Learn the key metrics that impact practice appraisal, the factors surrounding buying and selling, and more.
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Examine the future of private healthcare with an executive panel of leading innovators in the industry. Get comprehensive insights into the most relevant topics in the business of private practices.
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Explore the current entrepreneurial landscape in healthcare, including new business models, disruptive technologies, and the state of public-private partnerships. Discover how value is created in clinical healthcare to drive investment and improved practices.
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Continuation of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Healthcare I. Learn when to challenge entrepreneurship mindsets and behaviours, and build the fundamentals of resiliency and growth for your practice and your employees.
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Create and execute marketing and branding strategies from scratch with insights into consumer behavioural economics and neuroscience. Keep your practice relevant in today’s digital world with social media case studies from industry experts.
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Continuation of Marketing & Brand Strategy I. Examine a complete range of case studies from industry experts, with a focus on digital and social media marketing.
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Understand the core elements of human resource management and how it can substantially contribute to your organization’s performance and objectives. Demonstrate effective leadership and build high-performance teams that are prepared for expansion.
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Continuation of Essentials of Human Resources Management I.
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Deliver your Integrated Strategy Group Project presentation in front of fellow classmates, guest adjudicators, and top disruptors in the private healthcare industry.
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Winter 2024 Dates Time Module 1: WIN Thinking Launch & Leading Healthcare Transformation 2/21/2024 - 2/21/2024 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Module 2: Strategic Management I 2/26/2024 - 2/26/2024 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Module 3: Strategic Management II 3/18/2024 - 3/18/2024 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Module 4: Negotiation Strategy 3/20/2024 - 3/24/2024 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Module 5: Managerial Finance for the Clinician As An Entrepreneur 4/3/2024 - 4/3/2024 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Module 6: Building and Running a Successful Practice 4/8/2024 - 4/8/2024 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Module 7: The Business of Private Healthcare 4/22/2024 - 4/22/2024 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Module 8: Panel Discussion: The Future of Private Practices 4/24/2024 - 4/24/2024 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Module 9: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Healthcare I 5/6/2024 - 5/6/2024 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Module 10: Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Healthcare II 5/8/2024 - 5/8/2024 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Module 11: Marketing & Brand Strategy I 5/22/2024 - 5/22/2024 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Module 12: Marketing & Brand Strategy II 5/27/2024 - 5/27/2024 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Module 13: Essentials of Human Resources Management I 6/10/2024 - 6/10/2024 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Module 14: Essentials of Human Resources Management II 6/12/2024 - 6/12/2024 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Module 15: Project Presentations, Graduation and Closing 6/17/2024 - 6/17/2024 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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What You Get
After completing the Schulich Mini-MBA: Clinical Professional Entrepreneurship Program, you'll receive an authentic digital badge from the #1 business school in Canada that employers will recognize. Graduates will also achieve advanced standing towards the Certified Health Executive (CHE) designation.
As more and more companies look for candidates with specific skills, this badge on your CV will be a credible assurance of your achievements and expertise, allowing the right roles to find you faster.

Schulich Mini-MBA Certificate
Awarded when a series of more extensive programs are completed and a greater skill set achieved.
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