Healthcare Administration Internship/Capstone
Experience scope
Categories
Data analysis Public health Healthcare Operations Project managementSkills
planning online communication strategic planning needs assessment program designLooking to elevate your organization, and bring it to the next level? Bring on students from National University to be your student-consultants, in a project-based experience. Students will work on one main project over the course of the term, connecting with you as needed with virtual communication tools.
Students in this program will study the development of planning strategies within healthcare organizations. They will conduct examinations of planning methods from needs assessment, through to program design. A heavy emphasis will be placed on strategic planning strategies.
Learners
Deliverables will vary depending on the scope of the internship/capstone. However, these deliverables must be discussed and agreed upon prior to the start.
Project Examples
Requirements
Students can complete a substantial project for your organization over the placement period. We suggest providing a starting project, but as the placement goes on there may be other duties or projects the student is asked to complete as well. Providing a central project creates structure for the internship/capstone, and gives the student (and company) a tangible goal.
Student skills and competencies include, but are not limited to:
- Discuss phases of the organizational life cycle and selected strategies for initiating change within a healthcare organization;
- Compare and contrast different types of organizational designs and their use in health care organizations;
- Differentiate between strategic planning and other types of planning;
- Examine the development of organizational vision, mission, short and long-range goals;
- Identify methods to address salient health care industry trends useful for strategic planning;
- Describe planning processes used to develop healthcare organizations;
- Compare theoretical and practical strategic and tactical aspects of healthcare strategic planning and decision-making;
- Evaluate strategic alternatives for health care organizations
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Be available for a quick phone/virtual call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the internship.
Provide a dedicated contact who will act as the student's primary supervisor over the duration of the virtual placement. A secondary contact should be provided as a backup.
Provide ongoing support and mentorship to students throughout the internship. Students will interact virtually with their primary contact no less than once a week.
How is your project relevant to the internship?