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Healthcare Administration Internship/Capstone

HCA 499
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National University
National University
San Diego, California, United States
Brian Epp
Brian Epp
Associate Director of Workforce Education
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Timeline
  • January 2, 2025
    Experience start
  • February 2, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
1/1 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Data analysis Public health Healthcare Operations Project management
Skills
planning online communication strategic planning needs assessment program design
Learner goals and capabilities

Looking 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

Learners
Undergraduate
Intermediate levels
8 learners
Project
120 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 3
Expected outcomes and deliverables

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 timeline
  • January 2, 2025
    Experience start
  • February 2, 2025
    Experience end

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?