HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION PRACTICUM

Credit Hours: 1.5 · Graduate

The purpose of this six-week healthcare practicum course is to provide students an opportunity to work closely with a hospital’s Senior Leadership (SLT), Medical Staff leaders, and Board to develop an understanding of the hospital’s priorities and strategic growth initiatives, its decision structure and finances including budgets and capital, and finally day-to-day operations management. Such practical exposure to hospital administration will help students, especially those enrolled in the MD/MBA program and those with considerable medical background, to see accounting, finance, organizational, and managerial concepts at work. Throughout the 6 weeks, the student will get exposure to many performance improvement groups across operations, quality, service, employee engagement, and growth and have the opportunity to actively participate in the initiative. Most of these initiatives have several components that allow the student to participate in a time-limited portion while on this rotation and continue as desired beyond (student choice). Students will get exposure to many performance improvement groups across operations, quality, service, employee engagement, and growth and have the opportunity to actively participate in the initiative. Most of these initiatives have several components that allow the student to participate in a time-limited portion while on this rotation and continue as desired beyond (student choice). While a six-week course (1.5 credit hours), it will be delivered over the entire Fall semester, so that the instructors have the needed scheduling flexibility in administering the course.