Foundations of Healthcare Leadership Internship/Capstone
General
- Undergraduate; 4th year
- 60 hours per learner
- Dates set by projects
- Learners apply to projects
Preferred companies
- 1/1 project matches
- Anywhere
- Academic experience
- Any
- Any
Categories
Skills
Overview
- Details
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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 examine the dynamic nature of leadership in the healthcare and public health contexts. This course uses foundational leadership concepts to develop leadership applications and processes, such as leadership assessment (individual and team), communication improvement, strategic planning, decision making alignment, employee enhancement and knowledge management for use in creating and maintaining an organizational culture that can thrive within its external environment while improving organizational efficiency, effectiveness and efficacy.
- Learner skills
- Communication, Online communication, Strategic planning, Knowledge management, Decision making, Leadership
- Deliverables
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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
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:
- Differentiating the roles and perspectives of clinical practitioners, nonclinical staff, supervisors, and managers within healthcare organizations.
- Describing the management, leadership and healthcare theories and components of the health care delivery system in the United States.
- Evaluating the impact of factors that affect the policies, management and operation of healthcare organizations.
- Analyzing quantitative and qualitative healthcare data and information for effective decision-making.
- Explaining the legal and ethical principles and responsibilities of healthcare organizations to individual patient and community healthcare needs.
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
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?
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.