Graduate health administration field experiences: a university and health service delivery systems partnership.
The importance of experiential components of education to professional preparation has been evidenced in the curricula of academic institutions in several disciplines. Graduate programs in health administration offer a variety of alternative residency, internship, and other field experiences for students to apply academic theory to practical phenomena. Using a case study approach, this article presents the advantages of field experience options to both students and health care delivery sites. Components of a model of experiential alternatives in a graduate health administration program are described.
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Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11550, USA.
D003479:Curriculum; D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000193:education*; D007397:Internship, Nonmedical / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017145:Models, Educational; D009518:New York; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013336:Students, Health Occupations; D014481:United States