MHA preceptorship

PRECEPTORSHIP Each student in the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) preceptor program is placed in a healthcare organization based upon their career interests, professional goals and preceptor sites. Potential placement sites will reflect the range of the diverse environments in the healthcare sector and will include inpatient healthcare, medical group management, post-acute care, community-based health services, and public policy formulation.

The UIC MHA preceptorship program begins in the spring semester of a student's first year with professional development seminars. These seminars follow a sequence of topics that prepare students to The CAPSTONE function as effective administrative interns. Topics include: resume development, effective interviewing The PRECEPTORSHIP techniques, introduction to medical terminology and networking skills.

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In tandem with the professional seminars, students begin the UIC MHA preceptorship placement process, which includes interviews with Preceptors and on-boarding at the health care organization.

Students first meet with the UIC MHA program preceptorship director to determine preferences and opportunities within available sites. After this pairing, students will submit their resumes to targeted organizations, participate in competitive interviews, and accept a site dependent upon mutual selection of preceptor and student. Students submit resumes in February, have interviews in March and are placed by April.

Preceptorship site participation occurs in May of the summer semester and continues for 12 months through the end of April of the following spring semester.

The UIC MHA Preceptorship Program’s intent is to provide the student with the opportunity to apply the didactic knowledge gained in the classroom within the context of a health care delivery organization under the guidance and direction of successful healthcare executives.

The Preceptorship is a critical component of the practitioner-educator model and an essential element in establishing the student’s management skill set.

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PRECEPTORSHIP PLACEMENT Advocate Christ Medical Center Advocate Good Samaritan Partners Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Advocate Medical Group Advocate Physician Partners American Medical Association Amita Health Erie Family Health Center Illinois Health and Hospital Association Jesse Brown VA Medical Center The breadth of the healthcare market in the City of Chicago provides the unique opportunity for our students to be placed in a twelve month/25 hour per week preceptorships within a healthcare organization that is consistent with their career goals.

Students learn the skills necessary to implement the concepts they have learned in the classroom setting. We partner with and place students.

Students are placed in a number of different preceptor sites that reflect the rich diversity of health care providers and organizations in Chicago.

Preceptorship placement sites include healthcare systems, academic health centers, ambulatory care

Lurie Children's Hospital Mercy Hospital and Medical Center Miles Square Health Center Mount Sinai Health System Northwestern Medicine Oak Street Health Presence St. Joseph Medical Center Presence Mercy Medical Center Presence St. Mary's/St. Elizabeth's University of Illinois Health

settings and federally qualified health centers (FQHC). askHPA@uic.edu

CAPSTONE The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Master of Healthcare Administration (MHA) program capstone course is the culminating event of a student's course work and takes place over the last two semesters of study. The course creates a structured process, which comprises of a project that is delivered in the form of a written paper and formal presentation by the student in their final semester of study.

UIC MHA students select a project with their preceptor and capstone faculty advisor that consists of a professional analysis of the The CAPSTONE

development of a new programmatic initiative or

the resolution of a longstanding organizational The PRECEPTORSHIP challenge at their preceptorship site.

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The UIC MHA capstone course aims to be mutually beneficial for both student and preceptor. The

" Because we are located in the City of Chicago

student acquires key competencies and a product

where networking opportunities are exceptional in

for their portfolios, which directly impacts their

nationally renowned Healthcare Systems,

current or future careers. The preceptor, in turn, receives a high-quality professional analysis that

Academic Health Centers and major healthcare

can solve an issue or create a solution for their

Association we can offer our students the unique

organization.

opportunity to apply knowledge and concepts learned in the classroom in a 12-month long preceptorship. Of which, the culminating product is real-life work product that students present as their capstones."

Larry Wrobel, UIC MHA Program Director

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PRIOR CAPSTONE TITLES IMPROVING HEALTH EQUITY: COLLABORATING WITH THE HISPANIC POPULATION TO IMPROVE DIABETIC EDUCATION, PREVENTION AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE CARE,

ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL FEASIBILITY PROJECT FOR AN OUTPATIENT DIALYSIS UNIT, PRESENCE SAINTS MARY AND ELIZABETH CENTER ANALYZING CRITICAL DECISION UNITS,

ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER

IMPLEMENTATION OF A SEPSIS MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (MEWS) WITHIN A LONG TERM ACUTE CARE HOSPITAL,

PRESENCE HOLY FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER

THE CAPSTONE PROJECT IS THE CULMINATING EVENT OF THE STUDENTS COURSE OF STUDY

INCREASING MAMMOGRAPHY SCREENINGS THROUGH A COMMUNITY HEALTH MARKETING CAMPAIGN,

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL & HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR AN ORAL SERVICE LINE WITHIN A FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER,

PRIMECARE DECREASING POST-OPERATIVE DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AND PULMONARY EMBOLI AT UI HEALTH,

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS HOSPITAL & HEALTH SCIENCES SYSTEM IMPROVING PATIENT FLOW IN A PATIENT CENTERED ENVIRONMENT,

MERCY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER IMPROVING NEUROSURGEON COMPLIANCE AND ENGAGEMENT WITH A PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME TOOL,

ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL & AMG NEUROSURGERY

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