Mentoring Program

The Health Care Management Program coordinates a unique mentoring program each academic year that links students in the program with senior health care professionals in the field. The program is designed to help students gain a better understanding of the large and complex health care industry through on-going interaction with professionals that share similar academic/professional interests.

 

Each student participating in this program is matched with a health care executive that has been selected based not only on their professional careers, but also their commitment to working closely with students through a mentoring process. As part of this process, students are encouraged to visit workplaces, arrange to "shadow" executives on the job, and help identify off-campus internships as well as summer placements. Our program mentors also facilitate the development of communication skills within the context of a range of learning activities. Guidelines developed specifically for this program are used by both the mentors and students used during this process.