Internship Minor Health Care Management

URL study guide

https://studiegids.vu.nl/en/courses/2024-2025/E_MFHC_IMHC

Course Objective

Academic & research skills
• Ability to examine and understand problems from different perspectives;
• Ability to put forward well-founded, substantiated points of view, both in spoken and written format;
• Ability to apply acquired knowledge to other problems and in other contexts.
• Ability to translate practically relevant problems into (academically) relevant research questions;
• Ability to design and execute a project using a systematic, analytical approach in a real business environment (of health care organizations). Bridging theory and practice
- knowledge
• Have specialized, in-depth knowledge and insights about the minor theme; Bridging theory and practice
- practice
• Ability to make connections between theories, models, and concepts of that specific minor theme / discipline.
• Ability to apply theoretical knowledge in a specific organizational context;
• Ability to formulate relevant recommendations for practice based on your knowledge acquired; Social skills
• Have a better understanding of roles and needs of different types of stakeholders that you need to interact with as a professional;
• Ability to work well in a team and reflect on your own role in the team. Broadening your horizon
• Have a better understanding of what the expectations of the academic and professional field are in terms of knowledge and skills needed;
• Have awareness of the various career opportunities the field offers. Self-awareness
• Ability to reflect on your own responsibilities as well as others;
• Ability to reflect on your personal development;
• Ability to receive and are able to deal with feedback from others

Course Content

Increasingly organizations and maybe even your future employer are looking for experience as well as academic credentials. The School recommends doing an internship, because it is an excellent way to apply the knowledge and (academic) skills which you acquired during your studies. Your most important learning goal as a student-intern is to familiarize yourself with professional and market-related skills in a real and new organizational environment. With the job market becoming increasingly competitive, gaining relevant experience will give you a good start into your professional career. Companies offer a wide range of internships in various disciplines. What is crucial in obtaining approval for your internship and eventually obtaining your study credits, is that there is a clearly defined project that allows you to fulfill the learning objectives. Also, the project needs to allow for an individual assessment. Finally, note that in order to obtain your internship credits, your internship has to be pre-approved by the minor coordinator and supervised by a School member that is assigned to you by either the minor coordinator.

Teaching Methods

On-site Internship

Method of Assessment

Written report – Individual assessment

Literature

relevant to the theme of the minor and internship should be used to develop a solution to the problem that is investigated with the internship project.

Target Audience

• Subscription to the internship through VU.nl is not possible.
• CONTACT THE MINOR COORDINATOR as soon as you have an INITIAL proposal for the internship. Approval of the minor coordinator is essential in order to be able to do a minor internship.
• The general internship manual will be available through VU.nl (including more details on a time plan and practical matters). CAREFULLY READ THE MANUAL ON VU.nl (go to Services > Degree programme > Internship, or Serviceplein > Opleidingsprogrmma > Stage). The manual will provide more insights in what is exactly expected in terms of your internship proposal, the concrete requirements, and the related time line of activities.
• After completing the internship the subscription to the course as well as the registration of the result will be done by the back office.