Intenship Objectives
Sample Internship Objective
Examples of objectives from the mandatory internship meeting:
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION EXAMPLES OF OBJECTIVES
Objective:
By March 3rd the intern will create a hospital wide patient flow analysis.
Projects / Activities to Fulfill Objective:
- Request & gain access to patient flow data.
- Analyze admission data for planned admissions
- Analyze admission data for ED admissions
- Compare projected discharge dates with actual discharge dates
Objective:
By April 14th the intern will create a HIPAA breach readiness report and develop recommendations to fill any gaps identified.
Projects / Activities to Fulfill Objective:
- Examine existing internal breach protocol.
- Examine best practice recommendations from HIMSS
- Compare recommendations with best practices
- Identify gaps
HEALTH EDUCATION EXAMPLES
Objective:
By March 2 the intern will develop a comprehensive PowerPoint presentation designed to educate joint replacement patients about post-surgical rehab protocols
Projects/Activities to Fulfill Objective:
- Review hospitals current replacement handouts/educational materials
- Research joint replacement indicators; surgical options; procedures; post-surgical issues; post-surgery rehab, etc.
- Contact other joint replacement centers to review their post-surgery protocols
- Create PowerPoint: Text and Images
- Review and Edit
Objective:
By April 14 the SHC intern will have presented at least six “The Trouble with Alcohol and Sex” workshops to campus groups/organizations.
Projects/Activities to Fulfill Objective:
- Research university alcohol and sexuality issues
- Meet with CADEC director/intern to discuss project
- Meet with Rape Crisis director/intern to discuss project
- Brainstorm content with Supervisor
- Create PowerPoint
- Develop pre-post questionnaires
- Develop target list of organizations and contacts
- Schedule workshop dates/times