Management Internship
This program is designed to develop leaders who can effect
change in the health care system through an understanding
of physician perspectives. Interns benefit by gaining an understanding of the unique management
challenges posed in private physician practices, as well
as gaining an appreciation for the need to increase the effectiveness
and efficiency of health care delivery.
Signature Health Care Foundation partners with institutions
of higher learning which offer MBA, Health Care Administration
programs or other graduate degrees determined by the Foundation
to be appropriate for the internship placement. Interns are provided
the opportunity to experience unique management challenges
and issues through guided internships at a physician practice.
.....The
program goals are:
Medical Scholars (under development)
The medical scholars program is being designed to develop leaders
who can effect change in the health care system through
their understanding of physician perspectives & the
unique management challenges posed in private physician
practices, as well as understanding the need to increase
the effectiveness and efficiency of health care delivery.
The program will be open to students studying to be physicians
or nurses in Missouri or Illinois. A key program component
will be the provision of scholarships which assist the student
to complete their education.
.....The immediate program
goals are:
