Are you attending this year’s ACHE Congress on Healthcare Leadership? Network with your Western Florida Chapter in Chicago, and join other leaders from across the care continuum and nation at the 2022 ACHE Congress!
There’s still time to register – click here to sign up for the in-person conference! We hope to see you there!
As professors in healthcare management programs, we already know the value of internships for students. Experiential learning remains the best way to learn important skills, such as professionalism, communication skills, confidence, and—perhaps most critically—self-knowledge.
But did you know that hosting interns is an excellent way to improve your organization? It’s true! Here are the top five reasons you should recruit an intern for your organization.
Number 5: Interns Help You See Things Differently
Perspective from anyone outside of your team often inspires new ways of thinking. Energetic and enthusiastic interns who are unfamiliar with day-to-day operations can be great additions to your brainstorming sessions. Be sure to encourage them to speak up in meetings. Interns love helping out with new ideas, so it’s a win-win!
Number 4: Build Momentum for Long-Neglected Projects
Some projects are important, but not urgent. Assigning an important project to an intern is a great way to get a long-neglected project started. By giving interns some structure and a little of your time, you can build momentum for solving really important issues.
Number 3: Create Brand Awareness
There are long-term benefits of offering internships on a regular basis. Relationships with your local university healthcare management program can create excellent word-of-mouth marketing. Interns help build your reputation by turning university healthcare management programs into productive recruiting sources.
Number 2: Mentorship Opportunities
Interns provide opportunities for your current employees to learn how to mentor. Oversight of an intern can be both personally and professionally fulfilling for early-career associates who may be ready to move to a management role but have not had much hands-on management experience. Senior associates can “mentor the mentor,” providing the mentor the opportunity to work on developing lower-level associates and interns, alike.
Number 1: Interns May Become Great Associates
Many health care organizations use student internships to test out new working relationships. Very commonly, organizations recruit their interns as early-career associates. Students become familiar with your organization and make some valuable contacts, and you get to find out whether an intern is a fit for your organization before hiring them.
If you are interested in placing a graduate or undergraduate student in an internship in your organization anywhere in the ACHE WFC region, please reach out to us.
Thank you,
Lesley Clack, ScD, CPH
Associate Professor and Chair
Florida Gulf Coast University
ACHE WFC Board Member, Faculty Representative
Zachary Pruitt, PhD, MHA, CPH, FACHE
Associate Professor and Director of Community Practice
University of South Florida – Tampa
ACHE WFC Board Member, Immediate Past President
ACHE Western Florida Chapter continues to closely watch the evolving COVID-19 situation. We are committed to providing the safest educational and networking experiences we can. Our 2021 Annual State of the Chapter and Holiday Social in downtown Tampa (USF’s CAMLS) will be offered in a hybrid format (in-persona and virtual).
In-person attendees to the meeting must be fully vaccinated and must wear a face mask. Full COVID-19 vaccination means two shots of Pfizer, or two shots of Moderna, or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. We also recommend getting your annual flu vaccine before attending.
Also for In-person attendees, we will also be instituting COVID-19 Comfort-level Stickers color scheme to indicate attendees’ comfort level with social interactions amid easing social distancing restrictions:
We will continue to follow the science and to adjust our policies as needed to ensure a safe meeting for all attendees.
For those of you who are not comfortable attending the event in-person, are not able to travel to USF’s CAMLS in downtown Tampa, or are not fully vaccinated, the 2021 Annual State of the Chapter and Holiday Social will be streamed online through Zoom! Ticket for attending via Zoom are only $10.00.
Please use the following Eventbrite link to purchase your ticket: https://achewfc_sotc_holiday_social_dec2021.eventbrite.com
No matter how you participate, you will have access to the speakers, awards ceremony, and networking interactions.
Keynote Presentation:
Leanne Salazar, APRN, DNP, MBA
Chief Nurse Executive, HCA West Florida Division
Topic: Resilience and Retention during COVID-19
Please use the following Eventbrite link to purchase your ticket: https://achewfc_sotc_holiday_social_dec2021.eventbrite.com
We will network and hear from Leanne Salazar, APRN, DNP, MBA, Chief Nurse Executive, HCA West Florida Division. Dr. Salazar will speak on resilience and retention in healthcare organizations.
Leanne Salazar was promoted to Division Chief Nurse Executive at WFD in January, 2020. Prior to her promotion, Leanne served as the Chief Operating Officer at Oak Hill Hospital for one year and the Chief Nursing Officer for six years. Leanne also served one year as the Vice President of Quality and Risk Management at Oak Hill Hospital. Prior to her career move, Leanne spent 16 years at Spring Hill Regional Hospital in nursing leadership. Leanne is an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP), a Master of Science in Nursing, a Masters of Business Administration in Healthcare Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Leanne is also Board Certified in Family Practice (FNP-BC), Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP), Certified in Professional Health Care Quality (CPHQ) and a Certified Professional in Patient Safety.
Leanne is highly active in community involvement serving on the Board of Directors for the Dawn Center and is the current Clinical Director for the Hernando County Sexual Assault Nurses.
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