MHA professional development

First-year MHA students are matched with early career alumni mentors who help new students navigate the program and start to build their networks.

Take part in a variety of leadership development assessments in MHA coursework to learn more about your strengths and personal leadership style.

Practice and receive direct feedback to improve your interviewing skills for internships, fellowships and health administration jobs.

Students meet individually with staff and alumni to prepare and optimize resumes and application materials.

Student-led workshops including those focused on PowerPoint, Excel and LinkedIn help develop key skills for classes and summer residency.

An all-day conference for health care professionals and students to network and learn from nationally recognized speakers.

Students have the chance to sit down with faculty and staff to discuss their time in the MHA program and next steps.

MHA students who recently completed a summer residency share information on health care organizations, summer experiences, residency projects, internship search and application process.

MHA cohorts routinely learn about the health care industry in central Ohio, visiting companies and learning from the leaders who run them.

Each student works with their residency preceptor to create goals, execute projects and develop skills and knowledge. The experience provides and opportunity to put to use what students learned in the first year of the MHA program. Students and preceptors evaluate goal progress together at the end of the residency and discuss opportunities for the second year of the MHA.

Students meet to share and process summer residency experiences as a cohort. It also is a chance to reconnect and prepare for the second year of the master's program, including fellowship and job search.

The alumni coaching program prepares students to apply for fellowships and build a professional network with alumni. Students work with coaches who completed a fellowship to develop application materials and prepare for interviews.

Offered during the summer to prepare for fellowship applications and interviews. Students practice skills and participate in mock panel interviews with an alumni panel.

Part of the alumni fellowship coaching program, students receive coaching on writing and reviewing resumes, cover letters and personal statements.

A jobs discussion and alumni panel guide students on their upcoming job search. Resources include alumni contacts, mock interviews, resume review and guidance on relocating. Job postings are regularly shared.

Students seeking employment after graduation are connected with alumni to help with networking, exploring job options, resumes, cover letters and interview skills.

After graduation, alumni stay connected to our program and the Health Services Management and Policy Alumni Society to network and explore job opportunities. The alumni society regularly shares job openings with our graduates. Professional engagement also is available through involvement with alumni society programs.